Sounds and Sonics: Morfo - Charlotte Dos Santos [INTERVIEW]
On Charlotte Dos Santos’ latest album, she approaches love in all its nuance. A songwriter with a strong impulse toward love and truth,...
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Asad Raja
- Nov 13
Sounds and Sonics: White Girl Wasted – Sonnyjim and The Purist [INTERVIEW]
The East Coast hip hop sound holds a lot of similarities with the modern UK Rap sound – the grittiness, the hustle-mentality, the...
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Asad Raja
- Sep 25
Kwaku Asante Is Caught In Wanderlust [INTERVIEW]
https://www.clashmusic.com/features/kwaku-asante-is-caught-in-wanderlust/ Kwaku Asante is as much a storyteller as he is a singer and...
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Asad Raja
- Aug 23
Jay Elec DOOM On 'Barz Simpson' by Sonnyjim and The Purist
The first time I heard this track, I had to take a moment to process what I'd just heard. Sonnyjim is a brown rapper from Birmingham with...
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Asad Raja
- Jun 14
Kadeem Tyrell Talks Inspirations, Ambition and New EP, 'As Time Goes By' [INTERVIEW]
https://guap.co/kadeemtyrell-talks-inspriations-ambition-and-new-ep-as-time-goes-by/ Down to earth is the best way to describe Kadeem...
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Asad Raja
- Apr 10
Nilüfer Yanya Does It PAINLESS [INTERVIEW]
Nilüfer Yanya chats 80s computer manuals, airplanes and new album, PAINLESS https://www.clashmusic.com/features/genre-doesnt-really-matte...
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Asad Raja
- Mar 26
Shaé 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...
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Asad Raja
- Jan 19
CAPRISONGS In The Lunchbox, FKA Twigs In Her Bag
Twigs delivers togetherness and self-loving on her new mixtape https://www.newwavemagazine.com/single-post/caprisongs-in-the-lunchbox-fka...
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Asad Raja
- Dec 30, 2021
The 50 Best Albums of 2021
https://www.newwavemagazine.com/single-post/the-50-best-albums-of-2021 Last year I was lockdown-brained enough to put together a ranked...
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Asad Raja
- Dec 20, 2021
FKA 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...
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Asad Raja
- Dec 20, 2021
Lancey 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...
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Asad Raja
- Dec 20, 2021
Daytimers – the Asian Underground’s latest incarnation
https://www.newwavemagazine.com/single-post/get-to-know-daytimers-the-asian-underground-s-latest-incarnation The Asian Underground. It’s...
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Asad Raja
- Jul 29, 2021
Young Thug Goes Punk Thug With His NPR Tiny Desk Concert
https://www.newwavemagazine.com/single-post/young-thug-goes-punk-thug-with-his-npr-tiny-desk-concert Young Thug speaks an intuitive and...
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Asad Raja
- Jul 22, 2021
The Threat of Dance
My friend, Annusheh Rahim, made a short film for the UK Asian Film Festival - Raqs. The film is set in Lahore, Pakistan in July 1977,...
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Asad Raja
- Dec 11, 2020
The Best Albums of 2020
A lot of things happened this year. Obviously, the most significant was Spotify removing their cap on albums that can be saved to your...
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Asad Raja
- Dec 9, 2020
Roy 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...
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Asad Raja
- Oct 21, 2020
Hit-Boy Scopes, The Butcher Slices
Burden of Proof Artist: Benny the Butcher Label: Griselda Records Top Tracks: Burden Of Proof; Thank God I Made It; Legend For Fans Of:...
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Asad Raja
- Oct 9, 2020
Mini-review: TO FEEL ALIVE EP - Kali Uchis
TO FEEL ALIVE EP Artist: Kali Uchis Label: Interscope Records Top Tracks: honey baby; TO FEEL ALIVE For Fans Of: SZA; ABRA 10 minutes...
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Asad Raja
- Apr 2, 2020
How 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...
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