Results for: 'pop culture'

Music

Has Sam Smith found their edge?

After filling the airwaves with middle-of-the-road ballads, the British star signalled a more risky era with Unholy. New album Gloria plays it disappointingly safe, but Smith’s effort in queering the mainstream can’t be knocked.

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Mancunian candidates

January 1990: After a year of underground success, Stone Roses and Happy Mondays crowd into a Top of the Pops dressing room to celebrate their entry into the national charts. With Britain at their feet the world will surely follow, and if you're looking for the sound of the Nineties, these are the Mancunian candidates.

Music

Charlie Bones spreads his wings

After surprising listeners this summer by announcing his departure from NTS Radio after 10 years, the London DJ has set up his own Do!! You!!! platform. THE FACE visits him as he draws up his new blueprint for organised chaos.

Style

The Great British Festival: what are you wearing?

Getting pissed in a field is officially back for summer 2022. From moshers to drum and bass heads to rap fans, here’s what the youth will be wearing at Wireless, Latitude, Reading and Leeds and more. We told you subcultures aren’t dead!

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Nia Archives is rewriting jungle’s rulebook

The 24-year-old has taken her beloved genre into fresh territory and earned the respect of the scene’s older heads. Her next trick? A debut album that fuses euphoric breaks with the guitar-powered swagger of Britpop. Let’s have it.

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Don’t let the bigots grind you down

Fred Perry came under Twitter-attack last week for featuring non-white models in their campaigns. “Youth culture pushes through,” says activist, artist and model Saffiyah Khan…

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