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The Mic Awards The advent of Kanye West What you need to hear this year

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THIS YEAR

The Mic Awards

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Fashion and Music

2014 Albums

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Bowie is Back

Ones to Watch

NME vs. Brit Awards

What to Wait For

FEATURES 4

With all the glitz, glam and drama 6 of the award season over the last few months, we’ve taken it upon 16 ourselves to give out a couple more titles we reckon have been missed 20 out by all the big names...pg 12 28

MØ Cass The Advent of Kanye Writer’s Spotlight Nottingham Fests

THE MIC IS GOING GREEN(ER) Did you know that The University of Nottingham is currently the second most environmentally friendly campuses in the world? Not bad. After being voted #1 in 2011, UoN has continued to push the boundaries of being green with sustainable transport, wind turbines and rolling leafy parkland that would leave the National Trust green eyed. As the University’s official music magazine, The Mic prints thousands of copies every year and it always has. We felt that it was time to ask, do we really need to? Our marketing boffins have pioneered new and innovative online media tools to finally bring the magazine into the present and right into everyone’s hands. We’re very excited to announce that this 2014 easter special is your first ever 100% digital, and 100% tree friendly issue. Thank you for supporting your university, your local music scene and your planet.

Luke Gallimore Editor-In-Chief

Fashion and Music trends in 2014 By Jaisai Wongpichet Talk a walk through campus and you will realise it is not that hard to make a good guess of what might be on a person’s playlist based on what they ǁĞĂƌ͘ EŽǁ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ůĂďĞů ƉĞŽƉůĞ ďǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ Žƌ ŽƵƞŝƚ ĐŚŽŝĐĞƐ ďƵƚ ŝƚ is undeniable that there are certain key fashion features that people with ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƉƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌĞ͘ ŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ƚŚĂƚ ďŽůĚ ƉƌŝŶƚ ƚͲƐŚŝƌƚ ĂŶĚ statement snapback combo does scream House or Techno enthusiasts. tŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ƌĞŐƌĞƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϵϬƐ ĨƌŽƐƚĞĚ ƟƉƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŝŶŝͲďƵŶƐ ŚĂŝƌƐƚǇůĞ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐĂĨĞ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ƚŽ ǁĞĂƌ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚ ďǇ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ listen to than we’d like to admit. Like how the Beatles sparked the collarless suit trend in the 60s or MC ,ĂŵŵĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ͚,ĂŵŵĞƌ͛ ƉĂŶƚƐ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϬ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ϮϬϭϰ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ǇĞƚ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŝƚƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŝĐŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ŝŶĞƐĐĂƉĂďůĞ͘ /ƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƐƟůů ďĞ Ă ďŝƚ ĞĂƌůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ďƵƚ ŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϰ ƚƌĞŶĚƐ / ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŵƉůŝĞĚ that are most likely to be big in this year’s music and fashion scene.

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Temples

The Retro/Vintage

^ŽŵĞ ƐƟůů ůŽǀĞ ŝƚ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ĂƌĞ ƟƌĞĚ ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ ŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ Ƶƚ͕ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ year with the release of the trippy new band TemͲ ƉůĞƐ͛ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ ͚^ƵŶ ^ƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ͕͛ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ Ăůů ĂŐƌĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǀŝŶƚĂŐĞ ƚƌĞŶĚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŐŽŝŶŐ ĂŶǇǁŚĞƌĞ ĂŶǇͲ ƟŵĞ ƐŽŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ŝƐ ŵĂƌŬĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ͚ŵŽĚͲ ĞƌŶ ƌĞũƵǀĞ ŶĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƉƐǇĐŚ͛ ;ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ĂǁĞͲ ƐŽŵĞ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇͿ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͕ ǁĞůů͕ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ũƵƐƚ ƟŵĞ ǁĂƌƉĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŽŵĞ ϴϬƐ ƵŶͲ ĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ ƉƐǇĐŚĞĚĞůŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ͘ ǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ǀŝŶƚĂŐĞ ĂĚͲ ǀŽĐĂƚĞ ďĂŶĚƐ ůŝŬĞ ^ǁŝŵ ĞĞƉ ĂŶĚ WĞĂĐĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ŝŶ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŐŽŽĚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ďĂŶĚǁĂŐŽŶ͘ / ŵĞĂŶ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĚĂƉƉĞƌ ϴϬƐ ŽĸĐĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ƐƚǇůĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĞǁ ŚĂŝƌĐƵƚ͘ ^Ž ƌĞƐƚ ĂƐƐƵƌĞĚ͘ zŽƵ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĨŽůĚ ďĂĐŬ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͛ ǀĞůǀĞƚ ƐŚŝƌƚƐ͕ ŇŽǁĞƌǇ Žƌ ƐƉĂƌŬůǇ blouses just yet.

Swim Deep

Peace Wolf Alice

Blood Red Shoes

The Grunge

DĂŶǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂƌŐƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŐƌƵŶŐĞ ǁŽƵůĚ Įƚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƚƌŽ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌǇ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ŝĚĞŶƟĨǇ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞƐ Ă ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ͘ ϮϬϭϰ ŝƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ grunge rock sound with new bands like Jaws and Eagulls. Wolf Alice hopefully will release an album some ƟŵĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ůŽŽĚ ZĞĚ ^ŚŽĞƐ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŽƵƌ͊ ^Ž ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƚŽ <Ƶƌƚ ŽďĂŝŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƐŝĞƐƚ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ͚ƵŶŬĞŵƉƚ͛ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŝƐ ƚŽ ůĂǇĞƌ ŝƚ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŽůĚ ŽǀĞƌƐŝǌĞĚ ŇĂŶŶĞů ƐŚŝƌƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ƉĂŝƌ ŽĨ ƌŝƉƉĞĚ ũĞĂŶƐ ;ƉůƵƐ ƚĂŶŐůĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶǁĂƐŚĞĚ ŚĂŝƌ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŝƚ ƵƉ Ă ŶŽƚĐŚͿ͘ tŚĞŶ ŝŶ ĚŽƵďƚ͕ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌƐŝǌĞĚ ϵϬƐ ŵŝŶƵƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ůŽƵĚ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚĂƌƚĂŶ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƐĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ ĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ͚ƌĞƚƌŽ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚ŐƌƵŶŐǇ͛ ǀŝďĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ Žƌ ŵŽƐƚ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĞƐ ĂŶǇŵŽƌĞ͘ ^Ž ƵŶůĞƐƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŝŶǀĞŶƚ ŵŽƌĞ ǁĂǇƐ ŽĨ ƉƵƫŶŐ ͚ŶĞŽ͛ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĞƌĂƐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƌĞǀŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞƐ ŝƐ ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ;ĞǆĐĞƉƚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĐŽŶͲ ƐŝĚĞƌ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐĞŶƚƵƌŝĞƐ ƚŽŽͿ͘ Ƶƚ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞŶ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ǀŝƐŝƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƚŽǁŶ ŚĂůů͛Ɛ ǀŝŶƚĂŐĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ĨĂŝƌ͕ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ Ăƚ tŽŽĚƐƚŽĐŬ ͛ϲϵ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ƌĞĂĚǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶƐƚĂŐƌĂŵͲĮůƚĞƌĞĚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ

ARCTIC MONKEYS

The Drowners

HAIM

The Rock ‘n Roll tĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐŝŶŐ ŵĂŶǇ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ďĂŶĚƐ ƉĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂǇƐ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƌĐůĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŵŝĚ ϮϬϭϯ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ͕ ůĞǆ dƵƌŶĞƌ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ŝŶƐŝƐƚĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƚƐ ǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ͚ZŽĐŬ Ŷ͛ ZŽůů ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ĚŝĞ͛͘ ^Ž ϮϬϭϰ ŚĂĚ ďĞƩĞƌ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ZŽĐŬ ͚Ŷ ZŽůů ƌĞǀŝǀĂů ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ͘ ŽƚŚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ǁŝƐĞ͕ ůŝƚĞƌĂůůǇ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƌĐƟĐ DŽŶŬĞǇƐ ĂŌĞƌƚŚĞŝƌ ϮϬϭϭ ͚^ƵĐŬ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ^ĞĞ͛ ĂůďƵŵ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ,Ăŝŵ ǁŝůů ŐŝǀĞ ǇŽƵ ƚŚĞ ƋƵŝĐŬĞƐƚ ŝŶƐŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƋƵĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƚǇůĞ͘ Kƌ ďĂŶĚƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƌŽǁŶĞƌƐ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĨƌĞƐŚ͘ ůƚĞƌŶĂƟŶŐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƐŬŝŶŶǇ ũĞĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ƉĂŝƌ ŽĨ ƐŚŽƌƚƐ Žƌ Ă ƐŝŵƉůĞ ŵŝŶŝ ƐŬŝƌƚ ŝƐ ŽƉƟŽŶĂů͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞŶ ĂŐĂŝŶ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƵŶĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ͕ ƐŬŝŶŶǇ ũĞĂŶƐ ĐĂŶ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ǁƌŽŶŐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŝƐ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂƐƚ ĚĞŵĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝƐƚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ǇŽƵƌ ƐƚĂƉůĞƐ ǁŝůů ŽŶůǇ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚ ŽĨ ĮƩĞĚ ƚͲƐŚŝƌƚƐ ;ƉƌĞĨĞƌĂďůǇ ĐƌŽƉƉĞĚ ƐůĞĞǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƚĞͿ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ďůĂĐŬ ůĞĂƚŚĞƌ ũĂĐŬĞƚ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŐĂƌŶŝƐŚ ƚŚĞ ůŽŽŬ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ĂǀŝĂƚŽƌ ƐƵŶŐůĂƐƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ĂŶ ĂǁĨƵů ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŚĂŝƌ ŐĞůƐ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ƋƵŝī Žƌ ƚŚĞ ƐůŝĐŬĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ŐƌĞĂƐǇ ŚĂŝƌ͘

The Sultry Pop /ƚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƐƉĞĐŝĨǇ Ă ĐĞƌͲ tain ‘trend’ for the whole ‘pop’ ĐƌŽǁĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ͘ There are probably the most ĐƌŽƐƐŽǀĞƌƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ fashion under this genre and artͲ ists are more likely to end up on ƚŚĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ ŽĨ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞƐ at some point in their career. ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ϮϬϭϰ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ Ă darker turn with new faces like ĂŶŬƐ͕ ^ĂǇ >ŽƵ >ŽƵ͕ ĂŶĚ &< dǁŝŐƐ ;ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ >ŽƌĚĞ ďƵƚ ůĞƚ͛Ɛ ůĞĂǀĞ ŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ϮϬϭϯ ĨŽƌ ŶŽǁͿ͘ dŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŝƐ ƟŶŐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ZΘ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƵďƚůĞ͕

BANKS

FKA twIgs

glitchier and sultrier. This is translated ƚŽ ĚĂƌŬĞƌ ĐŽůŽƵƌĞĚ ůŝƉƐ͕ ŵŝŶŝŵĂůŝƐƚ clothes and a lot of monotone. Beware though; monotone is not necessarily just the monochrome black and white combo. That grim look should only be

Say Lou Lou ƌĞƐĞƌǀĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĂƵƚƵŵŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŝŶͲ ter. The key is to keep it clean and simple. A crisp shirt with Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƚǁŝƐƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĞůƉ ǇŽƵ go a long way with this trend.

ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŵƵĐŚ ŝŶƚĞƌƚǁŝŶĞĚ͕ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ůĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ Žƌ ƉůĂǇůŝƐƚƐ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ͕ ďŽƚŚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚƌŝǀĞ ĨŽƌ ƐĞůĨͲĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůŝƚǇ͘ ^Ž ǁŚŽ͛Ɛ ƚŽ ƚĞůů ǇŽƵ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŽ ǁĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ůŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ͍ ǆƉƌĞƐƐ ĂǁĂǇ͊ EŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ ǇŽƵ ĨƌŽŵ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ͚ůĂƐƚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͛ ũĂĐŬĞƚ ĂŶĚ shamelessly dance this year away with your secret guilty pleasure.

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ŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĞŶ ϮϬϭϰ Śŝƚ / ŚĂĚ ŽŶůǇ ďƌŝĞŇǇ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ͕ DT ŚĂƐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŵƵĐŚ ŐŽƚ ŵĞ ŚŽŽŬĞĚ͘ ĞŶŵĂƌŬ͛Ɛ <ĂƌĞŶ DĂƌŝĞ TƌƐƚĞĚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐŽƵůĨƵů >ĂŶĂ Ğů ZĞǇ͘ dŚĞ ĂŶŝƐŚ ĂƌƟƐƚ ƚŽŽŬ ŚĞƌ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ ^ŽŶŝĐ zŽƵƚŚ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ zĞĂŚ zĞĂŚ zĞĂŚƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌŝƟĞƐ /͛Ě ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ĂƌŐƵĞ ƐŚĞ ŐŽƚ ƌŝĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌƵůĞďŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ Ă ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞŇĞĐƚƐ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚǇ͘

Quite simply, her music doesn’t compromise; it’s loud, it’s heavy and it says exactly what everybody else seems to be ignoring.

