Nick Monaco likes to bare it all, but it’s been a journey. His first EP was titled Naked is My Nature, and now he’s set to release his full-length Half Naked on 10 June, on Soul Clap and Wolf + Lamb’s new-ish collaborative label Crew Love (the two groups officially joined forces this past February). Monaco’s new single “Physical Therapy” is slick, groovy but refreshingly …
Rihanna feat. Paul McCartney and Kanye West: FourFiveSeconds It’s not every day Kanye West teams up with Sir Paul McCartney, though lately it’s been a fortnightly affair and recent developments suggest the Beatles frontman is producing West’s next album. The latest release in the admittedly odd yet harmonious partnership features Rihanna and a folksy, Western-tinged guitar riff. “FourFiveSeconds” is about as stripped-down as a pop …
In the summer of 1998, bright orange cranes speckled the Berlin skyline. Young Europeans flocked to the streets by the thousands for the dance party called Love Parade and, after dark, they disappeared inside the dark corridors of a club called Tresor, where Detroit techno pulsated until dawn. That summer was the first year the Smart car replaced the clunky Soviet-era East German Trabant as …
