Wireless 2014: the DiS review
Wireless has - in the space of three years - accidentally become the UK’s foremost hip hop music festival.»
Articles
adamssski has written the following articles:
The Bug - Angels & Devils, The Bug - Angels & Devils
The rage of London Zoo hasn’t subsided on Angels & Devils, merely calcified.»
M.I.A. - Matangi
Matangi is far more refined in both its statement and intent than MAYA, even if some of it is entirely superfluous.»
Laurel Halo - Chance of Rain
Chance of Rain defies easy explanation, an album that is more like a bout of freak weather than a light shower.»
Big Boi - Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors
This is the Big Boi of Speakerboxxx, the rap game Svengali of the pop charts.»
Kreayshawn - Somethin 'Bout Kreay
There is something quite unexpected about the playful and gendered manner in which Somethin 'Bout Kreay messes around with hip hop conventions»
Teengirl Fantasy - Tracer
Stripped of any chillwave elements, Tracer owes much more to techno than the house vibes of the previous record. »
Laurel Halo - Quarantine
"Forward motion is the only answer" according to Laurel Halo and this album is perhaps a warning of the contagion that comes with unquestioned progress.»
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Nicki Minaj could have defined herself by her weirdness, but chooses instead to experiment with a number of other pop (excuse the wanky term) tropes.»
Mirrorring - Foreign Body
Foreign Body leaves you standing between two mirrors, staring at endless reflections that never foreseeably meet.»
Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness
Hello Sadness is obviously more melancholic than anything Los Campesinos! have done so far, but thankfully far from being melodramatic. To end in a football analogy, now an LC staple: it’s a solid performance, by far their most coherent yet, but missing some of the flair of previous bouts. »
Peggy Sue - Acrobats
Peggy Sue have made the transition to a darker and bolder sound with ease.»
Lil B - Im Gay (Im Happy)
Amidst all the weirdness that has been responsible for Lil B’s popularity there has been a hint of something worth salvaging»