,Ğƌ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ EŽ DǇƚŚŽůŽŐŝĞƐ ƚŽ &ŽůůŽǁ ǁĂƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ϭϬƚŚ DĂƌĐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŝŶ Ă ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĞůůƐ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ŵŽǀĞ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ͘ zĞƚ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŝƚƐ ŵŽƌďŝĚ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƵŶƟŶŐ ƉƌĞŽĐĐƵƉĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵĐŚ ůŝŵŝƚĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ƌĞŵŝŶĚŝŶŐ ŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ ŵǇ tŝŶĞŚŽƵƐĞ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ůŽǀĂďůĞ ŝŶ Ă ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ͚ůĞƚƐ ŐĞƚ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ŐŽ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĐƌĂǌǇ͛ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ǁĂǇ͘ ,Ğƌ ĂůďƵŵ ĞŶĐĂƉƐƵůĂƚĞƐ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ƌĞďĞůůŝŽƵƐ ǇŽƵƚŚ ŵĞĂŶƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ ůŝŬĞ WŝůŐƌŝŵ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ůĞƚ ŐŽ ĂŶĚ ŝŐŶŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ĂŶĚ EĞǀĞƌ tĂŶŶĂ <ŶŽǁ ƐƵŵŵĂƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŐƐƚ ŽĨ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͘ WĂŝƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŶŐƐ ůŝŬĞ DĂŝĚĞŶ ĂŶĚ 'ŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ &ŽƵŶĚ͕ ŵǇ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŶŽǁ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ƐĞĚƵĐƟǀĞ ƚŽŶĞƐ ŽĨ >ĂŶĂ ĐƌĞĞƉ ŝŶ͕ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ Ă ƌĞĂů ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďƌŽĂĚ ƚĂůĞŶƚ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ DT ŝƐ ĐĂƉĂďůĞ͘ / ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞƐ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ŚĂƌŵŽŶŝĞƐ͕ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŚĞƌ ƐŽŌĞƌ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶǇŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ĂŶĚ ŵƵĐŚ ŚĂƌƐŚĞƌ ƐŝĚĞ ƚŽŽ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƐŽŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƐůŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĚŽǁŶ ŝƐ ƵƐƚ ĂŶĚ 'ŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚƌĂǁƐ ǇŽƵƌ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͘ ŽŶ͛ƚ tĂŶŶĂ ĂŶĐĞ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͕ ŝƐ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽƐĞƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ƉŽƉ ĂŶƚŚĞŵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĂŶĚ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ ŝƐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ƵŶĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͘ /ƚ ĚŽĞƐ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ƐƟůů ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƉůŽƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ǇŽƵŶŐ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐ ŽƵƚůŽŽŬ͘ / ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞ ŝĨ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ůŝŬŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ǇŽƵ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĂďŽƵƚ EŽ DǇƚŚŽůŽŐŝĞƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ĮƚƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐŽŶŐ ƐŽŵĞŚŽǁ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞƵƉŚŽƌŝĐ 'ůĂƐƐ͕ Ă ƉƌĞƩǇ ŇĂǁůĞƐƐ ƐƵŵŵĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ŽƵƚůŽŽŬ ŽŶ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ͕ ƐŚĞ ƚĞůůƐ ǇŽƵ ǁŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŚĞƌ ƌĞůĂƚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞƌ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ ƐŽ ĐŽŚĞƐŝǀĞ͘ Ƶƚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞůƵǆĞ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ͕ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ďĞ ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƐŽŵĞ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƟŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ Ă ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽŽĚ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞŽĐĐƵƉĂƟŽŶƐ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă

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ǁŽƌůĚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ͘ / ǁĂƐ ĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞ ŚĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϳƚŚ DĂƌĐŚ Ăƚ dŚĞ ŽĐŬƉŝƚ ŝŶ >ĞĞĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ďůĞǁ ŵĞ ĂǁĂǇ͘ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŐŽŽĚ͕ ďƵƚ ĂŶǇ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶ / ŚĂĚ ǁĂƐ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ŽĐŬƉŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ƉƌĞƩǇ ƐŵĂůů ǀĞŶƵĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ / ĂůǁĂǇƐ ůŽǀĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŐŝŐ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƟŵĂƚĞ͕ ďƵƚ DT ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ŚĂĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ƚŽ Įůů ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ Ă ůŽƚ ďŝŐŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ǀĞƌǇ ůŽŶŐ ƵŶƟů ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ƚŽƵƌŝŶŐ ŵƵĐŚ ďŝŐŐĞƌ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƐƚĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ũƵŵƉŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ ŬŶĞĞůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĐůŽƐĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͖ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ǀŝƐŝďůǇ ƐĞĞ ŚŽǁ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶĂƚĞ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞƚ ǁĂƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďůĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƚĞ ǀŝĚĞŽ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ƚŽ ĞĂĐŚ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽŝŐŶĂŶƚ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ͚KŚ͕ ǁŚǇ ĚŽ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁ ŽůĚ͍͛ ĨƌŽŵ 'ůĂƐƐ͘ Ɛ ǁĞůů ĂƐ Ă ƉƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂŵĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ůĞƐƐ ŐŽƚŚŝĐ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͕ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂƐƚ ƐƚĂƟĐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ / ŚĂǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŶ͕ ƐŚĞ ĂůƐŽ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ŚĞƌ W ŝŬŝŶŝ ĂǌĞ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ &ƌĞĞĚŽŵ ;ηϭͿ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ ŐŽƚ ŵĞ ŚŽŽŬĞĚ ŽŶ ŚĞƌ ǀŽŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ ,Ğƌ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ƉƌŽǀĞ ŚŽǁ ƐŽĐŝĂůůǇ ĂǁĂƌĞ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ƚŽ ǀŽŝĐĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ͘ /ƌŽŶŝĐĂůůǇ ŽŶ͛ƚ tĂŶŶĂ ĂŶĐĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ŐŝŐ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ĚĂŶĐĞ ŇŽŽƌ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ĞŶĐŽƌĞ ƐĂǁ ŚĞƌ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ƉŝĐĞ 'ŝƌůƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐůŽǁĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ^ĂǇ zŽƵ͛ůů Ğ dŚĞƌĞ͕ Ă ďĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ŚĞƌ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞ ŽĨ ϭϬ͕ ƚŽ ƉƵƌƐƵĞ Ă ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŽŶŐ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ďƵƚ / ǁŽƵůĚ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŐŝǀĞ ŝƚ Ă ůŝƐƚĞŶ͖ ŝƚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŽĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ^ƉŝĐĞ 'ŝƌůƐ ƐŽŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝŶ Ă ǁĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ƐŝŶĐĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĚĞĂƌŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ͕ ǀĞƌǇ ƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇ DT͘ ,Ğƌ ďĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ĞƋƵĂůůǇ ĂƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ĂƐ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ͕ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ / ƌĞĂůůǇ ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ĨĂƵůƚ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ͕ DT ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŽŶĞ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ ϮϬϭϰ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ďŝŐ ǇĞĂƌ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ EŽ DǇƚŚŽůŽŐŝĞƐ ƚŽ &ŽůůŽǁ ŵŽƐƚ ůŝŬĞůǇ ďĞŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ďƌĞĂŬƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ EŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ƚŽƵƌŝŶŐ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞďŽĚǇ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŝŶŐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŽůĚ ƚŽƉŝĐƐ ŽĨ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘ ,Ğƌ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŝƐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ / ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ďŝŐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĨĞǁ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƉĂƐƐ͘ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĚŽƵďƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ǁŝůů ŬĞĞƉ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ďƵƚ / ĚŽ ŚŽƉĞ ƐŚĞ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƌĞďĞůůŝŽƵƐ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ ƚŽƉŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƵŶĚ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚ ǀŝĐŝŝ ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĞĂƌ ŽǇ͕ / ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ Ă ůŽƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ By Ella Watson

C.A.S.S /ƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŚĂƌĚ ƌŽĐŬ ďĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ Ă ĨŽŽƚŚŽůĚ ŝŶ Ă ƚŽǁŶ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶĨĂƚƵĂƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶĚŝĞ ƌŽĐŬ͘ Ƶƚ ƐŽŵĞŚŽǁ͕ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ǁŚĂƚ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵͲďĂƐĞĚ ďĂŶĚ ͘ ͘^͘^ ŚĂǀĞ ƐǁŝŌůǇ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚĞĚ ŝŶ ĚŽŝŶŐ͘

WŚŽƚŽ ƌĞĚŝƚ͗ ,ŽůůǇ tŝůĚ

&ŽƌŵĞĚ ŝŶ ŵŝĚͲϮϬϭϮ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ^ĐĂƉĞ'ŽĂƚ͕

&ƌŽŵ ŵǇ ŽǁŶ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĞǀĞƌǇ ďĂŶĚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ

ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌͲƉŝĞĐĞ ĞŶƚĞƌĞĚ ϮϬϭϰ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŶĞǁ ŶĂŵĞ͕

ĮŶĚ ŝƚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ĚĞĮŶĞ Žƌ ͚ƉƵƚ Ă ůĂďĞů͛ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ

a new singer and a new lease of life. Hot on the

ŽǁŶ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƚǇůĞ͘ tŚĞŶ / ƉŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ

ŚĞĞůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞůĨͲƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ĚĞďƵƚ

Ă ŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ ĂĚũĞĐƟǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵďͲŐĞŶƌĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚƌŽǁŶ

͘W͘ ǀŽůǀĞ͕ / ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ ŵĞ

ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽŵ͗ ͚ŐƌƵŶŐǇ͕ ͚ďůƵĞƐǇ͕͛ ͚ŚĂƌĚ ƌŽĐŬ͕͛

ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ŽǀĞƌ : ĂŶĚ ŽŬĞ ĂŶĚ ďŝƐĐƵŝƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐͲ

͚ŐƌŽŽǀĞ ŵĞƚĂů͙͛ tŚĞŶ ƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ

ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ

ƐŶĂƉƉŝĞƌ ĚƌƵŵŵĞƌ WŚŝů ĂŬŝŶƐ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŝů

C.A.S.S are everything a young band should be: passionate, determined, and completely in love with music.

ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂĚ͗ ͚ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƚĞƌŵ ŝƐ ůƵĞƐ DĞƚĂů͛͘ ͘W͘ ŽƉĞŶĞƌ ͚ ŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ dŚŝƐ͛ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶƐ ĞůĞͲ ŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ŐƌƵŶŐĞ͘ ŵĞŶĂĐŝŶŐ͕ ŵŝĚͲƚĞŵƉŽ ďƵƚ ƵŶͲ ĚĞŶŝĂďůǇ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ͘ ͘^͘^͕ ŝƚ ƐĞƚƐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ͘W͘ ŌĞƌ ƐŽŵĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂͲ

ŚĂƫŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ŽŶůǇ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ ŝƚ

ƟŽŶ ^ŝŵŽŶ ĐĂůůƐ ŝƚ ͚ůĂǌǇ͕ ďƵƚ ŝŶ Ă ĐŽŽů ǁĂǇ͙ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů

ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĐůĞĂƌ ǁŚǇ ϮϬϭϰ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ

ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽŽǀĞ͛͘ dŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ͕ ͚ZĞǀŽůƵͲ

ĨŽƌ ͘ ͘^͘^͘ ĂƐƐŝƐƚ WŚŝůů ĞŚĞĂŶ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ

ƟŽŶƐ͕͛ ŝƐ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ďƵƚ ůĂǌǇ͘ /ƚƐ ĂŐŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ͕ ĐŚƵŐŐǇ

ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ůĞĂĚ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ĂŶ ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ ůĂƚĞ ůĂƐƚ

ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ƌŝī ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽǁůǇ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ƌĞǀĞĂůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƚĂů

ǇĞĂƌ ŚĂĚ Ă ƌĞǀŝƚĂůŝƐŝŶŐ ĞīĞĐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ͘ ͚,ĂǀŝŶŐ

ƐŝĚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ƐŽƵŶĚ͕ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶĞĚ ĐŚŝĞŇǇ ďǇ

a new guy in made us realise why we got into it in

ĞŚĞĂŶ ŽŶ ďĂƐƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƐƐ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐĞͲŵĞůƟͲ

ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉůĂĐĞ͛ ŚĞ ƚĞůůƐ ŵĞ͕ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ

est of guitar solos.

ŽĨ ĂŶ͛Ɛ ũŽŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ EŝĐŬ ƵŐƵƐƚŽ ŝŶ dƌŝǀŝƵŵ͗ ‘he got the blood pumping again’. Although all four

WƌŽƵĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ

ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ŽŶ ǀŽůǀĞ ƉƌĞĚĂƚĞ ŚŝƐ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ůĞĂĚ ŐƵŝƚĂƌͲ

ĚŽƵďƚ ƚŚĂƚ ͘ ͘^͘^ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƉƌĞĚŽŵŝŶĂŶƚůǇ

ŝƐƚ ^ŝŵŽŶ ĂƐƐ ŝŶƐŝƐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ ǁŚŽ

ĂƐ Ă ůŝǀĞ ďĂŶĚ͘ ͚/ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ƉƌĞĨĞƌ ƵƐ ůŝǀĞ ƚŽ ǁŚĂƚ

͚ƌĞƐŚĂƉĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͙ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŐĞů

ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ͕ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĞŶũŽǇͲ

ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ͛͘ dŚĞ ĞǀĞƌͲŵŽĚĞƐƚ ǀŽĐĂůŝƐƚ ƌĞůƵĐͲ

ĂďůĞ͛ ƐĂǇƐ ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ͘ ĞŚĞĂŶ ĂĚĚƐ͗ ͚ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚͲ

ƚĂŶƚůǇ ĂĐĐĞƉƚƐ ŚŝƐ ďĂŶĚ ŵĂƚĞ͛Ɛ ŐůŽǁŝŶŐ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ͗ ͚/

ŝŶŐƐ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ͕ ďƵƚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŐƵŶŶĂ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĂƚ

didn’t know at the start if it would come to anyͲ

ůŝǀĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ͙ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŝǀĞ ďĂŶĚ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂůůǇ

ƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĞŶ / ĂƵĚŝƟŽŶĞĚ / ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŽ

ĨĞĞů ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƌĂŵŵŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ǇŽƵ͛͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ

ƚŚĞ ŐƵǇƐ ƚŚĂƚ / ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ Ă ĨƌŽŶƚŵĂŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽǇ ďĞͲ

ďĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇ ůŝǀĞ / ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĞůƉ ďĞŝŶŐ ĚƌĂǁŶ ƚŽ ĂƐƐ͛

ing a frontman’.

ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƐƚǇůĞ͖ ŚĞĂĚ ďĂĐŬ͕ ĞǇĞƐ ĐůŽƐĞĚ͕ ŚĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ƐĂǀŽƵƌ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ ĂƐ ŝĨ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐŽŶŐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ

KŶ Ă ƐŝĚĞ ŶŽƚĞ͕ ĂƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ďĂŶĚ ŵĂƚĞƐ ƌĞĂƐƐƵƌĞ

ŚĞ͛ůů ĞǀĞƌ ƉůĂǇ͘ ͚&Žƌ ŵĞ͕ ǁŚĞŶ / ŬŶĞĞů ĚŽǁŶ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ

ŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĂŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ƐƵƌŶĂŵĞ ǁĂƐ

ŽĨ ŵǇ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌ ĐĂďŝŶĞƚ͕ ƐƚƌƵŵ Ă ĐŚŽƌĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ĨĞĞůƐ

ũƵƐƚ Ă ũŽŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ŽŶ͕ ŶŽƚ ĂŶ ĞŐŽͲ

ƌŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ŚĞƌĞ ΀ƉŽŝŶƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ŚĞĂƌƚ΁͕ ƚŚĞŶ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ

ƟƐƟĐĂů ĂĐƚ ŽĨ ƐĞůĨͲĂŐŐƌĂŶĚŝƐŝŶŐ͘ ŌĞƌ ŵƵĐŚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐͲ

ĐĂƌĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŬŶŽďƐ ƐĂǇ͛͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ

ƐŝŽŶ / Ăŵ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞĚ͘

are guys who really care about what they are doͲ

ŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŚĞǇ ŵĂŬĞ ŝŶ Ă

ĂŶĚ Ă ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ĚĂƚĞ͘ ŶĚ ŝŶ ĂŶ

way few bands do.

ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƐŝŶŐĞƌ͕ ďƵƚ Ă ƚŚŝƌĚ ƐŽŶŐǁƌŝƚĞƌ͘ ͚/ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůůǇ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƚŽ Ă ƐƚǇůĞ͘ /

dŚĞƌĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĚŝǀŝĚĞ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ

ŚĂǀĞ ƚǁŽ ǁĂǇƐ ŽĨ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͗ /͛ůů ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ůǇƌͲ

ƚŚĞ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ͘ ͚/ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůůǇ ŚĂǀĞ

ŝĐƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ƉŽĞŵ͕ ĐŽƐ / ŚĂǀĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ / ǁĂŶŶĂ ƐĂǇ͕

ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĮƚƐ ǁĞůů ŝŶ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ ƐŝŶĐĞ

Žƌ ůŝŬĞ ǁŝƚŚ ͚'ƌĂď /ƚ͕͛ ΀Ă ŶĞǁ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚůŝƐƚ΁

ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ͞ƌŽĐŬĞƌ͟ ƐĐĞŶĞ͕ ĨŽƌ ǁĂŶƚ ŽĨ Ă

/ ǁƌŽƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŶĚ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͛͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ

ďĞƩĞƌ ǁŽƌĚ͕͛ ĂŬŝŶƐ ƚĞůůƐ ŵĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ Ă

ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ŝŶ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ

general consensus that the music scene suits more

ƐŽŶŐƐ ǁŝůů͕ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞŚĞĂŶ͕ ͚ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ

ŝŶĚŝĞ ďĂŶĚƐ͘ ͚&Žƌ ŵĞ͕͛ ĂƐƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ͕ ͚ŝƚ͛Ɛ ůĞƐƐ ŽĨ

͘W͘ ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ

ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ WĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ

ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĂƌƚƐ͛͘

ůĞƐƐ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ũƵƐƚ ŐŽ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞŶĚ άϯ ŽŶ Ă ŐŝŐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ ŝŶ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ŐŽŽĚ͙͛ ƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ

dŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƌͲƐŝŐŚƚĞĚŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ĞƉŝƚŽͲ

ƉŽŝŶƚ ĞŚĞĂŶ ĐƵƚƐ ŝŶ͗ ͚͙/ƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ŵĂǇďĞ ŶŽƚ ŐŽŽĚ

mised by their decision to change their name from

ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ ƚŽ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂǇ ŚĞƌĞ ĂŌĞƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͛͘

Scapegoat because another band had copyrighted ŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h^͘ dŚĞǇ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ůĂĐŬ ĂŵďŝƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ͕ ƚŽ

dŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƚƌĂĐŬ ŽŶ ǀŽůǀĞ͕ ͚^ŝůŚŽƵĞƩĞ͕͛ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĞ

ďĞ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ͕ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ǁĂǇ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽ ĂďŽƵƚ

ƉĂĐĞ ĚŽǁŶ Ă ďŝƚ͖ Ă ƐůŽǁ͕ ŵĞƚĂů ͚ďĂůůĂĚ͛ ƚŚĂƚ ďƵŝůĚƐ

ŝƚ͘ dŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ĐůŽƐĞƌ ƚŽ ŚŽŵĞ͕ ĂŬŝŶƐ ŚŽƉĞƐ

ƚŽ Ă ƐŽĂƌŝŶŐ ĐůŝŵĂǆ͘ /Ŷ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ͕ ĐůŽƐŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĐŬ ͚^ǁĂůͲ

ƚŚĂƚ ͚ŝŶ Ă ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ͕ ǁĞ͛ůů ďĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƐƟůů ŵŽƌĞ

ůŽǁŝŶŐ ŝĐĞ͛ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƚĞƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƐůƵĚŐǇ͕ ĚƌĂǁŶͲŽƵƚ

ŵŽŵĞŶƚƵŵ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ĂƐ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĞǁ

ǀĞƌƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ĨĂƐƚ͕ ƉƵŶŬǇ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ͕ ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ ƌŽƵŶĚͲ

ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŶƐ

ŝŶŐ Žī ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƌĂƐƉŝŶŐ ƌŽĂƌ͘ ĞŚĞĂŶ ƚĂůŬƐ

ůŽǀĞ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ͛͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĂŶƟŵĞ͕ ͘ ͘^͘^ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƌƚŚͲ

ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ

ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁƐ Ăƚ dŚĞ ŽŽŬŝĞ ůƵď͕ ^ƉĂŶŬǇ sĂŶ

ŐƌŽǁů ŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŶŐ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ͗ ͚ƚŚĂƚ ƚĂŬĞ ǁĂƐ

ǇŬĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ KůĚ ŶŐĞů ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƚŚĞŵ ŽĐĐƵƉŝĞĚ͘

ŐƵŶŶĂ ďĞ ůŝŬĞ Ă ďĂĐŬŝŶŐ ƚĂŬĞ͕ ďƵƌŝĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝǆ͕

/ƚ ŝƐ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƐƵĐŚ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ďĞůŝĞĨ ŝŶ ĂŶ

and we said to him “sing it like you’re really anͲ

ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ďĂŶĚ͕ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ĂƐƐ͛

ŐƌǇ͕͟ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĂŬĞ ǁĞ ƵƐĞĚ͛͘ sĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŝƐ

ƋƵŽƟŶŐ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ďĂŶĚŵĂƚĞ͗ ͚WŚŝůů ƐĂŝĚ ƚŽ ŵĞ ƚŚĞ

ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŬĞǇ ŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚ ƚŽ ǀŽůǀĞ͘ ͚dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ

ŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĂǇ͗ ͞ŵƵƐŝĐ ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ĨƵŶ ƚŽ ŵĞ͕ ƵŶƟů / ŐŽƚ

ǁŚĂƚ / ůŽǀĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ W͕͛ ƐĂǇƐ ĂƐƐ͕ ͚ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐŽŶŐ

ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ďĂŶĚ͘ ŶĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵ͕ /͛ǀĞ

ŝƐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͛͘ ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ͛Ɛ ŚŽƉĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ŝƐ

ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ / ǁĂŶƚ͛͘͟ /ƚ ŵĂǇ ƉĂƌƚůǇ

ƚŚĂƚ ͚ĨŽƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ŽŶĞ

ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ :ĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ŽŬĞ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƐͲ

song that they like.’

sage of intent is heard loud and clear.

ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ǀŽůǀĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŽŶůǇ ũƵƐƚ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ͕

By @Alex_Orosa

͘ ͘^͘^ ĂƌĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŚĞĂĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ƌĞͲ ůĞĂƐĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĚƌƵŵƐ ĨŽƌ ĮǀĞ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ͕

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Dot to Dot

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ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ Žƚ ƚŽ Žƚ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝƚƐĞůĨ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ŶĞǁͲ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŝƚƐ ϵƚŚ ǇĞĂƌ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ Ͳ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ renowned for being the barometer for new and ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ĂĐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ǇĞƚ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞĚ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ status. WƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ůŝŶĞͲƵƉƐ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ͗ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ EŽ dŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞƌ >ŽŶĚŽŶ 'ƌĂŵŵĂƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌŝƚ ĂǁĂƌĚ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ dŽŵ KĚĞůů͘ &ĞƐƟͲ ǀĂů ŐŽĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ Ě ^ŚĞĞƌĂŶ͕ dŚĞ yy ĂŶĚ DƵŵĨŽƌĚ ĂŶĚ ^ŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ůŝŶĞͲƵƉƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƉƵŶƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŶĞǁ ƚĂůĞŶƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŐƌĂĐĞ ůĂƌŐĞƌ ;ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ͊Ϳ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽŶ ŽŶĞ ĚĂǇ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŵƵͲ ƐŝĐ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ŝŶ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ͗ ĨƌŽŵ ZĞƐĐƵĞ ZŽŽŵƐ ĂŶĚ ZŽĐŬ ĐŝƚǇ͕ ƚŽ dŚĞ ŽĚĞŐĂ ĂŶĚ ^ƚĞĂůƚŚ͘ /ƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞ ŶĞǁ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǀĞŶͲ ƵĞƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ dŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ headliners look just as promising. Birmingham ŝŶĚŝĞͲƌŽĐŬ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƚ͕ WĞĂĐĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƐĞĐƵƌĞĚ Ă ƚŽƉͲϮϬ ĂůďƵŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞďƵƚ In Love͕

and are in the process of recording a new record. ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĞĐƵƌĞĚ Ă ƐƉĂĐĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ Ăƚ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ >ĞĞĚƐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ZĂĚŝŽ ϭ ĂŶĚ ED ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ŽŶůǇ Ă ŵĂƩĞƌ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ tŽůĨ ůͲ ŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ tĞ tĞƌĞ ǀĞƌŐƌĞĞŶ͘ tŽůĨ ůŝĐĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƐŵĂůů ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ ŶŽǁ ĂŶĚ ůůŝĞ ZŽǁƐĞůů͛Ɛ ƐƵůƚƌǇ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŐƐƚ ŽĨ ĮƌƐƚ ůŽǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂƌƚĂĐŚĞ ŚĂǀĞ ůĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĐůĂŝŵ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŽƌƚŚǇ ŽĨ DĞƌĐƵƌǇ WƌŝǌĞ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ͘ tĞ tĞƌĞ ǀĞƌŐƌĞĞŶͲ Ă &ƌĞŶĐŚ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂͲ ƟǀĞ ƚƌŝŽͲ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ĞƋƵĂůůǇ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ͘ They incorporate unusual instruments such as ŐůŽĐŬĞŶƐƉŝĞůƐ͕ ďĂŶũŽƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŬƵůĞůĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ĚƌĞĂŵǇ ͕ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ĐŚŝůĚŚŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ůŽǀĞ͘ dŚĞǇ are set to release their debut album this May. tŝƚŚ ŽǀĞƌ ϯϬ ĂĐƚƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƐĂŶĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ůƵĐŬǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ǇŽƵƌ ĞǆĂŵƐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ϮϱƚŚ DĂǇ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ǁŽƌƚŚ ĐŚĞĐŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ͊ By Priya Thakrar

NME Awards 2014 with Austin, Texas 2014 ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ͕ ďĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ David Cameron, Miley ǇƌƵƐ ĂŶĚ sůĂĚŝŵŝƌ WƵƟŶ͘ ĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ͕ The 1975 were dubbed Worst Band, overtaking pop wonders The Wanted and KŶĞ ŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ.

The well-loved and possibly controversial NME awards were held on 26th February 2014, at the famous O2 Academy Brixton, London. The show was opened by the indie war heroes, Metronomy, performing the song from their newly-released album, >ŽǀĞ >ĞƩĞƌƐ. Other performers included Drenge and The Horrors.

The Horrors gave a debut performance of their ďƌĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ƚƌĂĐŬ ͚/ ^ĞĞ zŽƵ͛ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨŽƌƚŚĐŽŵing album ‘Luminous.’ ĞůůĞ Θ ^ĞďĂƐƟĂŶ then perĨŽƌŵĞĚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ͚/ tĂŶƚ dŚĞ tŽƌůĚ dŽ Stop’ and ‘The Boy With The Arab Strap’.

dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂǁĂƌĚ͕ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞƌͲƐŽ ƐĞǆǇ :Ăƌvis Cocker, went to ƌĐƟĐ DŽŶŬĞǇƐ for Best Live ĂŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ĨĞĂƌůĞƐƐ ^ŚĞĸĞůĚ ĨŽƵƌƐŽŵĞ ƐƚĞƉƉĞĚ onto stage, and frontman Alex Turner gave his speech: “As the sun sets on awards season for anŽƚŚĞƌ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ƚǁŽ ůĞŌ͘ /͛ŵ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ about the Oscars and the NME Awards. That said /͛Ě ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĂŶŬ dŚĞ ĐĂĚĞŵǇ͘͟ :ŽŚŶŶǇ DĂƌƌ ƚŚĞŶ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂĚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĞƐƚ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĂŶĚ͕ ƚƌƵŵƉing WĂůŵĂ sŝŽůĞƚƐ͕ &ŽĂůƐ͕ ŝīǇ ůǇƌŽ͕ ŝƐĐůŽƐƵƌĞ and Two Door Cinema Club.

By the end of the night the ƌĐƟĐ DŽŶŬĞǇƐ had ƉŝĐŬĞĚ ƵƉ ĮǀĞ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĞƐƚ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĂŶĚ͕ ĞƐƚ >ŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ĞƐƚ ůďƵŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƌŝƟĐĂůůǇ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ͞ D͘͟ KƚŚĞƌ ǁŝŶŶĞƌƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ Belle & ^ĞďĂƐƟĂŶ for the Teenage Cancer Trust OutstandŝŶŐ ŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ ƚŽ DƵƐŝĐ ǁĂƌĚ͕ Haim for Best /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ͕ ĂŶĚ Paul McCartney for Songwriters’ Songwriter.

Lily Allen ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƚ ^ŽůŽ ƌƟƐƚ and as she went to collect it, she jokingly stated “This is kind of dumb because David Bowie was in ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌǇ ĂŶĚ :ĂŬĞ ƵŐŐ ƐŽ ƚŚŝƐ ŐŽĞƐ ƚŽ ǇŽƵ ŐƵǇƐ͕ ŶŽƚ ŵĞ͘͟ :ĞƌƌǇ ,Ăůů ƚŚĞŶ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ĞƐƚ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ,Ăŝŵ͕ ǁŚŽ have truly shone over 2013-14. The category also included Arcade Fire and Queens of The Stone Age.

Finally, Lily Allen presented Blondie with the high and mighty Godlike Genius Award. Blondie closed the show with a superb 8-song set, playing classics ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ KŶĞ tĂǇ Žƌ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ͕ zŽƵ 'ŽƩĂ &ŝŐŚƚ &Žƌ Your Right To Party, Call Me and Heart Of Glass. KǀĞƌĂůů / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĨŽƌ those who are serious about music, but just want to have some fun.

Some of the less serious awards went to Harry Styles for Villain Of The Year for the second year

Brit Awards 2014 KŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵƚŚ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ ϮϬϭϰ͕ :ĂŵĞƐ ŽƌĚĞŶ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ĮŌŚ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĂů ƌŝƚƐ Ăƚ dŚĞ KϮ ƌĞŶĂ͕ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͘ ƌĐƟĐ DŽŶŬĞǇƐ, who seemingly made a huge impact on both award ceremonies, opened the show with ‘R U Mine?’. The crowd roared as the torch-lit ůĞƩĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ D ƐĞĂƌĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ƚƌƵůǇ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ the audience, and it started the show with a bang. ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ŽĨ ŚŝůĂƌŝƚǇ ďǇ :ĂŵĞƐ ŽƌĚĞŶ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͕ / ĨĞůƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƚƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƋƵŝƚĞ have the same vibe as in previous years; at least the NME’s humour was classic banter. The highlights of the ceremony however were the ƚǁŽ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ͗ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ Lorde, Disclosure and Aluna Francis, the second between ĂƐƟůůĞ͕ ZƵĚŝŵĞŶƚĂů and Ella Eyre. They were ƐŝŵƉůǇ ũĂǁ ĚƌŽƉƉŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ we should see more of in the near-future.

dŚŝƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƐĞůĮĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Prince, a so-called game ŽĨ ͚ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ KŶĞ ŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ĐĂŶ ǁĞ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƵŶĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ͍͛ ;/ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞͿ͕ ĂŶĚ the lack of David Bowie ;ĨŽƌ ŐŽŽĚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶͿ͕ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ ƐƵŵƐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƚ ǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘

Overall I think the NME awards definitely trumped the Brits. Now, all we can do is wait and see ŝĨ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ƚŽƉ ƌĐƟĐ DŽŶŬĞǇƐ͕ and whether next year’s Brits host can make it more enjoyable for viewers.

