Slowly but surely everyone is recovering from their December comas. Alas, a quick summary of 2010. UK Funky became a name for everything with bass and a touch of house, and people started labeling music “future-garage” and “post-dubstep”. I’m not even sure if I want to continue running Truants anymore if this continues. Lest we forget the wonderful […]
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So excuse our absent from TRUANTS for the past week but I guess you cant blame us for spending our Christmas with our families instead of our computers (I actually spent mine with neither. Instead I worked and served drinks for drunk people in a restaurant but there you go. THE REAL REASON WHY THERE […]
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I’ve got to ask, is there something they put in the water in Spain? Lately I’ve come across so many talented artists and wonderful labels that call Spain home, in all fairness it ain’t fair. They won the World Cup, Nadal won Wimbledon, Alberto Contador won the Tour de France, other Spaniards won other things. […]
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2010 is slowly coming to end and I just cant help but think people are starting their Top Of The Year lists a tad early when we’ve still got a good 11 days of releases to be had in 2010. One track I feel that people should re write their end lists to include is […]
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To quote Gloria Gaynor, I am what I am, and what I am is a complete and utter fool for a snazzy re-edit, especially when the original is a dangerously infectious chunk of chugging Motown boogie released in the year of my birth (yikes). Sample hounds might also notice a slice of a vocal used […]
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We would be lying to the core of our identity if we didn’t believe in Wiley’s words and the talent of the fresh Devlin. With emotionally charged freestyles that still go hard and music videos that reminisce a classier “Love The Way You Lie”(with the extra bravery of self-starring in it, instead of hiring big […]
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Drake edit, after remix, after hit, after remix after edit afterhitafterremixafteredit and still nobody seems to tire of mister Aubrey Graham’s vowel-chime and harmonies, due to the alarmingly good Drake-related quality floating around on the double. One of these aforementioned edits that caught our immediate attention and stole our hearts is the rather unheard-of edit […]
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Birmingham’s best. Seriously, how good is Mike Skinner? A Grand Don’t Come for Free is one of the albums I’ve listened to the most times in my life, ever. Which brings me to the gospel truth that The Streets is also one of the most woebegone live acts I’ve seen in my life, ever – […]
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Call me a grinch all you want but am I the only one who just doesn’t get excited about Christmas anymore. Lots of toys I kind of wish I still received have been replaced by single boring cards with boring money in it. I want to wake up to find a Scaletrix or some Mighty […]
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So it’s Monday again, which means another big batch of releases will be making there way out into the world. One of the EP’s I’m most excited about is the release of Starkey’s Space Traitor Vol 1 EP which could literally pass as a mini LP considering it consists of 6 originals and 6 remixes […]
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Think we all need to apologise for the slight absence the last 4 days and missing Sundays Best again but lots of new stuff and interviews should be all coming this week. With so much talent popping up everywhere at the moment it isn’t a surprise that new, promising labels are popping up too. London […]
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A day is a long time in blogland. Azari and III’s latest release has been available for at least 24 hours and already I feel like it’s too late to post these tracks. But hey, it’s not as if they’re not worth sharing and talking about. Canadian production team Azari & III have put together […]
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