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A Place For Me Review
Known elsewhere under the less catchy but still pretty fitting title Stuck In Love, writer/director Josh Boone’s début is a low-key drama featuring a name cast who can’t exactly have been paid much to appear. The Borgens are a family in various crises.
The dad, William (Greg Kinnear), is a…
Primal Scream: More Light
Despite rascal bassist Mani skiving off to make a mint with the reunited Stone Roses, it’s business as usual in the Primal Scream camp. Nine-minute opener 2013’s title might infer new rules of engagement, but Bobby Gillespie’s breathy rhetoric about 21st century slaves, television propaganda and a peasant underclass suggests…
The Postal Service: Give Up (10th Anniversary Edition)
Times change. In the booklet for The Postal Service’s sole album, 2003’s Give Up, frontman Ben Gibbard looks like a fat loser virgin. A decade later the Death Cab For Cutie singer is the only person in the world who’s experienced marriage to delish Zooey Deschanel - even if the…
Four Double Passes To The Beards
Fresh from crisscrossing Europe on a mission to enhance facial hair across the seas, The Beards will return to Adelaide this June for a homecoming show at Jive on May 31.
The Australian homecoming leg of The First World Tour will see the ARIA…
June Folkathon
Some of Adelaide’s best musical acts are banding together for a June ‘Folkathon’ at Port Noarlunga to raise funds for upcoming 2013 Fleurieu Folk Festival.
Iconic folk acts including Spiral Dance (pictured), Chris Finnen, Astro Cobalt, Goldstein, The Ryebuck Sheilas, Crowdy Crawns and more will perform from 12pm…
Gorgeous Festival Returns As Two-Day Event
Gorgeous Festival will return to SA's picturesque southern wine region this November as a two-day event, running from Fri Nov 22 and Sat Nov 23 at Serafino Winery, McLaren Vale.
In 2012 a stellar line-up graced the main stage with headliners including…
Listen: New Beyonce Track ‘Grown Woman’
** Update: The leaked song has since been taken down, but you can listen to a live version of Grown Woman here.
Following in the footsteps of the unexpectedly electronic Bow Down/I Been On, a new Beyonce
Bigger Than Me Exhibition
Bigger Than Me is an exhibition about bigness, curated by art graduates Madison Bycroft and Beth Shimmin.
Bigger Than Me explores the idea of ‘big’ with both physical and metaphysical considerations through the works of twelve local and interstate artists, featuring Melbourne’s…
Flume, Nina Las Vegas And Chet Faker Cameo In Touch Sensitive ‘Pizza Guy’ Clip
Flume, Nina Las Vegas, Jagwar Ma, Chet Faker and more reputable Sydney musicians have made cameos in the new Pizza Guy video clip from Future Classic artist Touch Sensitive.
The video features Touch Sensitive, AKA Sydney producer and Van She co-founder Michael Di Francesco,…
Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Dies Aged 74
Ray Manzarek, founding member and keyboardist of The Doors, has died aged 74. The legendary musician passed away today in Rosenheim, Germany after a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer surrounded by his wife and brothers.
Manzarek is best known for his work with The Doors who formed in 1965…
Babyshambles Announce Splendour Sideshows
Pete Doherty’s English garage rock outfit Babyshambles are embarking on a string of Splendour sideshows with a date included at Adelaide’s HQ on Jul 29.
As part of their very first Australian visit, Doherty and Co will venture to Melbourne, Sydney, Perth…
Rufus Norris, Director Of Broken Interview
Rufus Norris, in between other juggled commitments (“I’m trying to find a quiet spot here in BBC Radio, as I had another interview this morning”), recently talked via phone to Rip It Up about Broken, his debut as writer/director drawing from the novel by Daniel Clay. Discussing some of the…
Broken Review
Theatre-intensive director Rufus Norris makes his début as cinematic writer/director (adapting Daniel Clay’s novel) with this dark drama saved from despair by beautifully understated playing, particularly by the totally unknown and unaffected Eloise Laurence.
Her ‘Skunk’ is an 11 year old living in North London with:…
The Place Beyond The Pines Review
Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance reteams with Ryan Gosling and also enlists Bradley Cooper to tell a dramatic, three-part story of responsibilities and consequences in The Place Beyond The Pines.
