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Slowthai
Tyron Kaymone Frampton (born 18 December 1994), better known by his stage name Slowthai (stylised in lowercase), is a British rapper. Raised in Northampton, he rose to popularity in 2019 for his gritty and rough instrumentals and raw, politically charged lyrics, especially around Brexit and Theresa May's tenure as British prime minister. Slowthai placed fourth in the BBC Sound of 2019 and followed up in the same year with his debut studio album, ''Nothing Great About Britain.'' The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize; at Slowthai's 2019 Mercury Prize ceremony performance, he held a fake severed head of British prime minister Boris Johnson on stage, prompting controversy. Early life Tyron Kaymone Frampton was born on 18 December 1994 in Northampton to Gaynor, a teenage mother of Barbadian descent. Frampton, his sister, and his brother were raised by their single mother in a council estate in the Lings area of Northampton. His younger brother Michael died shortly after h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothing Great About Britain
''Nothing Great About Britain'' is the debut studio album by British rapper Slowthai. It was released on 17 May 2019 via Method Records. The album features guest appearances from British rappers Jaykae and Skepta, as well as production credits from Blue Daisy (musician), Kwes Darko, Mura Masa and punk rock band Slaves (UK band), Slaves. ''Nothing Great About Britain'' was released to widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a Standard score, normalised rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 82, based on 15 reviews. Background and release The album title was announced on 22 February 2019 following the premiere of single "Peace of Mind". The album's artwork, tracklisting and release date were then announced by slowthai amidst his UK tour on 28 March 2019. The album's lead single "Doorman", a collaboration with electronic music producer Mura Masa, was released on 19 November 2018; shortly after its premiere as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soft Play
Soft Play (formerly known as Slaves) are an English punk rock duo formed in Royal Tunbridge Wells in 2012, consisting of Isaac Holman (lead vocals, drums) and Laurie Vincent (backing vocals, guitar, bass). Their music has been described as "British punk with harsh bluesy garage riffs". History As Slaves, the band released their first EP, ''Sugar Coated Bitter Truth'', under Boss Tuneage Records in 2012. Their first single, "Where's Your Car Debbie?", was released by Fonthill Records in early 2014; they were then signed by Virgin EMI. They released their first single under Virgin, "Hey", in November 2014, and released "The Hunter" later that month. They gained more exposure in late 2015 when "The Hunter" was featured on the Sky One series ''You, Me and the Apocalypse''. They also appeared on '' Later... with Jools Holland'' and were nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2015. In May 2015, ''The Fader'' featured the group in an article about provocative names for music artists. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzel Curry
Denzel Rae Don Curry (born February 16, 1995) is an American rapper and singer. Born and raised in Carol City, Florida, Curry started rapping while in the sixth grade and began working on his first mixtape in 2011. Influenced by underground Florida rapper SpaceGhostPurrp, the mixtape was later featured on Purrp's social media, giving Curry attention in the local music scene and resulting in him joining Purrp's hip-hop collective Raider Klan. Curry left Raider Klan in 2013, releasing his debut studio album, ''Nostalgic 64'', in September of that year, while still in high school. He has since released three extended plays: ''32 Zel/Planet Shrooms'' in 2015, ''13'' in 2017, and ''Unlocked'' (a collaboration with Kenny Beats) in 2020, and four studio albums: ''Imperial'' in 2016, ''Ta13oo'' in 2018, ''Zuu'' in 2019, and ''Melt My Eyez See Your Future'' in 2022. ''Ta13oo'', ''Zuu'', and ''Melt My Eyez'' debuted at numbers 28, 32, and 51 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, respectively ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mura Masa
Alexander Crossan (born 5 April 1996), also known by the stage name Mura Masa, is a Guernsey-born electronic music producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Crossan is best known for his song "Lovesick (Mura Masa song), Lovesick", which reached number one on the Spotify Viral charts in the United Kingdom and the United States. Crossan's Mura Masa (album), self-titled debut album was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album, Best Dance/Electronic Album and Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, Best Recording Package at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, making him the first artist to be nominated as both a musician and creative director for the same album. His remix of Haim (band), Haim's "Walking Away" won Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. Early life Crossan was born and raised in Guernsey. After playing guitar, bass, drums and singing in local Punk rock, punk, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Blake (musician)
James Blake Litherland (born 26 September 1988) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He first received recognition for a series of 2010 EPs including ''CMYK'' and '' Klavierwerke'', and he released his self-titled debut album in 2011 to critical praise. His second album ''Overgrown'' was released in 2013, bringing him to international attention, and later was awarded the Mercury Prize. In 2016, he released his third album '' The Colour in Anything'' and his fourth album '' Assume Form'' in 2019, both receiving positive reviews and the latter becoming his highest-peaking album in the US ''Billboard'' 200, at number 21. During his career, he has collaborated with artists including Mount Kimbie and Bon Iver and has contributed production work to artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Vince Staples, Frank Ocean, Rosalía and Travis Scott. He has won a Mercury Prize from two nominations, a Grammy Award from six nominations, including for Best New Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Panther Sounds
