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This article first appeared here on i-D Pop culture thrives in the struggle between artifice and authenticity. For every Johnny Rotten, howling his heart out that he ‘means it man’, […]
This article first appeared here on i-D Pop culture thrives in the struggle between artifice and authenticity. For every Johnny Rotten, howling his heart out that he ‘means it man’, […]
The Prodigy are sitting around a table in a King’s Cross boozer, riled by what’s become of rave culture. “Dance music at the moment is so fucking dead,” spits Liam […]
Easily, and bizarrely, the most popular piece I have ever written. Read it over on Ransom Note to enjoy the comment thread packed with misty eyed ravers (and a few […]
This October, grime veteran Skepta snatched a Mobo award with his That’s Not Me video, directed by the scene’s go-to creatives, Tim & Barry. Looking like it was shot on […]
Originally appeared on i-D over here In February of this year, the City of London police decided to indulge in a spot of traditional bullyboy tactics. Deciding that the Just […]
Last week scientists landed a probe on a comet that hurtled through space. They were surprised to discover the comet was ‘singing’ – that is, it was releasing incredibly low […]
Rappers love giving props to God. Regardless of content, you’d be hard-pressed to find a hip-hop album of the last 20 years that hasn’t shouted out the Big Guy in […]
Jersey Club was the breakout genre of the year. The scene originated as a response to the frenetic ruckus-starting repetition of Baltimore Club, but swiftly forged an identity all of […]
At the close of 2013, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The Guardian and various other righteous music news sources gushed over breakthrough ATL act Young Thug. Fair play, cos Young Thug, with […]
The weekender occupies a special, hedonistic place in British culture. A festival for the working man, weekenders are there to dance away the grit and graft of the week, to […]