This interview with hip-hop group The Shape of Broad Minds was originally written as a 'Ones to Watch' feature in the print edition of Clash Magazine. It's since been posted on their website: see it here.
Ones to Watch: The Shape of Broad Minds
Jneiro Jarel, the mastermind behind Philadelphia’s latest addition to the hip-hop pantheon, is in something of a rare state when Clash gets him on the blower. It’s that old familiar tale: one drink on a Friday night and suddenly it’s 6am and you realise you’ve been chatting up a rather fetching lamp stand for the last few hours…
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Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Feature: 4Hero
This interview with drum and bass veterans 4Hero was originally written as a double-page spread, but appeared as a one-page feature in the print edition of Clash Magazine. It's since been posted in full as part of the Best of Clash series: see it here.
4Hero
Despite being more concerned with moving to big school when the first wave of acid house washed over a suspicious Britain in the late 80s and early 90s, today’s clubbers are all too familiar with the roll of drum and bass and the clatter of rave. No one bats an eye when the distinctive rhythms and bass lines of Britain’s homegrown dance culture are dropped in clubs these days, and even indie bands are cadging the tricks that the likes of Metalheadz and Roni Size used to pack a dancefloor with and keep it sweating back in the day. For old scene heads 4hero, however, it’s been a long journey from illegal shows in north London warehouses to being radio staples and Mercury Music Prize nominated doyens of the dinner party soundtrack.
4Hero
Despite being more concerned with moving to big school when the first wave of acid house washed over a suspicious Britain in the late 80s and early 90s, today’s clubbers are all too familiar with the roll of drum and bass and the clatter of rave. No one bats an eye when the distinctive rhythms and bass lines of Britain’s homegrown dance culture are dropped in clubs these days, and even indie bands are cadging the tricks that the likes of Metalheadz and Roni Size used to pack a dancefloor with and keep it sweating back in the day. For old scene heads 4hero, however, it’s been a long journey from illegal shows in north London warehouses to being radio staples and Mercury Music Prize nominated doyens of the dinner party soundtrack.
Feature: Lethal Bizzle
This interview with grime-indie crossover MC Lethal Bizzle originally appeared as a one-page feature in the print edition of Clash Magazine. It's since been posted on the website as part of the Best of Clash series: see it here.
Lethal Bizzle
Grime’s image isn’t really one of feet-up-telly-on domesticity. If the popular conception of the UK’s most misunderstood urban music scene is to be believed, MCs are more likely to be sharpening butterfly knives and loading baggies with baking soda to shot to drunks on Coldharbour Lane than they are to be putting a brew on and flicking over to the Big Brother highlights.
Lethal Bizzle
Grime’s image isn’t really one of feet-up-telly-on domesticity. If the popular conception of the UK’s most misunderstood urban music scene is to be believed, MCs are more likely to be sharpening butterfly knives and loading baggies with baking soda to shot to drunks on Coldharbour Lane than they are to be putting a brew on and flicking over to the Big Brother highlights.
Reviews: The Clash Essential 50
Written for Clash Magazine in March 2009 for their 'top 50 albums of the last five years' feature, The Clash Essential 50.
I contributed five reviews to Clash's look back at the 50 best albums published in the magazine's five-year lifespan. Click the links below to see them on the Clash website, or read them all in full below the fold. Here they are, in reverse order:
I contributed five reviews to Clash's look back at the 50 best albums published in the magazine's five-year lifespan. Click the links below to see them on the Clash website, or read them all in full below the fold. Here they are, in reverse order:
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