True Panther Sounds (TPS) is a New York City-based independent record label founded by Dean Bein, previously owned by Matador Records and distributed by Beggars Group. The label began in 2004 in San Francisco to release a tour-only 7" by founders Bein and Samuel's band Red Tape Apocalypse. The label eventually moved to New York with Bein and was acquired by Matador Records in 2009. Artists released by the label represent many genres, including notable acts such as ABRA, Celeste, Glasser, Girls, King Krule, Tobias Jesso Jr., Shlohmo, and Slowthai. About True Panther was started in 2004 by Dean Bein, Molly Samuel, and Avi Klein to put out a tour-only 7" by Bein and Samuel's band Red Tape Apocalypse. The label moved with Bein from San Francisco to New York and continued to put out records from bands using a one-to-one project style, "putting money into something, praying it would sell enough to put out something else," as Bein explained in a recent interview with Microphone Memor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northampton
Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; it had a population of 212,100 in its previous local authority in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census (225,100 as of 2018 estimates). In its urban area, which includes Boughton, Northamptonshire, Boughton and Moulton, Northamptonshire, Moulton, it had a population of 215,963 as of 2011. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, Roman conquest of Britain, Romans and Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxons. In the Middle Ages, the town rose to national significance with the establishment of Northampton Castle, an occasional royal residence which regularly hosted the Parliament of England. Medieval Northampton had many churches, monasteries and the University of Northampton (thirteenth century), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northampton Academy
Northampton Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in Northampton, Northamptonshire for students aged 11 to 18. Since September 2004, it has been an Academy, part of United Learning, a subsidiary of the United Church Schools Trust (UCST). It includes STEM provision as well as Elite Sports Academies in both football and netball. The School moved from their old site utilizing both Lings Upper and Emanuel Middle school sites into their new, state of the art site in January 2006, where they have been located ever since. Houses There are five houses at the Academy, named after influential figures. These five houses represent two tutor groups each for every year group. * Arnold – Malcolm Arnold, born in Northampton, was an English composer. In 2010, he lent his name to the ''Malcolm Arnold Academy''. * Doddridge – Philip Doddridge, born in London, a hymnwriter who was pastor of the former ''Castle Hill Congregational Chapel'' in ''Doddridge Street'', after whom it is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premiership Of Theresa May
Theresa May's term as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 13 July 2016, when she accepted an invitation of Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, following 2016 Conservative Party leadership election, the resignation of her predecessor David Cameron in Aftermath of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, the aftermath of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, European Union (EU) membership referendum, and ended with her resignation on 24 July 2019. While serving as prime minister, May also served as the First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), leader of the Conservative Party. May's premiership was dominated by Brexit, in particular by her Brexit negotiations, negotiations with the European Union of a Brexit withdrawal agreement, and her attempts to gain Parliamentary approval for this agreement, thereby achieving the departure of the UK from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Prime Minister
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern prime ministers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the House of Commons, they sit as members of Parliament. The office of prime minister is not established by any statute or constitutional document, but exists only by long-established convention, whereby the reigning monarch appoints as prime minister the person most likely to command the confidence of the House of Commons; this individual is typically the leader of the political party or coalition of parties that holds the largest number of seats in that chamber. The prime minister is '' ex officio'' also First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and the minister responsible for national security. Indeed, certain privileges, such as re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound Of
Sound of... is an annual BBC poll of music critics and industry figures to find the most promising new music talent. It was first conducted by the BBC News website in 2003, and is now widely covered by the corporation's online, radio and TV outlets, as well as other media. A 10-strong longlist is published each December, with a ranked shortlist and annual winner announced the following January. Winners 2000s 2010s 2020s Notes Sound of 2009 More than 130 critics, editors and broadcasters took part in the Sound of 2009 survey, which was won by electro-pop singer Little Boots. For the first time, a longlist of 15 acts from the 2009 poll was published by the BBC on 5 December 2008. The other five acts on the longlist were Frankmusik, Master Shortie, Mumford & Sons, The Big Pink and The Temper Trap. Sound of 2010 The longlist for the Sound of 2010 poll was revealed on 7 December 2009. The acts nominated were Daisy Dares You, Delphic, Devlin, Ellie Goulding, Everything Everyt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brexit
Brexit (; a portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 CET).The UK also left the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). The UK is the only sovereign country to have left the EU or the EC. Greenland left the EC (but became an OTC) on 1 February 1985. The UK had been a member state of the EU or its predecessor the European Communities (EC), sometimes of both at the same time, since 1 January 1973. Following Brexit, EU law and the Court of Justice of the European Union no longer have primacy over British laws, except in select areas in relation to Northern Ireland. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 retains relevant EU law as domestic law, which the UK can now amend or repeal. Under the terms of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, Northern Ireland continues to participate in the European Single Market in relation to goods, and to be a member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
