by Ngaio Anyia | Apr 28, 2016 | Music, Music Reviews
Pray You Catch Me The album opens with Beyoncé looking down with graffiti in the background, presented in fur and corn rows. A vulnerable admission of infidelity begins: ‘I’m praying to catch you whispering, I pray you catch me...
by Ngaio Anyia | Apr 27, 2016 | Culture, Music Reviews, Reviews
I downloaded Tidal apprehensively. I’d seen the hype and knew I’d experience something both visually stimulating and musically mediocre but tried to keep an open mind. The first shot of Beyoncé with cornrows and a fur jacket looking down with graffiti...
by Ngaio Anyia | Mar 8, 2016 | Culture, Music Reviews, Reviews
There are 3 clashes from Red Bull this year in Bristol, Manchester and London – but in my opinion Bristol got the best teams (admittedly London’s teams haven’t been announced yet…but our line-ups hard to beat!) We had: Butterz Sound Team...
by Ngaio Anyia | Feb 18, 2016 | Culture, Music Reviews
Little Simz has been one to watch for a while, but she doesn’t shout about it. At this stage if you know about her, you know – but if you don’t there’s a chance you won’t find out until she’s dominating the charts. That’s how...
by Ngaio Anyia | Nov 4, 2015 | Culture, Music Reviews
Akua Naru was at The Lantern last month – a spoken word artist that has been on my radar for only a year or so after a friend compared one of my songs to hers (massive compliment) but who I thought I’d never actually get to see live. Originally from...
by Ngaio Anyia | Jun 25, 2015 | Culture, Festivals, Music Reviews
I cannot believe how long it’s taken me to write about Love Saves The Day. In my defence, I was up in Birmingham getting job training for the month and only managed to shoot back for the long weekend before going back again – the fun never...