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The Minus Touch: Ed Sheeran’s Subtract Reviewed

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Black Sky Thinking

Addicted To Plastic? Eco-Vinyl And The Impact Of Our Listening Habits

As vinyl is now set to outsell CDs in the UK serious questions have been asked about the sustainability of this environment destroying format. However, says Jono Podmore, there is a greener alternative
Anniversary

How Jack Johnson Burned A Path For Some Of The World’s Worst Artists

There was grey and gravel-flavoured BlokeMusic before him. But, argues David Bennun, the tepid indie-folk mumbler’s commercial success ensured that an awful lot more came after him – and we’re still living with the consequences 20 years on
Books

Unstoppable Spex Machine: When Jim Bob Met Ed Sheeran

In an exclusive extract from his new memoir, In The Shadow Of My Former Self, Jim Bob From Carter USM recalls the time he met Ed Sheeran on his way up
Black Sky Thinking

F***! Mr Agreeable Reviews Ed Sheeran’s Collaborations No 6 Project

After a pre-Brexit shortage of sherry gets his goat, Mr Agreeable is none too pleased to be forced to sit and listen to Ed Sheeran's record of collaborations with his famous mates

Black Sky Thinking

In Which Mr Agreeable Casts Rheumy Eyes Over The Mercury Prize

Could it be Mr Agreeable's piles that have given him an existential sense of discomfort and rage this week or is it yet another arse-crimpingly boring list of Mercury Music Prize nominees?
Television

Game Of Thrones Season 7 – Falling At The Final Hurdle?

Game of Thrones returns, with all of its grandeur intact, but its grace increasingly absent. ***Contains mild spoilers***
Books

Haruki Murakami Reviews: The UK’s Top 20 Singles

“Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.” Well, actually, as it turns out: not so much.
Black Sky Thinking

White Power And Black Pop: The Real Problem With 1Xtra’s Power List

Neil Kulkarni dissects the recent BBC 1Xtra Power List which featured three white acts in the top four...
Black Sky Thinking

Mr Agreeable: Not Just Coldplay Abscond With His Goat

After knocking over the internet with his upset at Coldplay's new album, Mr Agreeable is back and casts his subtle eye over Death Grips' split, Dylan's 'new' stuff, Ed Sheeran's memoir and Jake Bugg's sexist video shoot
Black Sky Thinking

‘A 21st Century Nightmare’: Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus & Media Misogyny

The media's contrasting representations of Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus are symptoms of an age-old misogyny that continues to underpin societal portrayals of men and women, argues Jeremy Allen
Black Sky Thinking

Big Society, Little Hope: False Folk Culture In 2011

From the broom-wielding legions of Clapham to Alex James' cheese and Mumford & Sons, Joe Kennedy examines the current vogue for nu-folk whimsy and its links to Big Society rhetoric

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