Other performers on the night included Ellie Goulding͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚĂƌƐ Katy Perry, Bruno Mars and the absolutely unmissable Beyoncé. The show ĐŽŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐ ǀŝďĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ Pharrell and Nile Rodgers. ĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŽŶĞ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ Ă ƐŵŝůĞ ŽŶ ƉĞŽple’s faces.

By Gabby Ahmed

The Mic Awards 2014 With all the glitz, glam and drama of the awards season over the last few months, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken it upon ourselves to give out a couple more titles we reckon have BEEN MISSED OUT BY ALL the big names

MOST CREATIVE: MATT HEALY

/ƚ͛Ɛ ŵǇ ƉĂƌƚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ /͛ůů ĐƌǇ Ɵů ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ͕ ǇŽƵ ŵƵƐƚ ƚƌǇ ŚĂƌĚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĂŶ ŬŝƐƐŝŶŐ Ăůů ŽĨ ŵǇ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ͲƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ƐƚƵī ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ You ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƚ ŽĨ dŚĞ ϭϵϳϱ͛Ɛ ƐĞůĨͲƟƚůĞĚ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ͘ ǀĞƌǇ ƐŽ ŽŌĞŶ ĂŶ ĂƌƟƐƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ůŝǀĞƐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ŶĂŵĞ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ Ăƌƚ͘ >ĞĂĚͲƐŝŶŐĞƌ͕ ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŶŐǁƌŝƚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ͕ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ DĂŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ ŽƵƞŝƚ DĂƩ ,ĞĂůǇ ŚĂƐ Ă ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ŵŝŶĚ͘ /Ŷ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĨĞǁ ĐŽŵĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƌƟĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ as himself. A man that wants to create and be creaͲ ƟǀĞ͘ Ɛ ĂŶǇ ĨĂŶ ŽĨ dŚĞ ϭϵϳϱ ǁŝůů ŬŶŽǁ͕ ,ĞĂůǇ ƚĞŶĚƐ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ƐƵĐŚ ůŝƩůĞ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͕ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ be near impossible to learn them without the aid ŽĨ 'ŽŽŐůĞ͘ / ŬŶŽǁ ŵǇƐĞůĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ ƚŽ Chocolate ƚŽŽŬ ŵĞ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŵǇ ŚĞĂĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝt’s ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĂƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ĚĞůŝďĞƌĂƚĞ ŝŵƉĞƌĨĞĐƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ŝŵĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚǇůĞ ŝƐ ĚĂƌŬ͕ ǇĞƚ ƐŽƵůĨƵů͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ,ĞĂůǇ͛Ɛ ŵĂŝŶ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŽďƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ DŝĐŚĂĞů :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĞǁĞƐƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ^ĞƩůĞ ŽǁŶ͕

ĐĂƉƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ůŝǀĞ ƐĞƚƐ͕ ,ĞĂůǇ makes a point of telling the crowd that the band ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ϭϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ ;ŽƌŝŐŶĂůůǇ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ͚ ŝŐ ^ůĞĞƉ͛Ϳ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ ĞǀŽůǀĞ ŝŶƚŽ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŶŽǁ ĂƌĞ͖ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ able to compress their sound into such a compelͲ ůŝŶŐ ďŽĚǇ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ͘ ŽƵŶƚůĞƐƐ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ďĂŶĚƐ ďĞͲ ĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŚĂǀĞ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ƐŽŶŐƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ĐŽŶͲ cept to the likes of Sex, Chocolate and Girls͕ ďƵƚ ĨĞǁ ĂƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƉƵůů ŝƚ Žī ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ƌĂǁ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ƚŚĂƚ ,ĞĂůǇ ĐƌĞĂƚĞƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛ƌĞ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĂů ƋƵŝŶͲ ƚĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ƌŝƟƐŚŶĞƐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƚŽŽ͘ Ğ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌƚĂŶŐŝďůĞ͕ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ƌŝīƐ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƐƚǇůĞ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ dŚĞ ƵƌĞ͕ dŚĞ ƌĐƟĐ DŽŶŬĞǇ͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ ůĂĐŬ ^ĂďďĂƚŚ͘ DĂƩ ,ĞĂůǇ ǁĞůů ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵ͕ ŶŽƚ ďĂĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶ ŽĨ Ă >ŽŽƐĞ tŽŵĂŶ͊ By Mikey Smith

Hottest: tHE nEIGHBOURHOOD (NBD) Formed in 2011, The Neighbourhood hails from the West Coast and consists of band members Jesse ZƵƚŚĞƌĨŽƌĚ͕ ĂĐŚĂƌǇ ďĞůƐ͕ DŝŬĞǇ DĂƌŐŽƩ͕ :ĞƌĞŵǇ &ƌĞĞĚŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŶĚŽŶ &ƌŝĞĚ͘ Notable for their single ‘Sweater Weather’, this band is quick to ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞ ŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ catchy beats, harmonies and overall inimitable image iŶ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ͕ I Love You, is reminiscent of a kind of ĐŝŶĞŵĂƟĐ ŶŽŝƌ achieved through the dark yet ĚƌĞĂŵǇ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŚĞĂƌƞĞůƚ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĞůĂŶĐŚŽůŝĐ lyrics ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞƌƐŝƐƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ͘ DĞĂŶǁŚŝůĞ͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ Ă ŵŽŶŽĐŚƌŽŵĞ ĮůƚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ĂĚĚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƵŶĚĞƌůǇŝŶŐ ƚŽŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ĂƉĂƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ ϮϬϭϰ ǁŝůů ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǆƚ ĂůďƵŵ #000000 & #FFFFFF͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ‘Unfair’ and ‘Silver’ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ Ă ůĞƐƐ ǀŽĐĂůŝǌĞĚ ƐŽƵŶĚ͕ ďƵƚ ƐƟůů ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĞĂƌůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ ŝŶ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ͘ ĚĚŝŶŐ to the list of 2 EPs and 1 album released so far, it is clear that The Neighbourhood ĂƌĞ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁ ŶŽ ƐŝŐŶƐ ŽĨ ƐůŽǁŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ĂŶǇƟŵĞ ƐŽŽŶ͘

By Aishani Sharma

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HIDDEN GEM: Cause & Affect dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƚƌĞŶĚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƵƐĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǁŽƌůĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŐĂƌĂŐĞ ŝŶũĞĐƚĞĚ ĐŚĂƌƚ ŚŝƩĞƌƐ ŝƐĐůŽƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞů ŐŽŽĚ ͚ŶŽ ĚŝŐŐŝƚǇ͛ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŽŶĚĂǆ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚǁŽ ŝƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŽŶĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐĐĞŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŝŶ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ ŽĨ͘ KŶĞ ƐƵĐŚ ĚƵŽ ŝƐ ŽŌĞŶ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞŶůǇ ŽǀĞƌůŽŽŬĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐƐͲĚƌŝǀĞŶ ĂƵƐĞ Θ īĞĐƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƌŵŝŶŐŚĂŵ ĚƵŽ ŝƐ ŵĂĚĞ ƵƉ ŽĨ ŚƌŝƐ >ŽƌĞŶǌŽ ĂŶĚ <ĂŶĞ ďŽƚŚ ǁĞůůͲĞƐͲ ƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ :Ɛ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ͖ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ ǁŝůů ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝǌĞ ŚƌŝƐ >ŽƌĞŶǌŽ ĂƐ “the guy on all those Hannah Wants tracks”. While ƐƟůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌƚǇ ďĂƐƐͲĚƌŝǀĞŶ ĚŽŵĂŝŶ ŽĨ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ tĂŶƚƐ͕ ĂƵƐĞ Θ īĞĐƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĨƌĞƐŚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ of their own – think Boddika but more urban. dŚĞŝƌ ďĂƐƐ ůŝŶĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ďƵƚ ŚĞĂǀǇ ŚŝƫŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ďŽƌƌŽǁ ŵŽƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƌ ƌĞ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ŵĞůŽĚǇ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŌ WƵŶŬ͘ hŶĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŚĂƐ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚƵŽ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ original tune Poppin’ made for those basement ƌĂǀĞ ĐůƵďƐ ůŝŬĞ dŚĞ >ĂĐĞŚŽƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŽŐŵĂ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞŵŝǆĞƐ ŽĨ ,ŝƉͲ,ŽƉ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ůŝŬĞ ^ƚĂŶƚŽŶ

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tĂƌƌŝŽƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŽŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚƌĞǁ ŵǇ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ǁĂƐ ^ŶĂƚĐŚ DĂ ƌŽƉƐ͕ ĞƐͲ ƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ Ă ŚŽƵƐĞ ƌĞŵŝǆ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ,ŝƉͲ,ŽƉ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ /ŶƐĂŶĞ /Ŷ dŚĞ ƌĂŝŶ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ďǇ ǇƉƌĞƐƐ ,ŝůů͕ ďƵƚ with something special added to it. ,ĞĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ͞ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ /͛ŵ ůŽĐŽ͍͟ ŝŶͲ tro dropped in their set played at a warehouse club ŝŶ ŝƌŵŝŶŐŚĂŵ ;dŚĞ ZĂŝŶďŽǁ sĞŶƵĞƐͿ ĮůůĞĚ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ďƌŝŵ ǁŝƚŚ ďƵǌǌŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĂǀĞ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ ďƵŝůƚ ĂŶ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ƵŶůŝŬĞ ĂŶǇ /͛ǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŶ ŝŶ Ă ĐůƵď ďĞĨŽƌĞ͕ ĂƐ ƐŽŶŐ ǁĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂƉƉĞĚ ŝŶƚƌŽ ĞǀĞƌǇďŽĚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐŝŐĂŶƟĐ ƌŽŽŵ ũƵŵƉŝŶŐ ĨƌĂŶƟĐůǇ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŽŽƉĞĚ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚ ũĂĐŬŝŶŐ ĚƌŽƉƐ ŽĨ ĂƵƐĞ Θ īĞĐƚ͛Ɛ ŇĂǁůĞƐƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͘ dŽ ƐĞĞ Ă : ƐĞƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ ĚƵŽ ŝƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŽ ŚŽƵƐĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĂƐƐͲ ĚƌŝǀĞŶ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƉĂƌƚƐ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ tĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ &ƌŝĞŶĚ Within they are wiping the slate clean and rewritͲ ing the way underground dance music is created and heard. By Ben Dungworth

THE ADVENT OF kanye west

On October 23, 2002, Kanye West was driving home from a recording studio in California. But an existing schedule meant he fell ĂƐůĞĞƉ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚĞĞů͕ ƌĞƐƵůƟŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ŶĞĂƌͲĨĂƚĂů ĐĂƌ ĐƌĂƐŚ͘ /ƚ ůĞŌ Śŝŵ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐŚĂƩĞƌĞĚ ũĂǁ͕ ƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ŝŶũƵƌǇ ŚĞ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĞĚ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌ ƚŽ ĮŶĂůůǇ ƐƚĂŬĞ ŚŝƐ ĐůĂŝŵ ĂƐ Ă ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂƌƟƐƚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘

Kanye West ŬŝĐŬͲƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ďǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ ,ŝƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ǁŽƌŬing for smaller acts during the mid-1990s led him ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ &ŽǆǇ ƌŽǁŶ͕ EĂƐ ĂŶĚ ,ĂƌůĞŵ tŽƌůĚ͘ ,ŝƐ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ ƐĂŵƉůŝŶŐ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŽůĚ ƐŽƵů ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ ŵĂƌŬĞĚ Śŝŵ ŽƵƚ ĂƐ Ă ĨŽƌŵŝĚĂďůĞ ƚĂůĞŶƚ͘ ^Ž ŵƵĐŚ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ZŽĐͲ Ͳ&ĞůůĂ ZĞĐŽƌĚƐ ƌĞĐƌƵŝƚĞĚ tĞƐƚ ƚŽ ůĞŶĚ Ă ŚĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ :ĂǇ ͛Ɛ dŚĞ ůƵĞƉƌŝŶƚ͘ ,ŝƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ /ǌǌŽ ;,͘K͘s͘ Ϳ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĐůĞǀĞƌůǇ ƐĂŵƉůĞĚ ͚/ tĂŶƚ zŽƵ ĂĐŬ͛ ďǇ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ϱ͕ ƉƌŽƉĞůůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ h^ dŽƉ dĞŶ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ŚĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ĞĂƌŶ ƉůĂƵĚŝƚƐ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͕ tĞƐƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĨĞƐƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͗ ŚĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƌĂƉƉĞƌ͘ ,ŝƐ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚ ĂƐ Ă ŵŝĚĚůĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ĚƌŽƉŽƵƚ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ Įƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ͛Ɛ ŝŵĂŐĞ͘ ZĞůƵĐƚĂŶƚůǇ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ZŽĐͲ Ͳ&ĞůůĂ ĨŽƌ ĨĞĂƌ ŽĨ Śŝŵ ĚĞĨĞĐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ůĂďĞů͕ tĞƐƚ ŐŽƚ ŚŝƐ record deal. But the murmurs of doubt slowly crept into his mind. And then it happened. ^Ɵůů ƌĞĞůŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ tĞƐƚ ĐŽƵŶƚĞĚ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ůƵĐŬǇ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ƌĞďŽƌŶ͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ŚĞ ƐĞŝǌĞĚ ŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ĞǆŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ ďǇ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ƚǁŽ ǁĞĞŬƐ ĂŌĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŽ ŚŽƐƉŝƚĂů͘ tŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ũĂǁ ǁŝƌĞĚ ƐŚƵƚ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǁĂƐ ŚŝƐ ͞ŵĞĚŝĐŝŶĞ͕͟ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ ͚dŚƌŽƵŐŚ dŚĞ tŝƌĞ͛ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ͘ ,ŝƐ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ͛Ɛ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ǁĂƐ ͞ŵĂŬĞ ǇŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐ͘ ŽŶ͛ƚ ůĞƚ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƚĞůů ǇŽƵ͕ ͚dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ have to do.’” <ĂŶǇĞ tĞƐƚ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŚĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ĞŝŐŚƚĞĞŶ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ͕ ŵĞƟĐƵůŽƵƐůǇ ĐƌĂŌŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ͘ ZĞŵŝǆŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵĂƐƚĞƌŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂŵďŝƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ĞǆĞŵƉůŝĮĞĚ ďǇ ŚŝƐ ĂůďƵŵ͛Ɛ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉŽƐƚƉŽŶĞĚ ŝŶ ƵŐƵƐƚ ϮϬϬϯ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ƐƚƌŝŶŐƐ͕ ŐŽƐƉĞů ĐŚŽŝƌƐ͕ ĚƌƵŵ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƐ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ƐŽŶŐƐ͛ ůǇƌŝĐĂů ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂůďƵŵ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬ ƚŚĞ mould. dŚĞ ŽůůĞŐĞ ƌŽƉŽƵƚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ ϮϬϬϰ ƚŽ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĂĐĐůĂŝŵ͘ hƐŝŶŐ ŵĞůŽĚŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƵůĨƵů ƐĂŵƉůĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƉ ŚŽƉ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ͛Ɛ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͘ ^ŚŝŌŝŶŐ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ͚ŐĂŶŐƐƚĞƌ͛ ŝŵĂŐĞ͕ tĞƐƚ͛Ɛ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ ƚŚĞŵĞƐ ŽĨ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͕ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůŝƐŵ͕ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ďĂƩůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ǁĂƐ ĞǆĂŵŝŶĞĚ ŝŶ ͚:ĞƐƵƐ tĂůŬƐ͕͛ ĂŶ ĂƵĚĂĐŝŽƵƐ ƐŽŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞĞƐ tĞƐƚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌŝŶŐ ĚŝǀŝŶŝƚǇ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĚĂŝůǇ ůŝĨĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ƐŽŶŐ ǁĂƐ ŵĂƚĐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͘ ^ŽŶŐƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ͚ ůů &ĂůůƐ ŽǁŶ͕͛ ͚dŚĞ EĞǁ tŽƌŬŽƵƚ WůĂŶ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚EĞǀĞƌ >Ğƚ DĞ ŽǁŶ͕͛ all highlighted and examined societal themes. And

ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ŚŝƉͲŚŽƉ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ ůĂĚĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ŚŽŽŬƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͘ On the 10th Anniversary of his debut album’s reůĞĂƐĞ͕ <ĂŶǇĞ tĞƐƚ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ĐĂŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ͘ ͞dĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ ƚŽĚĂǇ ǁĞ ĮŶĂůůǇ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ŵǇ ůŝĨĞ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŽŝŶƚ͗ dŚĞ ŽůůĞŐĞ ƌŽƉŽƵƚ͕͟ ŚĞ ǁƌŽƚĞ͘ ͞/ ƐĂǇ ͚ĮŶĂůůǇ͛ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ was a long road, a constant struggle and a true labor of love to not only convince my peers and the ƉƵďůŝĐ ƚŚĂƚ / ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂŶ ĂƌƟƐƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŽ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ŐĞƚ that art out for the world to hear. “I am extremely grateful to each and every person along that road who helped, lent an ear, lent their ǀŽŝĐĞ͕ ŐĂǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĞĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ͘ / Ăŵ honored and humbled by my fans, for the unwavering support and love over the past 10 years.

