On his latest album Twice as Tall, Burna Boy exceeds his stature

The follow up to last year’s African Giant sees the breakout Afrobeats star attempt to surpass his own high bar. We run through a few of its highlights. After close to a decade of grinding to achieve a steadily bubbling success, Burna Boy entered the final year of the 2010s as an artist on the … Read more

Best Songs Ever: New singles reviewed, featuring M.I.A, Stormzy, Katy Perry, Fruit Juice Parade & more

‘Best Songs Ever’ features various contributors to The Spinoff Music assessing recent songs and singles. SONG OF THE WEEK Fruit Juice Parade – ‘Whaling’ Contemporary indie’s reclamation of late 90s Midwestern emo has locally been inflected by both pop-punk (Carb On Carb) and twee (prizegiving circa ‘Soft’); the first single from Palmerston North duo fruit … Read more