(Polydor)There’s a lot of clever things going on in this debut album by 22-year-old Orlando Higginbottom (below). Feted as the new face of pop/dance crossover, he wears headdresses like Lady Gaga and shows equal bravado in the musical influences he has…
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Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs: Trouble – review
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Usher: Looking 4 Myself – review
RCAUsher Raymond IV has carved out a megastar career not by innovating, but by seizing on dominant trends and delivering them more charismatically than anyone else. Looking 4 Myself finds him trying to grab a slice of every cake going: Eurotrash trance…
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A$AP Rocky – review
Electric Ballroom, London”I want everyone to get their money’s worth,” says A$AP Rocky, the self-described “pretty motherfucker from Harlem”. “I want someone to leave here passed out.” Given that the MC’s set lasts just 45 minutes, unconsciousness woul…
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Hot Chip: In Our Heads – review
Hot Chip are one of the UK’s greatest exponents of quirky, compelling pop music – so why aren’t they getting the credit they deserve?• Click here to listen to a stream of the new album”Look at where we are,” sings Alexis Taylor midway through …
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Rihanna defends Chris Brown collaboration
Singer says she never considered that making a record with her abusive ex-boyfriend would spark controversyRihanna has defended her decision to collaborate with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, who assaulted the singer in 2009.The singer courted controver…
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