Asad RajaApr 10Nilüfer Yanya Does It PAINLESS [INTERVIEW]Nilüfer Yanya chats 80s computer manuals, airplanes and new album, PAINLESS Nilüfer Yanya’s second album, PAINLESS, is another reason to...
Asad RajaMar 26Shaé Universe Lets Us Into Her Universe And Chats New EP [INTERVIEW]https://www.newwavemagazine.com/single-post/sha%C3%A9-universe-lets-us-into-her-universe-and-chats-new-ep-interview Shaé Universe is a...
Asad RajaJan 19CAPRISONGS In The Lunchbox, FKA Twigs In Her BagTwigs delivers togetherness and self-loving on her new mixtape https://www.newwavemagazine.com/single-post/caprisongs-in-the-lunchbox-fka...
Asad RajaDec 30, 2021The 50 Best Albums of 2021https://www.newwavemagazine.com/single-post/the-50-best-albums-of-2021 Last year I was lockdown-brained enough to put together a ranked...
Asad RajaDec 20, 2021FKA Twigs And The Weeknd Shed 'Tears In The Club'https://www.newwavemagazine.com/single-post/fka-twigs-and-the-weeknd-shed-tears-in-the-club FKA Twigs has returned with a new single just...
Asad RajaDec 20, 2021Lancey Foux And 24kGoldn Come Through With 'BIG SWAG'https://www.newwavemagazine.com/single-post/lancey-foux-and-24kgoldn-come-through-with-big-swag Lancey Foux is a cornerstone of the UK...
Asad RajaDec 20, 2021Daytimers – the Asian Underground’s latest incarnationhttps://www.newwavemagazine.com/single-post/get-to-know-daytimers-the-asian-underground-s-latest-incarnation The Asian Underground. It’s...
Asad RajaJul 29, 2021Young Thug Goes Punk Thug With His NPR Tiny Desk Concerthttps://www.newwavemagazine.com/single-post/young-thug-goes-punk-thug-with-his-npr-tiny-desk-concert Young Thug speaks an intuitive and...
Asad RajaJul 22, 2021The Threat of DanceMy friend, Annusheh Rahim, made a short film for the UK Asian Film Festival - Raqs. The film is set in Lahore, Pakistan in July 1977,...
Asad RajaDec 11, 2020The Best Albums of 2020A lot of things happened this year. Obviously, the most significant was Spotify removing their cap on albums that can be saved to your...
Asad RajaDec 9, 2020Roy Juxon's New Single: 'GTYG'Last year, when I interviewed Zeb Cobb (the Exeter-bred Imperial maths student behind the Roy Juxon alias) he told me that the late Mac...
Asad RajaOct 21, 2020Hit-Boy Scopes, The Butcher SlicesBurden of Proof Artist: Benny the Butcher Label: Griselda Records Top Tracks: Burden Of Proof; Thank God I Made It; Legend For Fans Of:...
Asad RajaOct 9, 2020Mini-review: TO FEEL ALIVE EP - Kali UchisTO FEEL ALIVE EP Artist: Kali Uchis Label: Interscope Records Top Tracks: honey baby; TO FEEL ALIVE For Fans Of: SZA; ABRA 10 minutes...
Asad RajaApr 2, 2020How Creative Writing Informs my British Muslim Identity This year, I took an elective Creative Writing 'Horizons' module. Beyond developing my abilities and furthering my enjoyment of the...
Asad RajaJan 17, 2020Wiley vs StormzyAnother in a long history of clashes that lie at the core of grime's raw spirit.
Asad RajaDec 9, 2019Hip Hop: The Genre Of The DecadeUndeniably, hip hop dominated this decade, having established itself as one of the most diverse yet hereditary forces in modern culture....
Asad RajaNov 29, 2019Top 10 Rap Albums of 2019Straight up: the UK killed it this year. We’ve finally reached a point where the best outputs of the rap scene at home is legitimately...
Asad RajaOct 18, 2019Muslim 'Get Out' at bestInnocent romanticism, an intrigue for exoticism or a mission of western hegemony?
Asad RajaOct 4, 2019JPEGMAFIA is a cornballAll My Heroes Are Cornballs Artist: JPEGMAFIA Label: EQT Recordings Top Tracks: Beta Male Strategies; PTSD; Grimy Waifu; Free The Frail...