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Dizzee Rascal: “This album is making a statement – I’m a fucking serious rapper”

Following chart success and a globe-trotting career, the rapper finds inspiration in his east London locality Bow for album seven

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LATEST NEWS

David Attenborough breaks record as fastest Instagram user to one million followers

Watch IDLES’ piercing new video for album opener, ‘War’

Supergrass to release live anniversary album in support of #SaveOurVenues

Che Lingo teams up with Kojey Radical on powerful new track ‘Dark Days’

Listen to ZAYN’s emotive single ‘Better’ from upcoming new album

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor comforted Daphne & Celeste after infamous Reading bottling: “Hold your head high”

ALBUM REVIEWS

Deftones – ‘Ohms’ review: filthy metal anthems packing serious emotional clout

22nd September 2020

IDLES – ‘Ultra Mono’ review: a blistering attempt to calcify the faithful

21st September 2020

Public Enemy – ‘What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?’ review: the rap icons’ finest, most fearless effort in decades

23rd September 2020

Sufjan Stevens – ‘The Ascension’: a sprawling and powerful dissection of modern humanity

23rd September 2020

FEATURES

Where are all the female headliners? Festival bookers, bands and fans weigh in on how to change the narrative

Deftones: “Even in our worst moments, we persevere”

Ian Brown’s ‘red pill rock’ is the dumbest protest genre ever

Gillian Jacobs: “A time-leap season of ‘Love’ would be fascinating”

Blood, bodies and the box: how ‘Seven’ changed film and TV forever

Your next night out, sponsored by Boris Johnson’s rulebook

GIG REVIEWS

“It’s brilliant!”: on the scene at Wild Fields, one of the UK’s only socially distanced music festivals

Sleaford Mods live in London: a rallying cry for the swelling ranks of angry pandemic jobseekers

14th September 2020

Margo Price live in Nashville: conservative-baiting country queen rocks harder than ever

10th September 2020

Declan McKenna live in London: baby Bowie skips through glam-pop for the pandemic age

7th September 2020

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Sløtface share new single ‘Doctor’ and tell us about their new acoustic album and covering Sophie-Ellis Bextor

Dizzee Rascal: “This album is making a statement – I’m a fucking serious rapper”

Michael Kiwanuka on his Hyundai Mercury Prize win: “It’s definitely encouraged me to keep dreaming big”

Cult filmmaker Sally Potter: “The government’s response to COVID-19 has been crap”

Royal Blood tell us about ‘Trouble’s Coming’ and their new album: “We’re seeing in colour for the first time”

“I lost 12 kilos in six weeks promoting Oasis”: the real-life stories behind rock biopic ‘Schemers’

THE BIG READ

Dizzee Rascal: “This album is making a statement – I’m a fucking serious rapper”

IDLES: “Loads of people don’t fucking like us”

Rico Nasty: “I definitely resonate with being a pop-punk princess”

Declan McKenna: “There is a time for understanding – and that time is now”

MORE NEWS

Sløtface share new single ‘Doctor’ and tell us about their new acoustic album and covering Sophie-Ellis Bextor

Tim Minchin releases fourth single ‘Airport Piano’ from upcoming album

Megan Thee Stallion responds to right-wing ‘WAP’ backlash: “Why is this your focus right now?”

Grandson announces details of his debut album, ‘Death of an Optimist’

Lil Wayne drops deluxe version of ‘Tha Carter V’ featuring Post Malone and 2 Chainz

Tory Lanez addresses Megan Thee Stallion allegations on new album ‘DAYSTAR’

Machine Gun Kelly to perform exclusive livestream shows next month

Bonobo teams up with Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs for disco tribute ‘Heartbreak’

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

Grandson announces details of his debut album, ‘Death of an Optimist’

Ruby Fields shares gritty new single ‘Pretty Grim’

Bree Runway drops retro-inspired single ‘Little Nokia’

De’Wayne wants to “make a national anthem we can rage to”

FILM & TV NEWS

David Attenborough breaks record as fastest Instagram user to one million followers

Megan Thee Stallion announced as first musical guest for new season of ‘Saturday Night Live’

Vin Diesel releases debut single ‘Feel Like I Do’

Henry Golding says first week shooting ‘Snake Eyes’ was “literal hell”

BAFTA revamps entire voting and membership organisation for film awards

‘Kidulthood’ star’s new grime movie to relaunch Channel U TV station

‘Tiger King’ star Carole Baskin sued for defamation by ex-employee

‘Rick and Morty’: Dan Harmon weighs in on whitewashing controversy

FILM REVIEWS

‘Enola Holmes’ review: Sherlock’s cooler, smarter kid sister is on the case

23rd September 2020

‘All In: The Fight For Democracy’ review: lifting the lid on America’s murky electoral past

18th September 2020

‘White Riot’ review: passion, protest and punk politics on the front lines

18th September 2020

‘Summerland’ review: quirky festival romance at a Gen-Z Burning Man

18th September 2020

GAMING NEWS

Here’s a look at the new ‘Call Of Duty: Warzone’ subway system

Nintendo surprise releases brand-new ‘Kirby Fighters’ game

‘Rocket League’ passes 1million concurrent players after going free-to-play

Hideo Kojima, Geoff Keighley join new Tribeca Film Festival gaming advisory board

Sega is reportedly developing a live-action ‘Yakuza’ film

Check out two new local multiplayer modes for ‘Crash Bandicoot 4’

Amazon announces new cloud gaming device called Luna

‘Doom Eternal’ to join Xbox Game Pass next month

GAME REVIEWS

‘Serious Sam 4’ review: dumb fun that gets old quick

25th September 2020

‘Mafia: Definitive Edition’ review: a gorgeous remake bogged down by dated gameplay

24th September 2020

‘Pendragon’ review: chess and Arthurian legend collide to generate stories both beautiful and tragic

24th September 2020

‘WWE 2K Battlegrounds’ review: a fun arcade game with too many loose ends

22nd September 2020