The first act centres on Luke (Gosling), an undereducated motorcycle stuntman, who arrives in Schenectady, New York, to discover that on…
Live Review: The Rubens At HQ, Thu May 16
The Rubens are well and truly on the rise undertaking their largest tour to date and stepping up the size of venues, particularly here in little ol' Adelaide, playing to an almost full house at HQ. There is definitely something exciting and a touch a class about…
The Little Stevies: Most Requested
Imagine being in a band with your sister. I personally would drop kick her in the nostrils after a little while, but it appears The Little Stevies have it down.
Sisters Sibylla and Bethany Stephen combined with close friend Robin Geradts-Gill have proceeded to take the country by storm with…
Romanthony, The Voice Of Daft Punk’s ‘One More Time’, Dies Aged 45
The voice behind one of the most influential dance tracks of the noughties, Romanthony, has passed away aged 45 in his home in Austin, Texas.
Romanthony, AKA New Jersey producer Anthony Moore, was perhaps best known for providing the vocals on Daft Punk’s 2000 hit…
Triple J Unearthed High Opens For 2013
Triple J’s Unearthed High will return for its sixth year this July to find Australia’s best high school musical act for 2013.
Previous Unearthed High winners include Snakadaktal, Stonefield, Hunting Grounds and last year's winner Asta, who has since gone on to play at Pyramid Rock Festival and support Angus Stone and Birds Of…
Picnic Lane
For two weeks from Tue May 21 - Sun Jun 2 Lindes Lane off Rundle Mall will become the ultimate urban picnic spot, the formerly grimy side street set to be transformed into ‘Picnic Lane'.
Adorned with crate tables, purchasable picnic boxes full of treats from the Adelaide Central Market…
Splendour In The Grass 2013 Sideshows
An Opera House performance from post-dubstep legendary James Blake and forthcoming dates from Laura Marling make up just some of this year’s official Splendour In The Grass sideshows.
Joining Blake and Marling for a handful of sideshow dates in Sydney and Melbourne will be California’s HAIM, New York duo MS…
Battle Of The Bands SA Finalists Announced
The Global Battle of the Bands has revealed the nine finalists who will compete in the SA Regional Final on Sun May 26 at the Cavern Club, this year’s finalists including As Daylight Dies, Balls Deep, Exit, Devils Crossroad, Equilibrium, Fable, Jungle City, Pisten Broke…
Live Review: Tenacious D At Thebarton Theatre, Tue May 14
The option to stay home and overdose on reality TV on Tuesday night wasn’t even an option knowing that Tenacious D, featuring the infamous pair Kyle Gass and Jack Black, were in town bringing the
Franz Ferdinand Announce New Album ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’
Four years since the release of their last album Tonight which bore charting singles like Ulysses, Scottish indie rock outfit Franz Ferdinand have returned with their newest studio effort Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Tyga: Hotel California
When you’ve got not talent, just compensate with misogyny. Seems to work for Tyga and his superstar guestlist including Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz and – no way – Chris Brown. To put it simply, if you hate originality, charisma and intelligence, you should be all over…
Print Cult 2013
The annual Print Cult will return this for it’s third year running this Fri May 17 – Fri May 31 with an exhibition devoted to traditional printmaking methods.
Featuring works crafted from Photoshop-preceding manual techniques such as screen printing, relief printing, etching and linoprint, this year’s showcase line-up…
Q+A With Fishing
There’s something about the Blue Mountains and Sydney outfit Fishing are yet another example of that fact. Having already supported the likes of SBTRKT, Cloud Control and Jinja Safari, the production duo are becoming renowned for their deep, beat-driven oceanscapes and they’re heading to Adelaide to give us a live taste.
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Steve Vai Announces 2013 Tour
Legendary guitar virtuoso Steve Vai has announced dates for a forthcoming Australian tour taking place this July.
