Jade Wickes

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Ledbyher – WrongNines’ retirement didn’t last long, did it? Last year, the UK rap legend announced he was quitting music, dropped a final album and even sparked up a massive zoot on stage at his farewell gig. But Nina’s just and announced a two day festival at Dreamland Margate this summer and, yep, he’s headlining.

1 week ago | theface.com | Jade Wickes

“There’s a push and pull, an attraction and repulsion that she starts to develop. It was a really exciting dynamic to explore”

1 week ago | theface.com | Davy Reed |Jade Wickes

Turnstile – Look Out for MeSome of Turnstile’s fans complained that their arena-ready comeback single Never Enough didn’t quite hit hard enough, raising concerns that the Baltimore punk band have gone too soft for their forthcoming album of the same name. But Turnstile quickly reminded us that they’re a band who can do both: they dropped the gnarly moshpit anthem Birds and the dance-rock pop track Seein’ Stars, which shimmers like Let’s Dance‑era Bowie.

2 weeks ago | theface.com | Davy Reed |Jade Wickes

Fakemink, Mechatok & Ecco2k – MakkaSo far, Fakemink has been selective with his collaborators, preserving his lo-fi sound by only working with a small pool of underground producers and rappers of his generation. Makka sees the 20-year-old enigma step outside his circle to team up with Drain Gang’s Ecco2k and Mechatok, the London-via-Berlin producer who blurs the boundaries between club music, cloud rap and hyperpop. The move has paid off.

2 weeks ago | theface.com | Jade Wickes

“I’m very good at working at shit that might not have any kind of outcome ever” “Otessa Moshfegh? She allegedly wrote one of her books to be a giant commercial success so that she could write whatever she wanted to after that. I think that’s something we should explore more as authors”