With the arrival of Archers New Rival and their single "Direction", I found myself tracing the jagged line of a crack in my ceiling, letting the melody dictate exactly how much that imperfection bothered me. The track initiates with a deception a clean, resonant melancholy that feels safe before suddenly mushrooming into a thick, distorted wall of heavy texture. It reminds me, oddly enough,...

Africa’s premier music business school “Music Business Academy for Africa” has partnered with the music distribution company and a subsidiary of Sony Music “The Orchard” for its “MBA Talent Project”.  Applicants eligible for this open call must be completely unsigned from any record label distribution or managerial deal. Talents must be between the ages of 17-30 years. The MBA Talent project is open to artists...