The Sugababes Are Back, And Still on Overload 20 Years Later
"Strange fear I ain't felt for years..." The Sugababes - Version 1.0, briefly known as Mutya Keisha Siobhan, or MKS, or the Origibabes - are making a grand return. Sort of. Following a one-off comeback with DJ Spoony in the form of "Flowers" in 2019, and years of stop-start announcements (and…
'A Kiss Goodbye': Tei Shi Makes a Delicate & Dreamy Departure
The last we heard from Tei Shi - apart from a feature on Blood Orange's Negro Swan last year - was her gorgeous and sensual 2017 debut, Crawl Space. The 28-year-old singer-songwriter, born Valerie Teicher, has since moved from New York to Los Angeles, and as of Thursday (June 6), she's back with "A…
The Top 20 Albums of 2016
2016 is nearly over. I think I can speak of behalf of a majority of the public when I say: thank fucking God. Music was a crucial distraction in a year so frequently dominated by sorrow, anger and faded hopes and crushed dreams. The moodiness of the songs released throughout the year suggests that…