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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...

When an artist takes almost two decades to release their next album, you can usually expect an overproduced heap of something pretty awful (see Guns ‘N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy.) It’s not quite the case for Neneh Cherry, however, who took a whole five days...

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'); For Sam Smith the pressure is on. Not only the winner of the BBC’s Sound Of 2014 and The BRIT’s Critics Choice award, he was also one of Stagedoor FM's 14 For 2014. "We look forward to 2014...

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 an eruption of red hair and an undeniable knack for mastering smooth songwriting that's delivered with an impressive range of vocals, the comparisons between Daley and Mick Hucknall aren’t too ridiculous. With the release of his debut...

It's hard to believe that even after almost fifteen years in the music game, Pharrell Williams still has only two solo records under his belt. Even harder to believe is that G I R L, his sophomore attempt, comes over eight years since his...

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'); Unfortunately for R. Kelly, his previous two soul-influenced records, Love Letter and Write Me Back, both failed to make much of a dint in the charts over here. For a man in his late 40s, you could be...

Words by: Mari Louise Healy / Gigslutz.co.uk Follow @gigslutz_ !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'); After a temporary rift (3 years is short compared to a Gallagher bust-up) the familial Followill clan are back with their sixth album Mechanical Bull. It’s a return to Kings of Leon form with lashings...

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'); Yes, it may have taken a while to get this review up, but sometimes art has to be enjoyed before it's been critiqued, so we have good reason; this was a project that was so secretive that producers...

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 her 2011 debut On A Mission, Katy B successfully fused elements of UK house, garage and dance, creating songs that sounded as good on the radio as they did in the club. With an NME award in...

Following the release of his #Hits last year, Example returns with a collection of tracks which could all easily formed part of his 'best of' project. Sticking with the dance and a dash of rap formula which has already treated him to one #1...