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R&B star Syd on her new album, the return of the Internet and Odd Future fallouts: ‘We only had three meetings as a group and I called two of them’

She was a member of the influential rap collective, then the alt-R&B hitmakers – but struggled to find her own voice. Now, after realising she ‘didn’t like anybody else’s beats’, she’s finally made a solo album that is truly hers

The Guardian - UK

Earl Sweatshirt, Mike and Surf Gang: Pompeii // Utility review – rap radicals’ appealing study in contrasts

Earl’s post-Odd Future career swerved the mainstream to follow the path laid out by NYC underground rapper Mike, and their first double album lets both shine

The Guardian - UK

Earl Sweatshirt: Live Laugh Love review – a head-spinning trip with rap’s great rulebreaker

With a sunlit disposition and paeans to his daughter, the mood turns lighter on the US MC’s sixth album – but the glitching, crashing beats are as esoteric as ever

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OPINION - Rizz: The word of the year is all about cheerful, carnal appeal — you can’t buy that

The most charismatic man I ever met was the LA rapper, musician, designer and generational hero, Tyler the Creator. I was shadowing him during a spring jaunt in Paris for the gentlemanly fashion magazine, Fantastic Man. He’d just won his first Grammy. Many of the loose collectives of scrappy, visionary…

Evening Standard

‘I had to make myself inhabitable’: Earl Sweatshirt on remaking his hip-hop persona

Bursting onto the global scene at 16 as part of hip hop collective Odd Future, Thebe Neruda Kgositsile courted admiration and controversy with a combustible persona. 10 years later, he talks about growing up, depression, and fatherhood

The Guardian - UK

Earl Sweatshirt review – rapper’s return is a reminder of his early brilliance

Most elusive member of Tyler the Creator’s Odd Future collective is back for 10th anniversary of his debut – in tooth-rattling style

The Guardian - UK

6 hardcore bands every metalhead needs to know

From Descendents and Terror to Power Trip and Rotting Out, Drain vocalist Sammy Ciaramitaro picks the hardcore bands every metalhead needs to know

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Does public safety trump free speech? History suggests there is a case for banning anti-trans activist Posie Parker from NZ

The impending arrival of Kelly-Jean Keen-Minshull – aka Posie Parker – has put the spotlight on the tension between free speech and protecting vulnerable communities. In particular, it raises questions about Immigration New Zealand’s role in limiting who can visit and speak in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Conversation

Oliver Twist: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

This comedian has gone through the entire internet to find the funniest videos, including a Bo Burnham song, Issa Rae’s web series and Rowan Atkinson interviewing Elton John

The Guardian - AU

Syd: Broken Hearts Club review – introspection with a little help from her friends

The US singer-songwriter’s intimate second solo album is a mixed bag of featherlight vocals and strong collaborations

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