Since picking up a guitar in the 80s to play for Frank Zappa and Whitesnake, the three-time Grammy award winner has gone on to release eight studio albums over three decades amassing over 15 million album…
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: Eyes Like The Sky
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: right from the start we should have known these guys were up to no good. And barely six months after the release of their celebrated sludgy garage debut album 12 Bar Bruise, the no good varmints reveal Eyes Like The Sky, an Ennio Morricone-devoted…
Dido: Girl Who Got Away
It’s been five years since we heard that quiet, therapeutic voice nearly drift us into peaceful unconsciousness but Dido is back, this time with a spring in her step.
In a seeming attempt to up the mellowed ante many of the tracks take some confusing risks, including Blackbird and End…
Youth Lagoon: Wondrous Bughouse
When I think of teenagers, or youth in general, the image of giant walking pimples comes to mind. Bipedal pustules literally about to burst with the white, amorphous pus of sexual frustration, self-pity and unfounded angst.
Usually these sentient abortions spend their awkward years getting fat, making fools of themselves…
Spring Breakers Review
While this looks like it might be a mere teen comedy, the mainstream-ish ‘comeback’ for indie writer/director Harmony Korine (who wrote the ghastly Kids and directed appalling tripe like Gummo), his intentions are much vaguer. Four late teen (yeah, right) besties are desperate to get to Spring Break festivities in…
The Mill Interview
Put together two bright young thinkers in a melting pot like Adelaide and the possibilities are endless.
In Amber Cronin and Erin Fowler’s case, their combined ambition has resulted in a newly opened two-story warehouse on Angas St called The Mill –…
Kid Cudi: Indicud
‘Think outside the box’ should have been a warning that came with Kid Cudi’s latest album, Indicud, because his third effort is leftfield, often-times odd and bursting at the seams with crossover appeal. Not that Cudi’s ever been traditional in any sense, in fact the weirdness factor is something fans…
Oliver Twizt Interview
It's not every day in the Netherlands that a monarch abdicates and the heir apparent takes the throne. But, when it happens, the Dutch party. Electro house DJ/producer Oliver Twizt (AKA Joël Oliver Francois René) is still recovering.
“It was crazy," he says raspily.
The Utrecht resident may yet be…
Optimo: The Underground Sound Of Glasgow
JD Twitch curates the underground sound of his hometown, Glasgow, for Optimo’s first official mix since 2010’s Fabric 52. The Scottish city is a northern UK clubbing institution famous for Slam and the duo’s techno and house imprint Soma as well as the label Glasgow Underground, the club The Arches…
The Mac Factory Review
The Mac Factory been pumping out delicious macarons from their Parisian perch on Hutt St since Adelaide’s love for these sweet little treats took off a couple of years ago. At the helm of this well sugared-machine is macaron devotee Silvana Agostino, who’s been making macs since before they were…
Jinja Safari Interview
Given their jet-setting experience, Sydney’s Jinja Safari could be forgiven for turning themselves into seasoned travel writers in another life. Thankfully, the duo has managed to transform their vivid memories into otherworldly music, culminating in the group’s self-titled debut album.
On the eve of the album’s release, lead singer Marcus…
Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Tyran Parke Interview
The world premiere of Compositions: A Musical Close-Up is an exciting visual and theatrical melting pot comprising of the vocal talents of celebrated musical theatre tenor Tyran Parke, the stunning images by acclaimed photographer Trent Parke, musical scores from some of the world’s most esteemed composers and magnificent instrumentation of…
British Sea Power Interview
Ten years ago, British Sea Power released their debut album. Since that time, the group have gone on to produce another four studio LPs and two film soundtracks, becoming one of England’s most cherished cult bands in a relatively overcrowded market.
But as guitarist Martin Noble from the band told…
Airbourne Interview
Airbourne are back making plenty of noise with album number three Black Dog Barking. Front man Joel O’Keefe shares with Rip It Up a few words about the album and explains why they’re not playing in Adelaide on their upcoming tour.
Congratulations on album number three, you must be downing…
Kissy Sell Out Interview
It’s finally here... After more than 20 releases featuring mixes from the likes of Dillon Francis, Laidback Luke, Zeds Dead, Jack Beats and loads more, the San City High imprint is about to release its first ever compilation album, mixed exclusively by its head honcho and UK party-starter, Kissy Sell…
Dragon Interview
Age shall not weary them! Dragon are still going strong after recently celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band. They’ve survived some difficult times, including the deaths of band mentors Neil Storey and Paul Hewson through drug overdoses and Marc Hunter through cancer. Todd Hunter is excited to be heading…
Menagerie Interview
He spent the weekend battling bushfires, studies French, works in a hospital, wants to be a ski-instructor in the Alps and sampled cat noises in his very first track. Twenty-one-year-old Maxmillan Hardy (AKA Menagerie) is a very interesting character indeed.
