Monthly Archives: May, 2021

Vigatron’s “Hollow Apologies” refuses the idea that a hip-hop artist must stay in one lane. His Burner-produced album works from a simple rule: follow what feels right. This opens space for changed pitch, different flows, more singing and background singers, while Burner shapes the production around the vocals. It is a record rooted in traditional hip-hop but open to melody, harmony and R&B aesthetics. “Hollow Apologies” refocuses...

The algorithm gets a stare-down on Arabella Lucia’s ‘Unpretty’. Her alt-rock take on TLC’s 1999 classic comes with crashing drums, thumping bass, burning guitar work and a vocal edge that turns self-doubt into a live wire. The subject remains painfully recognisable: beauty standards, internalised judgement and pressure to resemble somebody else’s preferred image. For anyone who has watched a filter make a familiar face feel insufficient,...