A ‘new’ Aaliyah track surfaced on Sunday via Drake’s OVO Festival blog (which he was hosting in Toronoto). It’s had mixed response, with some fans calling the posthumous track disrespectful – and the Haughton family denying any official involvement in an album that would see her unfinished work finally released 11 years after her death. […]
Last night I went to the Royal Albert Hall as a very lucky guest of DWPub’s Daryl Willcox and his partner Rachel Fielding. We were there to see recently reformed Orbital, a.k.a. the group that got me into dance music. Be still my beating heart. I can remember the exact moment I fell in love […]
Have you seen Soulwax’s iPhone app yet? Pegged as ‘a radio station, but not as you know it’, it allows you to listen to a growing collection of 24 hour-long mixes with visuals. The description informs us that these mixes are that in name only, and should be viewed more like musical films based on […]
Sometimes all you need is one moment to make something worthwhile. Last Sunday I travelled out to Chelmsford for my first taste of Virgin Media’s V Festival. It’s not normally on my radar, but with a Louder Lounge invite in hand and just a half hour train ride ahead, I couldn’t say no. The pop-heavy programme isn’t typically […]