Based in the Adelaide Hills, he spent a “pretty hectic”…
Paper Arms Interview
Josh Mann of Paper Arms has just quit his job so the band can tour overseas. It’s a big change, but seems worth it as he describes the new enthusiasm the group found after the release of their second album, The Smoke Will Clear. The record is tighter than their…
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Mosquito
In many ways, Mosquito is an unexpected offering for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ fourth album; paying homage to the dance arenas and garage bars they’ve previously dabbled in, yet committing solely to neither. To avoid recycling old sounds the New York trio have masterfully used layers to build a new…
Maori Boy Genius Review
Writer/director/producer Pietra Brettkelly’s award-winning documentary has its flaws, and even a slightly deceptive aspect, and there’s also no doubt that its 16-at-the-time subject, Ngaa Rauuira Pumanawawhiti, is a little uncomfortable with the word ‘genius’ (and ‘visionary’ and ‘leader’ and all the other terms thrown at him as the film progresses).
…
Adelaide Careers Expo 2013
This year's Adelaide Careers and Employment Expo will be held in the Jubilee Pavilion at the Adelaide Showgrounds from 9am - 4pm on Fri 17 May, and from 10am - 4pm on Sat 18 May. Entry is free, so you’ve…
Masketta Fall Announces Single Tour
Melbourne pop rock band Masketta Fall are touring their newest single Do You Wanna Dance this July with a run of national dates including a headline show at Adelaide’s Black Market.
Following the release of their EP Something Beautiful in…
Ms Mr
NYC based, indie-pop duo MS MR have just released their debut album Second Hand Rapture, featuring smash hit Hurricane, and thanks to Sony Music we have five copies to give away. Enter your details for your chance to win. Competition closes at midday on Thu May 23.
I Am Eleven
Following its phenomenal success in theatres across the world, Proud Mothers Pictures is delighted to announce the release on DVD and iTunes of I Am Eleven, a life–affirming global portrait of humanity at a crucial age – no longer children, not quite adults, preparing to inherit a world changing as…
Kaki King
NYC’s guitar genius Kaki King is soon to be back in our fair city with her stellar new album Glow, her first tour here in a few years. King, who just took out top spot on Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s Readers Poll for Best Acoustic Guitarist is really excited to be back…
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Evil Dead Review
An updating of writer/director/executive producer/bit-player/et cetera Sam Raimi’s cheerfully gonzo ultimate video nasty The Evil Dead (1981) was bound to happen eventually. This graphic new version from Uruguay-born co-writer/director Fede Alvarez was made with the blessing of Raimi, original producer Robert Tapert and cult star Bruce Campbell, who all signed…
Ricky Martin: Greatest Hits (Souvenir Edition)
Riding the coattails of being one of the least despised judges on The Voice (oh hey, Delta), now is the prime opportunity for Ricky Martin to release yet another Greatest Hits. At first look, it’s surprising that there’s no new material on the CD/DVD combo Souvenir Edition, but after considering…
CheeseFest 2013
Beloved South Australian festival CheeseFest will return to Rymill Park this Sat Oct 26 – Sun Oct 27 to host Adelaide's ultimate gathering of cheese appreciators, curd creators and local chefs in a celebration of all things cheese.