“I wake up every day trying to give something back to you that you can rock to and be proud of. Ten years later, I am still the same kid from Chicago, still dreaming out loud, still banging on the door. The doors may be heavier, but I promise you WE WILL BREAK THEM.”

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,ĂƵůĞĚ ƵƉ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƉƚŚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ͕ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ŽƵƌ ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ďůŽŐŐĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ǇŽƵ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŇĂǀŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ƐŚĞŶĂŶŝŐĂŶƐ ďǇ ďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ the screen into the big wide world of print. :ĂĐŬ 'ƌĞĞŶĂƌĚ ŐŝǀĞƐ ƵƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŶƵĚŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ďůŽŐ ‘Sorry, who again?’͕ ƌĞŵŝŶĚŝŶŐ ƵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ǁŽŶĚĞƌƐ ǁĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ͛ǀĞ ďƌƵƐŚĞĚ ďǇ ďƵƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚŽ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞ ŽƵƌ ƵŶǁĂǀĞƌͲ ŝŶŐ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͘ dĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ƚƌŝƉ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƟŵĞ͕ <ĂŵŝĂŚ KǀĞƌĂĂ ďůŽŐƐ ‘The Jukebox’ Ͳ Ă ƐƚƌŝĐƚůǇ ƉƌĞͲϵϬƐ ǌŽŶĞ͘ >ŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞƐ͕ ƐŚĞ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ ƐŽŵĞ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ ƐƚƵī ǇŽƵ ŵŝŐŚƚ͛ǀĞ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĞĐĂĚĞƐ ŐŽŶĞ ďǇ ʹ ďƵƚ ǁŚŽ ĐĂŶ ďůĂŵĞ ǇŽƵ ƌĞĂůůǇ͍ zŽƵ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ǁĞƌĞŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ďŽƌŶ͘ ŶĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďůŽŐŐŝŶŐ ƚĞĂŵ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŶƚŚŽŶǇ :ĂŵĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ďƌĂŶĚ ƐƉĂŶŬŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ‘Hip Hop 101’͘ ŶƚŚŽŶǇ͛Ɛ ďůŽŐ ĚĞůǀĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ŚŝƉ ŚŽƉ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŶĞǁƐ͕ ƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌƟƐƚ ƐƉŽƚůŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ look good enough to eat.

‘I’m sorry, who again?’ dǇƉŝĐĂůůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďůŽŐ / ǁŽƵůĚ ŐŽ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂŶ ĂƌƟƐƚͬďĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĨŽƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƉƌŝŶƚĞĚ ĞĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ /͛ŵ ^ŽƌƌǇ͕ tŚŽ ŐĂŝŶ͍ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ / ǁŽƵůĚ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ĞĂƐǇ ǁĂǇƐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŶĞǁ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ǁĂƐƟŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞ ĂǁĂǇ ŽŶ ^ƉŽƟĨǇ Žƌ YouTube.

1) Use what you already know and like.

dŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƐŝĞƐƚ ŽŶĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ͕ ďǇ ƵƐͲ ing people you already can’t get enough of listenͲ ŝŶŐ ƚŽ͘ ^Ž ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ďĂŶĚ ůŝŬĞ ĂƐƟůůĞ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵī ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞƐ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚ ǇŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ůŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ͕ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ĮŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŚŝĚĚĞŶ ŐĞŵƐ ŽĨ ďĂŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘

ŵŽƌĞ ŽďƐĐƵƌĞ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ƚŽ ƉĂĚ ŽƵƚ Ă ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ďŝŐ ŶĂŵĞƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ůĂƵŶĐŚ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟƐƚƐͬďĂŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ Ă great way to get a taste of the music they make. /Ĩ ŝƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ĨŽƌ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬƐ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ďŝŐ ďůŽĐŬͲ ďƵƐƚĞƌƐ / ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ďĂŶĚƐ ůŝŬĞ sK͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ / ǁŝůů ŚŽƉĞĨƵůůǇ ĐŽǀĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďůŽŐ ǀĞƌǇ ƐŽŽŶ͘

2) Going solo.

4) People you may have already seen.

ŐĂŝŶ ĂŶ ĞĂƐǇ ŽŶĞ͖ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ďĂŶĚƐ ǇŽƵ ůŽǀĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƟŵĞ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ go solo and because you may only know them as ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ďĂŶĚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ǇŽƵ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶŽƚ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵī ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ͘ &Žƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ǁŽƵůĚ / ŚĂǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŽĨ ƌĂŶĚŽŶ &ůŽǁĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐŽůŽ ƐƚƵī ŝĨ / ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ <ŝůůĞƌƐ͕ ƉƌŽďͲ ably not.

3) Don’t be afraid to like Movie/TV soundtracks!

&Žƌ ĐŽƐƚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ds ƐŚŽǁƐͬDŽǀŝĞƐ ŐŽ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ

dŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ůŽǀĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŽ ŐŝŐƐ͕ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďƌŝŶŐ support acts with them to get you going for their ƐĞƚƐ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ bring slightly smaller and more obscure acts to ŚĞůƉ ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƚůŝŐŚƚ͘ ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚͲ ĞĚ ^ŶŽǁ WĂƚƌŽů ŝŶ ϮϬϭϮ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ ƚůĂƐ 'ĞŶŝƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ƌŽůů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ /ŵĂŐŝŶĞ ƌĂŐŽŶƐ ůĂƐƚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ŽŶůǇ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚĂůĞŶƚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĚĞĞƉ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ^ƉŽƟĨǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ /dƵŶĞƐ ƐƚŽƌĞ͘ dĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ǁŚŽ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ǇĞƚ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƚůŝŐŚƚ ĂƌĞ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƟƉƐ ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ Ă ŶŝĐĞ ƌŽĂĚŵĂƉ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ŐƌĞĂƚ thing you can stop listening to.

by Jack Greenard

How to Find Great but Unrecognised Artists

ZŝŐŚƚŽ͕ ƚŽĚĂǇ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ /͛Ě ďƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ƚŚĞ :ƵŬĞďŽǆ͛Ɛ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ƉůĂǇůŝƐƚ͘ &Ăƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚ ŽŶͲ ůŝŶĞ ĚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ŽŶĞ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƉĞƌ ďůŽŐ͕ /͛ŵ ũƵƐƚ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƐƚƵĐŬ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ ůĞƚ ǇŽƵ ŝŶĚƵůŐĞ ŝŶ Ă ŵƵůƟƚƵĚĞ ŽĨ ƉƌĞͲϵϬƐ ǁŽŶĚĞƌƐ͘ ^ƉĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ƚŽŶ ŽĨ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ũƵƐƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ͛ǀĞ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ Ͳ ƐŽ ƉůŽŶŬ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝŶƚŽ 'ŽŽŐůĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞ ǇŽƵƌ ĞĂƌƐ Ă ƚƌĞĂƚ͘ tŚĞƌĞ ŝĚ KƵƌ >ŽǀĞ 'Ž͍ Ͳ ^ŽŌ Ğůů ;ϭϵϴϭͿ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŵĂƐŚͲƵƉ ďǇ ^ŽŌ Ğůů͕ tŚĞƌĞ ŝĚ KƵƌ >ŽǀĞ 'Ž͍ ǁĂƐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ďǇ dŚĞ ^ƵƉƌĞŵĞƐ ŝŶ ϭϵϲϰ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐĂůůǇ ƌĞǁŽƌŬĞĚ ƚƌĂĐŬ ƚŽ Įƚ ƚŚĞ ƐǇŶƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ǀŝďĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ be able to pick out elements of their more recͲ ŽŐŶŝƐĂďůĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ dĂŝŶƚĞĚ >ŽǀĞ ;ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ďǇ 'ůŽƌŝĂ :ŽŶĞƐ ŝŶ ͚ϲϰͿ ŝŶ ŝƚ ƚŽŽ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ůů ZŝŐŚƚ Ͳ ůǀŝƐ WƌĞƐůĞǇ ;ϭϵϱϰͿ ^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ĂƐŝĚĞ ďǇ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ůů ZŝŐŚƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ commercial song released by possibly the most ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶ ŝŶ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ůǀŝƐ WƌĞƐůĞǇ͘ Ɛ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂŶ Ăůů ƌŽƵŶĚ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ĮŌŝĞƐ ƌŽĐŬ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƚƌĂĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͘ Ɛ ZŽůůŝŶŐ ^ƚŽŶĞ ĂƌŐƵĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϰ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĞǀĞƌ ƌŽĐŬ͛Ŷ͛ƌŽůů ƌĞͲ ĐŽƌĚ ĞǀĞƌ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ͖ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐ ƐƚŽŶĞ ƚŽ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ŶĞǁ ŐĞŶƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŽŽŬ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ tƵƚŚĞƌŝŶŐ ,ĞŝŐŚƚƐ Ͳ <ĂƚĞ ƵƐŚ ;ϭϵϳϴͿ &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŶĞǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ <ĂƚĞ ƵƐŚ ŝƐ ĐŽŵͲ ŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ŚĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ ůŝǀĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϳϵ͕ it’d be rude not to include her in this playlist. ZĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ǇĞĂƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƐŚĞ ƚŽŽŬ ŚĞƌ ůĂƐƚ ;ǁĞůů͕ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ǁĞƌĞ ŚĞƌ ůĂƐƚͿ ƐƚĞƉƐ ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ͕ tƵƚŚĞƌŝŶŐ ,ĞŝŐŚƚƐ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĂŶͲ ƚĂƐƟĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŝĐŽŶŝĐ ƐŽŶŐƐ͘ н ƐŽŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŽ ǁŚĞŶ ĐůĞĂŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƵƐĞ͕ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ͘

The Jukebox

^ƚĂŶĚ Ǉ DĞ Ͳ ĞŶ ͘ <ŝŶŐ ;ϭϵϲϭͿ dŚĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĂŐĞ ϴϬ͛Ɛ Įůŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŶĂŵĞ ;ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞŶ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ůŝĨĞ ǁƌŽŶŐͿ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĐůĂƐͲ ƐŝĐ ƚƌĂĐŬ ŚĂƐ ŚĂĚ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ͕ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ĐŚĂƌƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽǀĞƌƐ͕ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ dŽǁĞƌŝŶŐ ^ŽŶŐ ǁĂƌĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϮ͘ &ƵŶŶŝůǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ / ǁĂƐ ĮƌƐƚ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ŝŶ ͚ϵϱ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƐŶĞǇ ƌĞͲ leased a musical short of Timon singing the song ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨĞǁ ĨƌŽŐƐ ǁŚŝůƐƚ WƵŵďĂĂ ŐĞƚƐ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽĐƵƚĞĚ͕ ŝŐŶŽƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇ ŵĂŶŐůĞĚ ďǇ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͘ ĞĂƵƟͲ ĨƵů͕ ĞŚ͍ :ƵƐƚ >ŝŬĞ ,ĞĂǀĞŶ Ͳ dŚĞ ƵƌĞ ;ϭϵϴϳͿ dŚŝƐ ƐŽŶŐ ŝƐ ĐŚĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ďŝƚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŵǇ Ăůů ƟŵĞ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞƐ͘ ZŽďĞƌƚ ^ŵŝƚŚ ǁƌŝƚĞƐ ůŽǀĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ůŝŬĞ ŶŽďŽĚǇ ĞůƐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ͕ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ ƋƵŽƚĞĚ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ͞ŚǇƉĞƌǀĞŶƟůĂƟŶŐ Ͳ ŬŝƐƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŇŽŽƌ͘͟ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐ track and a real showcase of The Cure’s talent and ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ Ͳ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ůŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ By Kamiah Overaa

Hip Hop 101: 5 Rappers to Look Out for in 2014 1. Isaiah Rashad

dŚŝƐ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƌĂƉƉĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĂƚĂŶŽŽŐĂ͕ dĞŶŶĞƐƐĞĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͕ ŝůǀŝĂ ĞŵŽ͕ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŚŝƐ ŶĞǁůǇ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚͲ ƌĞŶŽǁŶ dŽƉ ĂǁŐ ŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ŝŶ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵĞƚ ďǇ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ͘ tŝƚŚ /ƐĂŝĂŚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶǇŝŶŐ ^Đ,ŽŽůďŽǇ Y ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ǁŽƌůĚǁŝĚĞ KǆǇŵŽƌŽŶ ƚŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĂůďƵŵ ƐůĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚƌŽƉ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ŚŝƐ ŶĂŵĞ much more.

2. Rapsody

hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ǀĞƌǇ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Ă ĨĞͲ ŵĂůĞ ƌĂƉƉĞƌ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ŝŶ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ŵĞĚŝĂ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƵŶŚĞĂƌĚ ŽĨ ǁŝƚŚ EŝĐŬŝ DŝŶĂũ ĂŶĚ >ŝů <ŝŵ ƐŚĂƩĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŐůĂƐƐ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐ͘ EĞǆƚ ƵƉ ŝƐ ZĂƉƐŽĚǇ͕ protégé of the legendary 9th Wonder and signed ƚŽ ŚŝƐ :ĂŵůĂ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ůĂďĞů͕ ZĂƉƐŽĚǇ ŚĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ Ă ůŽƚ of noise recently as she constantly displays her lyrical ability as a phenomenal emcee and her ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ƚŽ ĚĂƚĞ ŚĂƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƌǇŬĂŚ ĂĚƵ͕ <ĞŶĚƌŝĐŬ >ĂŵĂƌ͕ ŝŐ ĂĚĚǇ <ĂŶĞ ĂŶĚ ZĂĞŬǁŽŶ͘ ZĂƉƐŽĚǇ ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ƚƵƌŶͲ ing heads and it’s unlikely to be long before she ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞƐ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ƌĂǁ ƌŚǇŵͲ ing ability.

