A visceral blend of the energy, politics and presentation of punk with the jagged and bleak sounds of early grime, the incendiary and irreverent Nothing Great About Britain is slowthai's compelling, snarling critique of a post-Brexit Britain. It’s a vision of his home country in 2019 which is potent and profoundly grim: a toxic nation torn apart and crumbling under misguided nationalism, rising social injustices and irreconcilable political partisanship. On his debut record, Slowthai makes himself impossible to ignore, solidifying his reputation as one of the most vital new voices to emerge from a post-Brexit UK. TRACKS PLAYED: 'Nothing Great About Britain' 'Jiggle' 'TN Biscuits' 'Drug Dealer' 'Doorman (with Mura Masa)' 'Dead Leaves' 'Gorgeous' 'Crack' 'Grow Up (feat. Jaykee)' 'Inglorious (feat. Skepta)' 'Toaster' 'Peace of Mind' 'Missing' 'Northampton's Child'.

A visceral blend of the energy, politics and presentation of punk with the jagged and bleak sounds of early grime, the incendiary and irreverent Nothing Great About Britain is slowthai's compelling, snarling critique of a post-Brexit Britain. It&rsquo;s a vision of his home country in 2019 which is potent and profoundly grim: a toxic nation torn apart and crumbling under misguided nationalism, rising social injustices and irreconcilable political partisanship. On his debut record, Slowthai makes himself impossible to ignore, solidifying his reputation as one of the most vital new voices to emerge from a post-Brexit UK.&nbsp;TRACKS PLAYED:&nbsp;'Nothing Great About Britain' 'Jiggle' 'TN Biscuits' 'Drug Dealer' 'Doorman (with Mura Masa)' 'Dead Leaves' 'Gorgeous' 'Crack' 'Grow Up (feat. Jaykee)' 'Inglorious (feat. Skepta)' 'Toaster' 'Peace of Mind' 'Missing' 'Northampton's Child'.

Like a book club for music nerds, Dan Gordon and Maia Bilyk take a deep dive through a different album each week. Between the nostalgic and brand new, broken down by the artist themselves.

Recorded and broadcasted on the stolen land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge their ongoing struggle. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Like a book club for music nerds, Dan Gordon and Maia Bilyk take a deep dive through a different album each week. Between the nostalgic and brand new, broken down by the artist themselves.
Recorded and broadcasted on the stolen land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge their ongoing struggle. Sovereignty was never ceded.

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Best of 2019: slowthai's Nothing Great About Britain

To say FKA twigs in her near-decade career has seen and experienced it all is an understatement. Since first arriving in 2012 as a hot artist to watch, which each release twigs has extended her alt-baroque-electronic world with each new release, culminating in the grandiose opus Magdalene. In the time since, between some very public and very private battles and a pandemic, twigs took some time to recuperate and nearly stepped away from music altogether. Little did she know, in taking "a break", she'd piece herself and her craft back together again, empowered by the everyday intimacy of life itself. Caprisongs is twigs' jubilant and carefree rebirth, where she steadies for mainstream domination. TRACKS PLAYED: 'ride the dragon' 'honda feat. pa salieu' 'meta angel' 'tears in the club feat. the weeknd' 'oh my love' 'pamplemousse' 'caprisongs interlude feat. solo' 'lightbeamers' 'papi bones feat. shygirl' 'which way feat. dystopia' 'jealousy feat. rema' 'careless feat. daniel caesar' 'minds of men' 'track girl interlude' 'darjeeling feat. jorja smith, unknown t' 'christi interlude' 'thank you song'

To say FKA twigs in her near-decade career has seen and experienced it all is an understatement. Since first arriving in 2012 as a hot artist to watch, which each release twigs has extended her alt-baroque-electronic world with each new release, culminating in the grandiose opus Magdalene. In the time since, between some very public and very private battles and a pandemic, twigs took some time to recuperate and nearly stepped away from music altogether. Little did she know, in taking "a break", she'd piece herself and her craft back together again, empowered by the everyday intimacy of life itself. Caprisongs is twigs' jubilant and carefree rebirth, where she steadies for mainstream domination. TRACKS PLAYED: 'ride the dragon' 'honda feat. pa salieu' 'meta angel' 'tears in the club feat. the weeknd' 'oh my love' 'pamplemousse' 'caprisongs interlude feat. solo' 'lightbeamers' 'papi bones feat. shygirl' 'which way feat. dystopia' 'jealousy feat. rema' 'careless feat. daniel caesar' 'minds of men' 'track girl interlude' 'darjeeling feat. jorja smith, unknown t' 'christi interlude' 'thank you song'

FKA twig's Caprisongs

In July 2018, blackgaze (black metal/shoegaze) juggernauts Deafheaven released one of the most unique records in recent memory. Stomach churning vocals balanced across delicate, graceful instrumentation and tropes of classic rock. This was not blast beat, evil black metal; this was pretty and hopeful. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is a masterwork of blended styes which despite their completely divergent nature, sound beautiful rather than devastating. TRACKS PLAYED: ‘You Without End’ ‘Honeycomb’ ‘Canary Yellow’ ‘Near’ ‘Glint’ ‘Night People’ ‘Worthless Animal’.

In July 2018, blackgaze (black metal/shoegaze) juggernauts Deafheaven released one of the most unique records in recent memory. Stomach churning vocals balanced across delicate, graceful instrumentation and tropes of classic rock. This was not blast beat, evil black metal; this was pretty and hopeful. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is a masterwork of blended styes which despite their completely divergent nature, sound beautiful rather than devastating. TRACKS PLAYED: &lsquo;You Without End&rsquo; &lsquo;Honeycomb&rsquo; &lsquo;Canary Yellow&rsquo; &lsquo;Near&rsquo; &lsquo;Glint&rsquo; &lsquo;Night People&rsquo; &lsquo;Worthless Animal&rsquo;.

Deafheaven’s Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

Back for the first episode of 2022 and diving right into one of the very best techno records of last year. Released on the iconic Munich based label Ilian Tapes, Pool is a 1 hour 45 minute journey through unbridled experimentation, rhythm and pulsating dance. With this, Skee Mask presents his electro, dub, footwork, ambient, breakbeat wonderland to the world. TRACKS PLAYED: ‘Nvivo’ ‘Stone Cold’ ‘Rdvnedub’ ‘CZ300 Dub’ ‘Collapse Casual’ ‘Testo BC Mashup’ ‘Dolan Tours’ ‘crosssection’ ‘Pepper Boys’ ‘fourth’.

Back for the first episode of 2022 and diving right into one of the very best techno records of last year. Released on the iconic Munich based label Ilian Tapes, Pool is a 1 hour 45 minute journey through unbridled experimentation, rhythm and pulsating dance. With this, Skee Mask presents his electro, dub, footwork, ambient, breakbeat wonderland to the world. TRACKS PLAYED: &lsquo;Nvivo&rsquo; &lsquo;Stone Cold&rsquo; &lsquo;Rdvnedub&rsquo; &lsquo;CZ300 Dub&rsquo; &lsquo;Collapse Casual&rsquo; &lsquo;Testo BC Mashup&rsquo; &lsquo;Dolan Tours&rsquo; &lsquo;crosssection&rsquo; &lsquo;Pepper Boys&rsquo; &lsquo;fourth&rsquo;.

Best of 2019: slowthai's Nothing Great About Britain

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