This year’s CheeseFest will see a record number of gourmet…
Camille Rewinds Review
The fifth film by Noémie Lvovsky as co-writer/director/star (her other works are hardly known outside Europe, while as a performer only she can be spotted alongside Isabelle Huppert in Copacabana) has been much-criticised for fairly obviously pinching the basic plot of Francis Coppola’s Peggy Sue Got Married, but this is…
Harley Breen Interview
Originally hailing from Queensland, Melbourne comedian Harley Breen could comfortably sit among some of Australia’s most naturally talented and relatable comedians. Winner of the 2011 Melbourne Comedy Festival’s unusually-named Piece Of Wood Award for his I Heart Bunnings show, Breen…
The Black Angels: Indigo Meadow
It was strange that The Black Angels were considered dark horses at last year's Harvest Festivals. The band had, after all, released three albums and ridden high on a wave of neo-psychedelia, of which they were an instrumental part for the past decade. Now with the release of that pivotal…
Live Review: They Might Be Giants At The Gov, Thu May 9
They Might Be Giants (or TMBG, as their legions of devotees tend to call them) have been going since 1982 and, 31 years and 16 albums later, some might have assumed that John Flansburgh (as in the bespectacled one) and John Linnell (the other one) might,…
Bliss N Eso Announces ‘House Of Dreams’ Tour
Australian hip hop trio Bliss N Eso will return to the touring circuit this July armed with their brand new album Circus In The Sky.
With the album's single teaser House Of Dreams already making the rounds, fans willl soon have Circus In The Sky in…
Watch: Astronaut Covers David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ In Space
Behold, one of the coolest things you will watch this week – an astronaut covering David Bowie’s Space Oddity while literally orbiting the Earth in a satellite.
Recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station, the YouTube clip…
Rudimental: Thu Sep 19, HQ
Having frenzied summer crowds earlier in the year as part of Future Music Festival, London's D&B outfit Rudimental will return to Australia this September as part of a just-announced tour.
Rudimental’s highly charged and fast-tempo live show, which will arrive in Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne…
Scott Walker: Bish Bosch
American singer Scott Walker was a pop superstar during the ‘60s and meandered in the wasteland of 'middle of road' easy listening in the ‘70s before promptly falling off the face of the Earth for the next 20 years. And when I say “fell off the face of the Earth”…
Drift Review
While co-director/executive producer Ben Nott, co-writer/co-director Morgan O’Neill, producer/original-script-supplier Tim Duffy and co-producer/star Myles Pollard have heavily suggested that this ‘70s-flashbacking Aussie surfing drama is based on some sort of true story it, in fact, is almost completely fictional, but that doesn’t really matter, as this is nevertheless superior to…
The Preatures Announce Single Tour
Sydney five-piece The Preatures are heading back out on the road this June armed with their latest single Is This How You Feel?, set to make a stopover in Adelaide for a performance at Cats At Rocket.
Picking up where their second EP Shaking Hands left off, Is This How…
The Hunt Review
Danish writer/director/co-producer Thomas Vinterberg’s latest features Mads Mikkelsen in one of his greatest, most sensitive and fearless performances, and light years away from his current and rather awkward turn as the titular character in TV’s Hannibal.
With echoes of Vinterberg’s Festen (The Celebration) (in…
Twenty Years Of Triple J’s Hottest 100
It’s been 20 years since the very first annual Hottest 100 countdown, a length of time worth celebrating with an inaugural new list –Triple J’s Top 20 Songs Of The Past 20 Years.
From Tue May 14, the public will be able to vote for…
Kaki King: Glow
From looking at Glow’s cover, amateurs might expect Kaki King to be a powerhouse rock chick with her blue steel stare and some general filthy ‘tude, but once you press play Glow enters a completely unexpected realm of beautiful guitar. From rock chick to instrumental guru in mere seconds.
In…
What So Not: Fri May 24, Electric Circus (DJ Set)
What So Not, the hyped Sydney electronic duo comprised of Emoh (Chris Emerson) and Flume (Harley Streten), are preparing to flex their musical muscles this June with the release of their second EP The Quack.
The EP's title track…
Live Review: Tool At Entertainment Centre, Wed May 1
For the uninitiated, here’s the thing about Tool: everything – I repeat everything – is to be taken with a grain of salt and strictly tongue-in-cheek when it comes to serial Jesus-tease Maynard James Keenan and his band of musical prodigies (drummer Danny Carey’s…
Funk Volume Feat Dizzy Wright & Jarren Benton: Fri Jul 26, Fowler’s Live.
One of the hottest independent rappers of 2013, Dizzy Wright, is heading to Australia alongside his Funk Volume label mates Jarren Benton and DJ Hoppa in July.
