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Kae Tempest at Village Underground review: spitting bars and radiating trans joy

5/5 An intimate gig allowed the poet and rapper to debut new songs — and a new voice

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2025

RAYE scoops top prize at Ivors while Bruce Springsteen receives lifetime honour

Rapper Dave, songwriter Bernie Taupin and grime legend Skepta among other artists to take home major awards

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna review – a love letter to London under pressure

The precarity and dreams of thirtysomething Londoners are adroitly explored in this tender portrait of contemporary queer life

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024

Being Kae Tempest review – an extremely well-deserved good news story

This pleasingly hype-free documentary about the rapper and writer’s life shows them in a far happier place than in recent years. It’s very nice to see – even if it can tend towards the dull

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023

TV tonight: how Kae Tempest became the voice of a generation

We delve into the world of the spoken-word poet. Plus: more delicious, cringe-worthy family drama from Kat Sadler. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023

The shyest producer in music? How Fraser T Smith found his way into the spotlight

Stormzy loves him, Dave brought him on stage to collect a Brit Award, and he’s behind hits by Adele, Britney and Gorillaz. But now self-effacing super producer Fraser T Smith is putting himself centre stage, he tells Roisin O’Connor

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2023

On my radar: Alabaster DePlume’s cultural highlights

The musician on a dark version of Oklahoma!, amazing art from Palestine, and why jiujitsu works wonders for his state of mind

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2023

‘I used to be associated with music that wasn’t in demand’: Producer Dan Carey on Speedy Wunderground, Fontaines DC and his new band, Miss Tiny

Megan Graye visits the in-demand producer at his home studio where Carey opens up about his good luck blessings, facing setbacks, and his tried and true ‘formula’ when it comes to producing records for south London’s buzziest bands

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2023

Bristol's award-winning masked rapper B of Briz talks hip-hop, feminism and Buffy the vampire slayer

B of Briz was recently crowned the winner of Audiotarky's 'Future Sound of Bristol' competition

Bristol Post · May 13, 2023

Sydney WorldPride headliner Kae Tempest on how coming out as non-binary transformed their life and art, and their Australian tour

It took many years and a health crisis for Kae Tempest to realise they’d been trying to escape themselves; ahead of Sydney WorldPride, they explain how coming out as non-binary was not only transformative but essential.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2023