Reviews

I've always wondered how it must feel to have two prestigious nominations under your belt pretty much six months either-side of your debut album. Of course I've won a few BRITS and a couple of Grammys, awarded by myself, to myself, for my spectacular...

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...

Whilst the world starts to wake up to the realisation that EDM is actually really shit, there seems to be a great new wave of music starting to seep through the cracks. Sure, it's taken a while to get there, but HAIM's Days Are...

Words by: Sophie Bowman, Hypeglo Follow @hypeglo !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'); Stream/preorder 'The 20/20 Experience, 2 of 2' here: January's announcement of Justin Timberlake's return to recording sent the music world into a spin; with a heavy-oiled PR machine supporting him (along with some finely-tuned performances already prepared),...

Scottish synth-trio Chvrches (pronounced 'Churches', to make things clearer) have had a pretty good year by all accounts. After coming fifth in BBC's 'Sound of 2013'm the group released their Recover EP to a fairly strong response, whilst also embarking on a fairly broad...

Let's just clear something from the oft; I've never really been a fan of the Arctic Monkeys. It's not them as a band whatsoever (I mean I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor was actually a pretty solid track), I've just never really...

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...

Over the past 12 months, one band has been on pretty much everyone's lips..... well everyone within the music industry that is. Therefore it's exciting to see that the general public have warmly taken to Aluna Francis and George Reid as much as the...

Unless you've been living under a rock over the past few weeks, you'll be well aware of the Sound of Change concert, on behalf of the Chime for Change charity, over the weekend at Twickenham Stadium. Stagedoor's guest contributor Samantha Fogelman was lucky enough...

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'...