At just 22, Dizzy has been one of the first Las Vegas rappers to grab the spotlight and carry it across the globe,…
Live Review: Tegan And Sara At Thebarton Theatre, Tue May 7
Welcomed back with open arms, Canadian indie rock/pop twin sister duo Tegan & Sara returned to good ol' Radelaide for the penultimate stop on their Australian tour.
Warming up the stage were Melbourne-ites Clubfeet, with thier soothing indie dance beats that were rather pleasant to the ears.
While the crowd…
Come Out Festival May 22 - 31
Come Out, South Australia’s preeminent art festival for schools and families, will return to Adelaide this May 22 – 31 with hundreds of performances in visual arts, film, theatre and literature all geared towards underage audiences.
The Come Out vision is to build a prosperous South…
Places To Watch In 2013: Part Two
Following the success of recently opened bars like Clever Little Tailor, Cantina Sociale and Jack Ruby, Adelaide will continue to strike while the iron is hot with a whole new wave of hospitality venues opening their doors this winter.
From…
Josh Ritter: The Beast In Its Tracks
This scallywag Josh Ritter is pumping out albums like it’s going out of fashion, bringing yet another delectable offering to the table. From his previous raw tellings of 2010’s So Runs The World Away, Ritter makes subtle steps toward a bigger sound. Dwelling in Adelaide during his teenage years, this…
Major Lazer: Free The Universe
Oh, Diplo. He’s fast becoming the David Guetta-esque figure of electronic dancehall. The follow-up from 2009’s game-changing Guns Don’t Kill People... Lazers Do saw Diplo lose his Major Lazer counterpart Switch due to creative differences, but pick up producers/DJs Jillionare and Walshy Fire. Free The Universe features some wacky collaborations…
The Big Wedding Review
Good writing saves a predictable comedy of minor errors when Ellie (Diane Keaton) and Don (Robert De Niro, playing somewhat against type) prepare for the wedding of their adopted son, Alejandro (Ben Barnes, AKA Prince Caspian), but there are a couple of small hitches to overcome ahead of the big…
Star Trek Into Darkness Review
While his franchise-rebooting Star Trek (2009) was much-adored, even by the die-hardest of diehard fans, director/co-producer JJ Abrams’ follow-up is, in fact, even better, with a now-established cast shining, some cool new additions, a sweet sense of humour, a plot that isn’t half-strangled by needing to set the stage, and…
Melody Feder Interview
After being brought up on a strict diet of country music talent quests and mandatory cowboy boots and hat, Melody Feder has shunned the stereotypes and broken out on her own, much to the dismay of the Australian country music purists. Feder’s rebellion has paid off; with her…
Paramore: Paramore
When exiting Paramore members Josh and Zac Farro released a statement in late 2010 complaining that the band had become a commercial venture with frontwoman Hayley Williams as its photogenic centerpiece, it was as baffling as Angus T Jones from Two And A Half Men’s foolish rant that his show…
The Kooks Interview
Calling from his sofa in London at the “ungodly hour” of 9am, guitarist Hugh Harris is usually the “getting up and having a purpose” type, but with his current, more relaxed Kooks-schedule, there’s no reason he can’t sleep in. His…
Q+A With Big Black Delta
The brainchild of Jonathan Bates of M83/Mellowdrone, Big Black Delta have been creating serious buzz overseas, counting Jay-Z as a mega-fan following their remixes of the likes of Daft Punk and M83. With their new single Side Of The Road already earning rave reviews, Big Black Delta have just released…
Rudimental Interview
Azealia Banks might learn something from Rudimental. The Hackney, London D&B quartet – Leon Rolle, Piers Aggett, Kesi Dryden and Amir Amor – are premiering with an album, Home, only a year after their breakthrough single, Feel The Love. They haven't been distracted by side-projects, endorsements or beefs. However, Rudimental…
ShockOne Interview
Imagine the pleasure in beating out both Logi-loving crooner Michael Buble and all those amateur karaoke types from The Voice on the national ARIA album charts. It certainly doesn’t happen very often – especially when you’re a home-grown D&B act and especially when it’s your debut album that’s smashing them…
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