Reviews

Lauryn Hill marked her return to London after an almost five-year hiatus last night (20th September), dividing the crowd at the first of several sold-out shows around the UK. ***SPOILER ALERT*** Now, first and foremost, this is one of the more 'interesting' live reviews we've done...

The past 12 months have been fairly exciting for the UK dance scene; not only has Britain produced some of the biggest musical exports of the year (Rudimental, Disclosure and AlunaGeorge to name but three), but with a new wave of artists also appearing...

There are times, understandably rare, when the release of a new album is considered an event more than anything else. Justin Timberlake's return to music is one of those times.It's been almost 7 years since Timberlake's previous solo effort, the anthemic 'FutureSex/LoveSounds' was released....

Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); With a list of featuring artists that could rival the latest NOW compilation, Dizzee Rascal’s fifth album (aptly titled The Fifth) emphasises the fact that the one-time face of (what are generally considered), underground genres, has no...

Who said big girls can't rave? When Basement Jaxx come to town, you know you're never going to be disappointed; they're one of the rarities in the music-world who could play the same set year-in, year-out, and the crowd would never tire - interestingly, the...

There's an unfortunate issue that faces James Arthur. For those who may not be acquainted with Arthur, the singer-songwriter became the shock winner of last year's UK version of hit TV show The X Factor. Shock not due to his talent , moreso due...

The classification of 'R&B' really has been thrown back and forth over the past few years. In the late 90s/early 2000s, a period some regard still as one of the defining and golden ages of the genre, it seemed US urban artists thought hard...

Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); The majority of us last saw Gary Barlow's solo performance on Sunday’s The X Factor, following his stint as the country’s most in-demand concert organiser (breathing new life into both Children In Need and, at the opposite end...

That difficult second album is always one that separates a singer from an artist; high expectations can either produce a follow-up which goes down quicker than the Titanic, or venture up the scale, allowing the artist to pull off a career-affirming addition to his/her...

What 'house music' has become over the past few years really has been a convoluted affair. With genre off-shoots still falling under the 'house' moniker (dubstep, dance, EDM, even electro-pop etc), it's become increasingly hard to identify what exactly should be classed as 'house'...