3. Krept & Konan

dŚĞ h< ĚƵŽ <ƌĞƉƚ Θ <ŽŶĂŶ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚĞĂƌŝŶŐ ĂƉĂƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ h< ŚŝƉ ŚŽƉ ƐĐĞŶĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨĞǁ years now and they look ready to take their conͲ ƋƵĞƐƚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ Ă ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ sŝƌŐŝŶ D/ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚƵŽ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƵŶĐŚůŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƩǇ ǁŽƌĚƉůĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĐƵƌĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ &ƌĞŶĐŚ DŽŶƚĂŶĂ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŶǆ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŵŝǆ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŵĂƐŚ Śŝƚ ŽŶ͛ƚ tĂƐƚĞ DǇ Time as they look to break into the US rap scene. dŚĞ ƉĂŝƌ ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ h< ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ƚŽ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŽŶ ŝĚĚǇ͛Ɛ ZĞǀŽůƚ ds͕ <ƌĞƉƚ Θ <ŽŶĂŶ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ďƌŝŐŚƚ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŵĂͲ ũŽƌ ŵŽǀĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘

4. Lil Boosie

ŶĂŵĞ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ Ă ƌĂƉ ƐŽŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĨĞǁ ǇĞĂƌƐ͖ >ŝů ŽŽƐŝĞ ŝƐ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĨƌĞĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ǁĂƐƟŶŐ ŶŽ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ϱ ǇĞĂƌ ƉƌŝƐŽŶ ƐƟŶƚ͘ ŽŽƐŝĞ ǁĂƐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŚĂƌĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚŝƐ ŝŶĐĂƌĐĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ďĂƌƐ ŚĞ ǁƌŽƚĞ ŽǀĞƌ ϭϬϬϬ ƐŽŶŐƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ :ƵƐƟŶ ŝĞďĞƌ͘ ůƌĞĂĚǇ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ĂŶĚ ďŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁƐ͕ ŽŽƐŝĞ ŝƐ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ Ă ƐůĞǁ ŽĨ ŚŝƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ Southern rapper this year.

5. Nipsey Hussle

dŽ ŵĂŶǇ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ tĞƐƚĐŽĂƐƚ ŚŝƉ ŚŽƉ͕ EŝƉƐĞǇ ,ƵƐƐůĞ ŝƐ Ă ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚ ŶĂŵĞ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞĚ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ŵĞĚŝĂ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ΨϭϬϬ ŵŝǆƚĂƉĞ͕ ƌĞŶͲ ƐŚĂǁ͕ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ EŝƉƐĞǇ ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ĐĂƐƵĂů ŚŝƉ ŚŽƉ ĨĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŝƚͲ ŝĐƐ ĂůŝŬĞ͕ ĞǀĞŶ :ĂǇ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ ϭϬϬ ĐŽƉŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƌĞŶͲ ƐŚĂǁ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ǁĂƐ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ǁĞůů ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ and Nipsey plans to follow up with his highly anͲ ƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ sŝĐƚŽƌǇ >ĂƉ ĂůďƵŵ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŶǇ ĂƌĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƟŶŐ͕ EŝƉƐĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ǀĞƌǇ ǁĞůů ďƌĞĂŬ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ůŝŵĞͲ light this year. By Anthony James

PARKLIFE VS. NO TOMORROW ^Ž ĞǆĂŵƐ ĞŶĚ ŽŶ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ϲƚŚ :ƵŶĞ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽĸĐŝĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝƐ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŽƉĞŶ ƐƉĂĐĞ͕ ĐŝĚĞƌ ŝŶ ŚĂŶĚ͕ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŶƐŚŝŶĞ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ůŝǀĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĐĂŶ / ĚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ǇŽƵ ĂƐŬ͘ tĞůů ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŶŽƌƚŚ͕ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ WĂƌŬůŝĨĞ tĞĞŬĞŶĚĞƌ ŝŶ DĂŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ͕ Žƌ ƐƚĂǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŐŽŽĚ ŽůĚ EŽƩƐ͕ ĂƐ Ă ďƌĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ĚĂǇ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶŝĐ tŽůůĂƚŽŶ WĂƌŬ͗ EŽ dŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ &ĞƐƟǀĂů͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽŶĞ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ŐŽ ƚŽ͍

First Up:

The Parklife Weekender

tŚĞŶ͗ :ƵŶĞ ϳƚŚ н ϴƚŚ tŚĞƌĞ͗ ,ĞĂƚŽŶ WĂƌŬ͕ DĂŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ WƌŝĐĞ͗ tĞĞŬĞŶĚ dŝĐŬĞƚ άϳϵ͘ϱϬ͕ ĂǇ ƟĐŬĞƚ άϰϵ͘ϱϬ dĂƐƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ŝŶĞͲƵƉ͗ ^ŶŽŽƉ ŽŐŐ͕ &ŽĂůƐ͕ ŝƐĐůŽƐƵƌĞ͕ ^ dZ<d ǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ĐůŝĞŶƚĞůĞ͗ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ŝŶĞďƌŝĂƚĞĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŵŝǆŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů DĂŶĐƵŶŝĂŶƐ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ďŝŐ ƉĂƌƚǇ ^ŝŶĐĞ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚŝŶŐ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϬ Ăƚ WůĂƩ &ŝĞůĚƐ WĂƌŬ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŚƵďƐ ŽĨ &ĂůůŽǁĮĞůĚ ĂŶĚ ZƵƐŚŽůŵĞ͕ WĂƌŬůŝĨĞ ŚĂƐ ƚƌƵůǇ ŵĂĚĞ Ă ŶĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂƐ Ă ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ͘ <ŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ͚ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕͛ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ĞŵďƌĂĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĞǀŽůǀĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĨŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ,ĞĂƚŽŶ WĂƌŬ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ŝŶ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ƚŽ ŚŝŐŚ ĚĞŵĂŶĚ͘ ^ƉĂŶŶŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ƚǁŽ ĚĂǇƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŚĂƐ ŝƚƐ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ůŝŶĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĚĂƚĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ^ŶŽŽƉ ŽŐŐ͕ &ŽĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐĐůŽƐƵƌĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŶĂŵĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďŝůů͘

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DĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ĚĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŚĂƐ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŽƉ :Ɛ ĂŶĚ ĂĐƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ :ĂŵŝĞ ǆǆ͕ :ŽǇ KƌďŝƐŽŶ͕ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ &ŝƚǌŐĞƌĂůĚ͕ ^ĐƵďĂ ĂŶĚ ŶĚǇ ͘ zĞƚ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͛Ɛ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ŚĂƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ǁŽƌůĚͲ ĐůĂƐƐ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŐĞŶƌĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĂŵĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ^ŶŽŽƉ ŽŐŐ͕ &ŽĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƟůůĞ ŐƌĂĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͘ /ƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ ƚŽ ĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŽƚĚŽŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŝŶ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ǇŽƵƌ ďĞƐƚ ŵĂƚĞ ŝƐ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŐƵǇ ǁŚŽ ͚ůŽƐƚ͛ ŚŝƐ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƌƚĂůŽŽƐ͘

tŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƚǇ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶĞͲƵƉ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚĞŶŝŶŐ͕ WĂƌŬůŝĨĞ ŝƐ ĨĂƐƚ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ EŽƌƚŚ͛Ɛ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƚŽ ĞƐƟǀĂů͖ ŵƵĐŚ ŐƌŝƫĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŽŶ Ă ďƵĚŐĞƚ͕ ďƵƚ Ă ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ƚŽ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ͘

The New Kid on the Block: No Tomorrow tŚĞŶ͗ :ƵŶĞ ϳƚŚ tŚĞƌĞ͗ tŽůůĂƚŽŶ WĂƌŬ͕ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ WƌŝĐĞ͗ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ άϯϬ͕ ŶĞǆƚ ďĂƚĐŚ άϯϱ dĂƐƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ŝŶĞͲƵƉ͗ >ŽŶĚŽŶ 'ƌĂŵŵĂƌ͕ ^Ăŵ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ůĞĂŶ ĂŶĚŝƚ ǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ůŝĞŶƚĞůĞ͗ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͙ ĂŶĚ ŵĂǇďĞ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ĂĚƵůƚƐ ƌĞͲůŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǇŽƵƚŚ

&Žƌ ŽŶĞ ĚĂǇ ŽŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϳƚŚ :ƵŶĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝĚǇůůŝĐ ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ tŽůůĂƚŽŶ WĂƌŬ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝŶǀĂĚĞĚ ďǇ ŵƵƐŝĐͲůŽǀĞƌƐ͕ ĐŚƌŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁĞƐƚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ EŽ dŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ͘ ŽƐƟŶŐ ŽŶůǇ άϯϬ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ĚĂǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ƐƚĞĂůƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ WĂƌŬůŝĨĞ͛Ɛ ůŝŶĞͲƵƉ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ĂĐƚƐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ͕ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ďŽƚŚ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ͖ >ŽŶĚŽŶ 'ƌĂŵŵĂƌ͕ ^Ăŵ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ůĞĂŶ ĂŶĚŝƚ͕ ƵŬĞ ƵŵŽŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŽŶ DĞƐƐǇ :Ɛ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ͘ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽĨ ŶŽǁ͕ EŽ dŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ Ă ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ϮϬϭϰ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ƚƌŝƉ ŽŶ Ă ƉĂĐŬĞĚ ŽƵƚ ĐŽĂĐŚ ƵƉ ƚŽ DĂŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ũƵƐƚ ƌŽůů ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ďĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁĂůŬ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ ƚŽ EŽ dŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ Ă ĐĂƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ dŚĞ ƚƌƵĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĨĞůƚ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ŐĞƚ ĂŐŐƌĂǀĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƚĞĞŶƚŚ Őŝƌů ǇŽƵ ƐĞĞ ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ Ă ŇŽǁĞƌǇ ŚĞĂĚďĂŶĚ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŽĚůĂŶĚ ĨŽƌĞƐƚ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ϯϬ ƋƵŝĚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶ͘

Ǉ :ĞƐƐ ^ĂůƚĞƌ

Ones to Watch in 2014: The Other Tribe dŚĞ KƚŚĞƌ dƌŝďĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ϱͲƉŝĞĐĞ ďĂŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƌŝƐƚŽů͕ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƟŶŐ ŽĨ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ :ĂŵĞƐ ,ŝůů͕ ďĂƐƐŝƐƚ DŝůĞƐ DĞƚƌŝĐ͕ ĚƌƵŵŵĞƌ KůůŝĞ tŚŝƚĞ͕ ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚ ůĞǆ KůĚƌŽǇĚ ĂŶĚ DĂǆ ůĞĂƌǇ ŽŶ ŬĞǇƐ͘ / ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ :ĂŵĞƐ͕ DŝůĞƐ ĂŶĚ DĂǆ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ƉůĂǇĞĚ Ă EĞǁ zĞĂƌ ƐŚŽǁ Ăƚ ZĞƐĐƵĞ ZŽŽŵƐ ŝŶ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ͕ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ ĂďŽƵƚ Ă ϮϬϭϯ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĂǁ ƚŚĞŵ ƉůĂǇ Ă ŵƵůƟƚƵĚĞ ŽĨ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ϮϬϭϰ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ͘ WůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ͕ ƐŽ ĐĂŶ ǇŽƵ ŐŝǀĞ ƵƐ Ă ƋƵŝĐŬ ƌƵŶͲĚŽǁŶ ŽĨ ǁŚŽ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ͍ :ĂŵĞƐ͗ tĞůů͕ ďĂƐŝĐĂůůǇ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ Ă ϱͲƉŝĞĐĞ ďĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ plays dance music. zŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ Ă ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƚͲ ŝĐ ůŝǀĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ŚŽǁ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ŐŽ ĂďŽƵƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŚŽǁƐ͍ DŝůĞƐ͗ tĞůů͕ ŽƵƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝƐ ƐƵŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐͲ ĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƉĞƌĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͘ tĞ do try to get the audience to respond to the music; we want to be a part of what they’re doing and we want them to be a part of our performance. /͛ǀĞ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞĚ ƚŽ ĚĞĐŝĚĞ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ŐĞŶƌĞ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǇŽƵ ƉůĂǇ͕ ƐŽ ŚŽǁ ǁŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ĚĞͲ ƐĐƌŝďĞ ŝƚ͍ DŝůĞƐ͗ ƌŽĂĚůǇ ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŚŽƵƐĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽƚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚƌŝďĂů ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŝƚĞ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĐĂŶ ƐŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŽ͘ tĞ ůŝƐͲ ƚĞŶĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚƌŝďĂů ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ĂŶĚ ůĞǆ ƐƚƵĚŝĞĚ ŝƚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ Ăƚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͕ ƐŽ ǁĞ ĐŽŵͲ ďŝŶĞĚ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚƌŝďĂů ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ŐƵǇƐ ĞŶũŽǇ ůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ͍ DŝůĞƐ͗ tĞ͛ǀĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ďĞĞŶ ůŽǀŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŝƌƚǇďŝƌĚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ ůĂƚĞůǇ͘ ƌƟƐƚƐ ůŝŬĞ ĂƚƐ ǀĞͲ

ƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ͕ :ƵƐƟŶ DĂƌƟŶ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĚĂǆ ĂƌĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ really good music. zŽƵ ŐƵǇƐ ŚĂĚ Ă ƉƌĞƩǇ ďƵƐǇ ϮϬϭϯ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ ǇŽƵƌ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ͍ DŝůĞƐ͗ tĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ƌĞĂůůǇ ƉĂĐŬĞĚ ϮϬϭϯ͕ ďƵƚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉĂƌƚ ǁĂƐ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ Ăƚ DĂůůŽƌĐĂ͕ /ďŝǌĂ ĂŶĚ 'ůĂƐƚŽŶďƵƌǇ ƐŽ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ΀ϮϱƚŚ :ƵŶĞ͕ ϮϲƚŚ :ƵŶĞ ĂŶĚ ϮϴƚŚ :ƵŶĞ΁͘ dŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ Ăůů ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐŚŽǁƐ͘ tĞ ĂůƐŽ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŐŝŐƐ ŝŶ Ă ƌŽǁ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂƐƟůůĞ͕ ƐŽ ǁĞ ŐŽƚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ Śŝŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ͛Ɛ Ă ƌĞĂůůǇ ĐŽŽů ŐƵǇ͘ ^Ž ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŶǇ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚƐ͕ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĨĂǀŽƵƌͲ ŝƚĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ Ăƚ͍ DŝůĞƐ͗ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ĐůƵď ŝŶ ƌŝƐƚŽů ĐĂůůĞĚ Dojo that we used to play at a lot. :ĂŵĞƐ͗ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ Start the Bus [in BrisͲ ƚŽů΁͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ :͛Ě Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĐůƵď ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ŐŽƚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ůŝǀĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂůͲ ǁĂǇƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ zŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ Ăƌƚ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽŶ Ăůů ǇŽƵƌ W ĐŽǀĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ ƉƌĞǀĂůĞŶƚ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǀŝĚĞŽƐ͘ tŚĞƌĞ ĚŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ͍ DŝůĞƐ͗ dŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ Ăƌƚ ŝƐ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŵĂĚĞ ďǇ Ă guy called Hicks. He’s painted a wall of a restaurant ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ďĞ ůŝŬĞ ͚ŽŚ ůŽŽŬ͕

ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽƵƌ ǁĂůů͛͘ dŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǀŝĚĞŽƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĨƵŶ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ƚŚĞŵ during the day. ƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ͕ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉĂƌƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ďĂŶĚ͍

James: It’s got to be the live shows. tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϰ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ ŐƵǇƐ͍ DŝůĞƐ͗ tĞůů͕ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŽŶ Ă ĨĞǁ ƚŽƵƌƐ͕ ƉĂƌͲ ƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ĂďƌŽĂĚ͘ tĞ͛ƌĞ really looking forward to playing in the snow in the ůƉƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ Ă ĨĞǁ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ ůŝŶĞĚ ƵƉ͘ ŶĚ /͛ŵ ŶŽƚ ƚŽŽ ƐƵƌĞ ŝĨ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƐĂǇ ƚŚŝƐ͕ but we might also be playing a secret gig in a really ĐŽŽů ǀĞŶƵĞ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞ ŝŶ Ɖƌŝů͘ tĞ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ƐĂǇ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǇĞƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ďŝŐ ŵĂŶƐŝŽŶ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ƚĂǆŝĚĞƌŵŝĞĚ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ͘ /͛ŵ ƉƌĞƩǇ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ŐŝƌĂīĞ ŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ atmosphere. DĂǆ͗ tĞ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ Ă ΀ĚĞďƵƚ΁ ĂůďƵŵ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ͘ /ƚ͛ůů

probably be about 70% new material too. ^ŽƵŶĚƐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ͕ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ĨŽƌ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƵƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ͘ DŝůĞƐ͗ EŽ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůĂŝĚ back one for a change. tŝƚŚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ĐƌĂŵŵĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞŵƉŚĂƟĐ ĞŶͲ ĞƌŐǇ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ǀŝďƌĂŶƚ͕ ĞƵƉŚŽƌŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ ŚŽƵƐĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƵŶĚĞƌƉŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ͕ dŚĞ KƚŚĞƌ dƌŝďĞ ǁŝůů ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ďĞ ŽŶĞƐ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϰ͘ By Max Saito

10 REASONS TO HANG ON UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR tŚŽ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ǁŚĞŶ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŵƵƐŝĐ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞƐ͕ ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚůĞƚƐ ƉŝƚĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ƵƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƚŽƉ ŶĞǁ ĂƌƟƐƚ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϰ͍ Z D D Z͍ ZŝŐŚƚ͕ ǁĞŝƌĚůǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƐŽ ůŽŶŐ ĂŐŽ ĂŶĚ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ Ă ŚĂŶĚĨƵů ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ͞ƐƉŽƚůŝŐŚƚĞĚ͟ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ďĂŶĚƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐůŝƉƉŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ŽďƐĐƵƌŝƚǇ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ďƵƚ Ă deep shame. KŌĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌƟƐƚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ůŽƚ ŽĨ ďƵǌǌ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞŵ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚǇƉĞ͕ ǁĞ ŐĞƚ ďŽƌĞĚ ŽĨ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ƵŶůĞƐƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ĐĂƵƐĞ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞĂƌƚŚƋƵĂŬĞ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ĞĂƌƐ Žƌ ůŝƩĞƌ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŵĞĚŝĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌͲǁĞď Žƌ ĚŽ ĐƌĂǌǇ DŝůĞǇ ĂŶƟĐƐ͘ Ƶƚ ĚĞĂƌ ƌĞĂĚĞƌƐ͕ ŚĞĂƌ ŵǇ ŽŶĞ ƉůĞĂ͗ , E' KE ͲͲ d > ^d hEd/> d, E K& d, z Z͊ ^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĂƌĞ ǁŽƌƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁĂŝƚ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵǇ ƉŝĐŬ ŽĨ Ă ĨĞǁ ĂƌƟƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ / ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚ ǁŝůů ƐƟůů ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞ ŽƵƌ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ĐŽŵĞ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϰ ƌĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚ ĐŚĂƌƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ďƵƚ ƉƵƌĞůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĂůĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŚĞǇ ƐĞƌǀĞ ƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ͘

ELLI INGRAM dŝƉƉĞĚ ďǇ͗ ϭǆƚƌĂ Ͳ ,Žƚ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϰ͕

^ŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ǇŽƵ ŽǀĞƌ͗ ^ŽďĞƌ W͕ ͛ ĂǁŚĂ ͕ tŚĞŶ /ƚ tĂƐ ĂƌŬ /Ĩ ŝƚ ǁĞƌĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ >ĂƵƌǇŶ ,ŝůů ĂŶĚ ŵǇ tŝŶĞŚŽƵƐĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ůŽǀĞ ĐŚŝůĚ͕ ůůŝ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞƉŝĐĂůůǇ ĐŽŶĐĞŝǀĞĚ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ƐƉĂǁŶ͘ EĞĞĚ / ƐĂǇ ŵŽƌĞ͍ ^ŚĞ͛Ɛ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ͕ ŚĂŶĚƐ ĚŽǁŶ͊ ,ĂŝůŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƌŝŐŚƚŽŶ͕ ůůŝ ŝƐ Ă ƚƌƵĞ ϵϬ͛Ɛ ďĂďǇ͕ ǇĞƚ Ă ŬŝŶĚƌĞĚ ũĂǌǌǇ ƐŽƵů ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ĚĞƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ŚǇƉĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƌŐƵĂďůǇ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞƐ ŽŚ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ͘ ,Ğƌ ƐŽƵŶĚ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ƐƚǇůĞ ĂŶĚ ůǇƌŝĐĂů ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ĞƋƵĂůƐ ŚĞƌ ǀĞƌǇ ďŽůĚ ŝŵĂŐĞ͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƵŶĚĞƌǁŚĞůŵƐ ŝƚ ΎĐŽƵŐŚ Ͳ >ĂŶĂ Ğů ZĂǇΎ͘ ,Ğƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚĞĂŵ͕ &Ğůŝǆ :ŽƐĞƉŚ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽŶ ZƵĚŝ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚ ŚĞƌ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĞƌǇ ƐŵŽŽƚŚ͕ ƚƌŝƉƉǇ ŶŽƵǀĞĂƵ ZΘ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ƐŽ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ƐŚĞ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ŽƵƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ŬĞĞƉ ƵƐ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶĞĚ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͕ ƐŚĞ͛ůů ďĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ Ăƚ >ŽǀĞ Žǆ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ŝŶƐƚĂŐƌĂŵ ƉŽƐƚƐ ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ĐĞĂƐĞ ƚŽ ĂŵĂǌĞ͘

KWABS. dŝƉƉĞĚ ďǇ͗ DdsͲ ƌĂŶĚ EĞǁ ϮϬϭϰ͕ dŚĞ 'ƵĂƌĚŝĂŶ Ͳ EĞǁ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂǇ͕ ϭǆƚƌĂ Ͳ ,Žƚ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϰ͕ ^ŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ǇŽƵ

ŽǀĞƌ͗ ^Ɖŝƌŝƚ &ĂĚĞ͕ >ĂƐƚ ^ƚĂŶĚ͕ tƌŽŶŐ Žƌ ZŝŐŚƚ ; ĞŶ WĞĂƌĐĞ ZĞŵŝǆ фф z ^^͊͊͊͊Ϳ >ĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ǀŝƌƚƵĂůůǇ ŶŽ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŐƵǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŚŝƐ ŶĂŵĞ͕ <ǁĂďƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ ƐŽŶŐ ^Ɖŝƌŝƚ &ĂĚĞ͘ / ƐƚƵŵďůĞĚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ Śŝŵ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ ŽĨ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĂĚŝŽ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŵǇ ŚĞĂĚͲ ƉŚŽŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ŽĨ Ă ƐƵĚĚĞŶ͙ Z/dKE >> hW /E zKhZ & >/< t, d͊ ^Ɖŝƌŝƚ &ĂĚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚĞĚ ůŝŬĞ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ / ĐŽƵůĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ƌĞĐĂůů͘ ^ŽŵĞŚŽǁ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ǁĞŝƌĚ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ >ƵƚŚĞƌ sĂŶĚƌŽƐƐ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ϴϬ͛Ɛ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ <ǁĂďƐ͛ ǀŽŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĂďůĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ŬĞǇďŽĂƌĚ ƐǇŶƚŚƐ ;ďĂƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞ͕ /͛ŵ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞͲ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŐŽŽĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐͿ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ϮϬϬϬ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵĞĚŽǁŶͬŚŽƵƐĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͘ /ƚ ũƵƐƚ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŵĂŬĞ ƐĞŶƐĞ ǇĞƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ͊ ŶǇǁĂǇ͕ ĨĂƐƚ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ϮϬϭϰ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŐŽƚ ďƵĐŬĞƚ ůŽĂĚƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ <ǁĂďĞŶĂ ĚũͲ ĞƉŽŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ďĞŝŶŐ ƟƉƉĞĚ ůĞŌ ĂŶĚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͘ dŚĞ tƌŽŶŐ Žƌ ZŝŐŚƚ W ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ďĞĂƵƟͲ ĨƵůůǇ ĚĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ƌŝĐŚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƵƐ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƌĞĂĚǇ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ tŝƌĞůĞƐƐ &ĞƐƟǀĂů͕ >ĂƟƚƵĚĞ Žƌ dŚĞ ^ĞĐƌĞƚ 'ĂƌĚĞŶ WĂƌƚǇ ƚŚĞŶ K EKd D/^^ ,/^ ^ d͊

DENAI MOORE dŝƉƉĞĚ ďǇ͗ dŚĞ dĞůĞŐƌĂƉŚ Ͳ EĞǁ &ĂĐĞƐ

^ŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ǇŽƵ ŽǀĞƌ͗ dŚĞ >ĂŬĞ͕ ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ͕ 'ŽŶĞ ĞŶĂŝ ŝƐ ϭϵ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů Ă ĨĂŝƌůǇ ŶĞǁ ŶĂŵĞ ďƵƚ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ĨĂƐƚ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ƉƌŽĮůĞ ĨĂŶ ďĂƐĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ WůĂŶ ͕ dŽŵ KĚĞůů ĂŶĚ >ŝĂŶŶĞ >Ă ,ĂǀĂƐ͘ ŶĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ Ă ĨĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ƚǁŽ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚĞŵ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ůŝǀĞ ƚŚĞŶ ŝƚƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƐŚĞ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǇŽƵ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ƐŽŽƚŚŝŶŐůǇ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͘

ELLI INGRAM dŝƉƉĞĚ ďǇ͗ ϭǆƚƌĂ Ͳ ,Žƚ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϰ͕

^ŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ǇŽƵ ŽǀĞƌ͗ ^ŽďĞƌ W͕ ͛ ĂǁŚĂ ͕ tŚĞŶ /ƚ tĂƐ ĂƌŬ /Ĩ ŝƚ ǁĞƌĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ >ĂƵƌǇŶ ,ŝůů ĂŶĚ ŵǇ tŝŶĞŚŽƵƐĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ůŽǀĞ ĐŚŝůĚ͕ ůůŝ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞƉŝͲ ĐĂůůǇ ĐŽŶĐĞŝǀĞĚ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ƐƉĂǁŶ͘ EĞĞĚ / ƐĂǇ ŵŽƌĞ͍ ^ŚĞ͛Ɛ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ͕ ŚĂŶĚƐ ĚŽǁŶ͊ ,ĂŝůŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƌŝŐŚƚŽŶ͕ ůůŝ ŝƐ Ă ƚƌƵĞ ϵϬ͛Ɛ ďĂďǇ͕ ǇĞƚ Ă ŬŝŶĚƌĞĚ ũĂǌǌǇ ƐŽƵů ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĐŽŵͲ ƉůĞƚĞůǇ ĚĞƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ŚǇƉĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƌŐƵĂďůǇ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞƐ ŽŚ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ͘ ,Ğƌ ƐŽƵŶĚ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ƐƚǇůĞ ĂŶĚ ůǇƌŝͲ ĐĂů ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ĞƋƵĂůƐ ŚĞƌ ǀĞƌǇ ďŽůĚ ŝŵĂŐĞ͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƵŶĚĞƌǁŚĞůŵƐ ŝƚ ΎĐŽƵŐŚ Ͳ >ĂŶĂ Ğů ZĂǇΎ͘ ,Ğƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐͲ ƟŽŶ ƚĞĂŵ͕ &Ğůŝǆ :ŽƐĞƉŚ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽŶ ZƵĚŝ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚ ŚĞƌ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĞƌǇ ƐŵŽŽƚŚ͕ ƚƌŝƉƉǇ ŶŽƵǀĞĂƵ ZΘ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ƐŽ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ƐŚĞ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ŽƵƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ŬĞĞƉ ƵƐ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶĞĚ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͕ ƐŚĞ͛ůů ďĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ Ăƚ >ŽǀĞ Žǆ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ŝŶƐƚĂŐƌĂŵ ƉŽƐƚƐ ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ĐĞĂƐĞ ƚŽ ĂŵĂǌĞ͘

KWABS. dŝƉƉĞĚ ďǇ͗ DdsͲ ƌĂŶĚ EĞǁ ϮϬϭϰ͕ dŚĞ 'ƵĂƌĚŝĂŶ Ͳ

EĞǁ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂǇ͕ ϭǆƚƌĂ Ͳ ,Žƚ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϰ͕ ^ŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ǇŽƵ ŽǀĞƌ͗ ^Ɖŝƌŝƚ &ĂĚĞ͕ >ĂƐƚ ^ƚĂŶĚ͕ tƌŽŶŐ Žƌ ZŝŐŚƚ ; ĞŶ WĞĂƌĐĞ ZĞŵŝǆ фф z ^^͊͊͊͊Ϳ >ĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ǀŝƌƚƵĂůůǇ ŶŽ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŐƵǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŚŝƐ ŶĂŵĞ͕ <ǁĂďƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ ƐŽŶŐ ^Ɖŝƌŝƚ &ĂĚĞ͘ / ƐƚƵŵďůĞĚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ Śŝŵ walking the streets of London listening to the radio ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŵǇ ŚĞĂĚƉŚŽŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ŽĨ Ă ƐƵĚĚĞŶ͙ Z/Ͳ dKE >> hW /E zKhZ & >/< t, d͊ ^Ɖŝƌŝƚ &ĂĚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚĞĚ ůŝŬĞ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ / ĐŽƵůĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ƌĞĐĂůů͘ ^ŽŵĞŚŽǁ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ǁĞŝƌĚ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ >ƵƚŚĞƌ sĂŶĚƌŽƐƐ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ϴϬ͛Ɛ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ <ǁĂďƐ͛ ǀŽŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĂďůĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ŬĞǇďŽĂƌĚ ƐǇŶƚŚƐ ;ďĂƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞ͕ /͛ŵ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ŐŽŽĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐͿ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ϮϬϬϬ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵĞĚŽǁŶͬ ŚŽƵƐĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͘ /ƚ ũƵƐƚ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŵĂŬĞ ƐĞŶƐĞ ǇĞƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ͊ ŶǇǁĂǇ͕ ĨĂƐƚ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ϮϬϭϰ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŐŽƚ ďƵĐŬĞƚ ůŽĂĚƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ <ǁĂďĞͲ ŶĂ ĚũĞƉŽŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ďĞŝŶŐ ƟƉƉĞĚ ůĞŌ ĂŶĚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͘ dŚĞ tƌŽŶŐ Žƌ ZŝŐŚƚ W ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵůůǇ ĚĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ƌŝĐŚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƵƐ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƌĞĂĚǇ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ tŝƌĞůĞƐƐ &ĞƐƟǀĂů͕ >ĂƟͲ ƚƵĚĞ Žƌ dŚĞ ^ĞĐƌĞƚ 'ĂƌĚĞŶ WĂƌƚǇ ƚŚĞŶ K EKd D/^^ ,/^ ^ d͊

DENAI MOORE

dŝƉƉĞĚ ďǇ͗ dŚĞ dĞůĞŐƌĂƉŚ Ͳ EĞǁ &ĂĐĞƐ ^ŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ǇŽƵ ŽǀĞƌ͗ dŚĞ >ĂŬĞ͕ ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ͕ 'ŽŶĞ ĞŶĂŝ ŝƐ ϭϵ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů Ă ĨĂŝƌůǇ ŶĞǁ ŶĂŵĞ ďƵƚ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ĨĂƐƚ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ƉƌŽĮůĞ ĨĂŶ ďĂƐĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ WůĂŶ ͕ dŽŵ KĚĞůů ĂŶĚ >ŝĂŶŶĞ >Ă ,ĂǀĂƐ͘ ŶĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ Ă ĨĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ƚǁŽ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚĞŵ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ

CHANCE THE RAPPER

dŝƉƉĞĚ ďǇ͗ ^ŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ϮϬϭϰ͕ ED ϰϬ EĞǁ ĂŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϰ͕ ^y^t ƌĞĂŬŽƵƚ DƵƐŝĐĂů ĐƚƐ ^ŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ǇŽƵ ŽǀĞƌ͗ ĐŝĚ ZĂƉ ; ůďƵŵͿ͕ ŽĐŽĂ ƵƚͲ ƚĞƌ <ŝƐƐĞƐ ŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ZĂƉƉĞƌ͕ ŵƵĐŚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ZŽǇĂů ůŽŽĚ ŝƐ ĂŶͲ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƌƟƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ǁĂŝƚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĨŽƌ͘ ,Ğ͛Ɛ ŚĞƌĞ ŶŽǁ ĂŶĚ ϮϬϭϰ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ůŝƚĞƌĂůůǇ ŚŝƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ͘ DƵĐŚ ůŝŬĞ ŚŽǁ ϮϬϭϯ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ŽĨ <ĞŶĚƌŝĐŬ >ĂŵĂƌ ŝŶ ƌĂƉ͕ / ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŚŝĐĂŐŽ ŶĂƟǀĞ ŚĂŶĐĞ͘ ŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ĂƌƌĂĐŬ KďĂŵĂ ŝƐ ŬŝŶĚĂ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ͚ĨƌŝĞŶĚ͛͘ :ĂǇͲ ŝƐ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƌĂƉƉĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽ / ĐŽƵŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞŵĞŶƚ͘ >ǇƌŝĐĂůůǇ͕ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ƐƵƉĞƌ ǁŝƩǇ ĂŶĚ ƐŝůůǇ ƐŽ ůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĐŝĚ ZĂƉ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĞĂƐǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͘ ,ŝƐ ŶĞǆƚ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ,ŝƉ ,ŽƉ ŚĞĂǀǇǁĞŝŐŚƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ tŝƌĞůĞƐƐ ƐĞƚ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ďĞ ƉƌĞƩǇ ƚƌŝƉƉǇ ƚŽŽ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ / ŵĞĂŶ͘

DARLIA dŝƉƉĞĚ ďǇ͗ ED ϰϬ EĞǁ ĂŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϰ͕ dŚĞ 'ƵĂƌĚŝĂŶ

EĞǁ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂǇ ^ŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ǇŽƵ ŽǀĞƌ͗ ĂŶĚǇŵĂŶ͕ YƵĞĞŶ ŽĨ ,ĞĂƌƚƐ͕ Nepalm / ŐƵĞƐƐ /͛ŵ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐƚƵƉŝĚ͕ ŵĂǇďĞ ƐůŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ŚĞĂƌŝŶŐ Žƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁŚĞŶ / ĮƌƐƚ ŚĞĂƌĚ ĂŶĚǇŵĂŶ ďǇ ĂƌůŝĂ / ũƵƐƚ ƉƌĞƐƵŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ƐŽŵĞ ĐŽŽů > ƌŽĐŬĞƌƐ Žƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͙ ^Ž ǇĞĂŚ / ǁĂƐ ǁƌŽŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂĐŬƉŽŽů ďƵƚ ďĞƩĞƌ ƐƟůů͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŇǇ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƌŽĐŬ ƌĞǀŝǀĂů ŇĂŐ ƚŽŽ͊ z z͊ tŚĂƚ / ůŝŬĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƚƌŝŽ ŝƐ ĂƐŝĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂǀǇ ŚŝƫŶŐ ƐƵƉĞƌƐŽŶŝĐ ŶŽŝƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŵĂŬĞ͕ / ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǀĂƐƚůǇ ƐƉƌĞĂĚ ůǇƌŝĐĂů ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ͚EĂƉĂůŵ͛ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŝĐĞ ŝŶ tŽŶĚĞƌůĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ͚YƵĞĞŶ ŽĨ ,ĞĂƌƚƐ͛͘ dŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ŚŽŽŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƌŝīƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽƵƐůǇ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ƐŽ / ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ƚŚŝŶŬ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ƐƟůů ďĞ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĐŽŵĞ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͘

THE ORWELLS

dŝƉƉĞĚ ďǇ͗ ED ϰϬ EĞǁ ĂŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϰ ^ŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ǇŽƵ ŽǀĞƌ͗ dŚĞ ZŝŐŚƚĞŽƵƐ KŶĞ ;фK, z ^Ϳ͕ ŝƌƚǇ ^ŚĞĞƚƐ͕ KƚŚĞƌ sŽŝĐĞƐ W ĞĨŽƌĞ / ƐƚĂƌƚ͕ ĐĂŶ / ũƵƐƚ ƐĂǇ͕ dŚĞ ZŝŐŚƚĞŽƵƐ KŶĞ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŶŐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǆ͊ tŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ͕ / ũƵƐƚ ƐĂŝĚ / ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ĂƉŽůŽŐŝƐĞ͕ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƐǁŝŌůǇ ŽŶ͘ Ƶƚ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ͕ ŽŶĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŐƵǇƐ ĂƌĞ ůŝŬĞ /',d E͊ dŚĞǇ ůŽŽŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚǁĞůǀĞ͕ ŽŬ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝŬĞ ĮŌĞĞŶ ďƵƚ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůǇ td&͊ dŚĞǇ ŐŝǀĞ ŵĞ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ůĂĐŬ <ĞǇƐ͕ <ŝŶŐƐ KĨ >ĞŽŶ ;ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵͿ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ^ƚƌŽŬĞƐ ;ŵŽƐƚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵͿ ǀŝďĞƐ͘ /͛ŵ ũƵƐƚ ƐŽ ĐŽŶĨƵƐĞĚ͊ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞǇ really are a breath of fresh air but apparently they ŚĂǀĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ďĞĞŶ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϭϮ͙͘͘ &D>͊ dŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ůŝŬĞ ^/yd E /E >KKD/E' ϮϬϭϮ͊ dŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ / ĨŽƵŶĚ ŽƵƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵƉĞƌ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ďĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ / ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ǁŚĂƚ Ăŵ / ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ĚŽŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵǇ ǇŽƵƚŚ͘ ^ĞƌŝŽƵƐůǇ͕ t, d͍͊ ŶǇǁĂǇ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐƵƉĞƌ ǇŽƵŶŐ ĚƵĚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ƚŽƵƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĐƟĐ DŽŶͲ ŬĞǇƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ ƐŽ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ƉŝĐŬ ƵƉ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĞǀĞŶƚƵͲ ally come here to entertain us. How are you not ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĂŵĂǌĞĚ͙͍ 35

EUGENE QUELL

dŝƉƉĞĚ ďǇ͗ ED &ĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĂŶĚƐ EĞǁ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϰ͕ 'ŽůĚ &ůĂŬĞ WĂŝŶƚ͗ /ŶƚƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ^ŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ǇŽƵ ŽǀĞƌ͗ >h>>͕ tĞŝƌĚ WƵƌƌ͕ DĂŬĞ Ă House a Home EŽǁ ŝŶ ŵǇ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͕ W> ^ ͕ EK K z ^,KKd D ͕ ďƵƚ ƵŐĞŶĞ YƵĞůů ŚĂƐ Ă ƐŽƵŶĚ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ ůŝŬĞ EŝƌǀĂŶĂ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŵĂŶ <Ƶƌƚ ŽďĂŝŶ͕ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ ŚŝƐ ǁŚŽůĞ 'ƌƵŶͲ ŐĞ͕ &Ƶǌǌ͕ ĞĚƌŽŽŵ ZŽĐŬ ǀŝďĞ ƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ EŝƌǀĂŶĂ ĂŶĚ Z D ĂŶĚ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ŵĂƐŚ ƵƉ ϵϬ͛Ɛ ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ ZŽĐŬ͘ dŽ ƐŽŵĞ ŚĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ͚ĐŽƉǇĐĂƫƐŚ͛ Žƌ ͚ƵŶĂƵƚŚĞŶƟĐ͛ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ƚŽŽ ŝƐ Ă ƌŝŐŚƚŽŶ ďŽƌŶ ĂƌƚͲ ŝƐƚ ďƵƚ ǀŽĐĂůůǇ ŚĞ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞůǇ ĐŚŝůůŝŶŐ especially on the unbearably short ‘Make a House a ,ŽŵĞ͛͘ ĂƐŝůǇ ŚŝƐ W͕ ƵŐĞŶĞ KƩŽ YƵĞůů͕ ǁŽƵůĚ Įƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƵůƚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ŽŶŶŝĞ ĂƌŬŽ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ǁĂǇ͘ / ĚŽ ŚŽƉĞ ŚŝƐ ŶĂŵĞ ƐƟĐŬƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ďƵƚ ƵŶƟů / ŐĞƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽ͕ /͛ůů ďĞ ƌĞƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĂǌǇ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ tĞŝƌĚ WƵƌƌ͘ WůƵƐ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ ƚŽ ůŽǀĞ ŚŝƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƌƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂƌ WƌŝŶĐĞƐƐ ŝ ŇŝƉƉŝŶŐ ƵƐ Žī͘ Z >

SOHN

dŝƉƉĞĚ ďǇ͗ ŝůůďŽĂƌĚ ϭϰ ƌƟƐƚƐ ƚŽ tĂƚĐŚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϰ͕ ůĂƐŚ Ͳ EĞǆƚ tĂǀĞ ůĂƐƐ KĨ ϮϬϭϰ ^ŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ǇŽƵ ŽǀĞƌ͗ dĞŵƉĞƐƚ͕ tĂŝƟŶŐ 'ĂŵĞ ďǇ E<^;ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚͿ ͕ >ĞƐƐŽŶƐ dŚŝƐ ŐƵǇ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŵĂŬĞ ŵǇ ůŝƐƚ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ Śŝŵ / ǁĂƐ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ĂŶ ĂƌƟƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ĨŽƌ͕ E<^͘ E<^ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŬĞĞƉ ǇŽƵƌ ĞǇĞƐ ƉĞĞůĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ͖ ďƵƚ / ŚĞĂƌĚ dĞŵƉĞƐƚ ďǇ ^ŽŚŶ ĂŶĚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ůŝƚĞƌĂůůǇ ƐƚŽƉƉĞĚ ŝŶ ŵǇ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͘ ^ŽŚŶ ŝƐ Ă ƐƵƉĞƌ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ƐŝŶŐĞƌͬ ƐŽŶŐͲ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌ ďĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ĂŶĚ sŝĞŶŶĂ͘ /Ŷ ŵǇ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŚŝƐ ǀŽŝĐĞ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ĞƵƉŚŽƌŝĐ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĚŝĐŚŽƚŽŵǇ ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ǀĂŐƵĞŶĞƐƐ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ůǇƌŝĐŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŵĂŬĞƐ Śŝŵ Ă ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽƵƚ ŐĞŶŝƵƐ͘ ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĞ Ăůů ůŽǀĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ :ĂŵĞƐ ůĂŬĞ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ͛ůů ůŽǀĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ^ŽŚŶ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ is not me saying that they similar in the type of muͲ ƐŝĐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŐŝǀĞ ƵƐ ďƵƚ ŝƚƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŵŽƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĞǀŽŬĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŝƚĐŚĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ Ăƚ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŽĨ tKtE ^^͘ ĂƐŝůǇ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ŐŽƚ ƚŚĞ ƚǇƉĞ ŽĨ ǀŽŝĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛Ě ǁĂŝƚ Ă ϭϬϬϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĨŽƌ Śŝŵ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ Ă ŶŽƚĞ͘ ^ŽŚŶ͛Ɛ ĂƌƟƐƚƌǇ ŝƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ƚǇƉĞ ŇĂǁůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ ǀĞƌǇ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϰ͘ ,ŝƐ W ĐŽŵĞƐ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϳƚŚ Ɖƌŝů ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ăƚ &ŝĞůĚ ĂǇ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝŶ :ƵŶĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĂŶ ƟŵĞ ŇŽĂƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŚŝƐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƐŽŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵŝǆĞƐ ŽŶ his soundcloud. ^Ž ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŵǇ ůŝƐƚ͕ ŽĨ ĂƌƟƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŐŝǀĞ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐ ǇŽƵ ĂŶĚ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŵŽƌĞ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ĂĚĚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ůŝƐƚ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ϭϬ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ŶŽ ǁĂǇ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĐĂůů ϮϬϭϰ Ă ĚƵůů ǇĞĂƌ ŝŶ ŵƵƐŝĐ͊ By Stephanie Ete36

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