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Kieran

* Freelance Journalist
* Contributor DazedDigital.com, RWD
* Staff Writer Ctrl.Alt.Shift
* Assistant Editor LIVE magazine

Hi! I'm a freelance music journalist though I do write about other things,
like feminism, fashion, and you know, the issues.

I work for Ctrl.Alt.Shift, and as a contributor for Dazeddigital
online,LIVE magazine, RWD, and have also contributed to The Voice,
Young Voices, (R.I.P) and The Times. I love spoken word, grime,
literature and Girls Aloud. Dont ask me to pick a favourite because
every song is a hit, though strangely I dislike Cheryl Cole.

I'm not a boy I just have a boys name.People always tell me that fact
like I haven't heard it before, though I have started to say 'Oh
really?' instead of 'I know', to change it up a bit.

I write a lot and I love red lipstick.

Links //

Blog
Twitter
Ctrl Alt Shift
Dazed Digital
LIVE

Latest blogs //

• 
  Lowkey/Akala/Sway/Black the Ripper Live Performance!

  Best collab I’ve seen in a very long time. Akala and Lowkey remain some of my favourite wordsmiths on the scene, full of passion and make me proud to be a uk hip-hop fan. Also shout out to Black the Ripper and Sway on this one, the crowd was going crazy, and not just for Akala’s [...]
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  Flying Lotus at KOKO!

  Seriously amazing flyer for seriously amazing gig… Flying Lotus, one of the most prolific hip hop producers in the game, is playing  at KOKO this month, promoting the album ‘Pattern and Grid World’ out later in the month. Fly Lo,( as the die hard fans call him.Apparently)has smapled the likes of J Dilla, Madlib, Common,(the list goes on) with some of the [...]
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  URBAN NERDS CARNIVAL SPECIALLLLLLL!

    Roll up Roll up, it’s that time again- Carnival to me is all about healthy dose of Major Lazer, roadside Plaintain and Urban Nerds. This year’s line up includes the musical stylings of Katy B, Princess Nyah and Toddla T plus others, so pretty sure its gona be BIGGGG. Urban Nerds fi di win, let [...]
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  Chaka Demus and Pliers tomorrow night!

  Reggaetown comes to London Town tomorrow night. Jah Rastafari, Praise be to jah,etc etc. I heart Chaka Demus and Pliers even though it seems like I’m the only one under 40. Get a ticket now and prove me wrong, or else I’ll be getting down with some aging dreads tomorrow night, showing them some youthful [...]
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  Boxfresh Guerrilla Tactics…

  So, the other day I got in back home in the early hours,turned on the TV, and was greeted with Bill Oddie.Too tired to switch it, I ended up watching it for hours. (For those that don’t know, Bill Oddie is a Bird watcher.Like a less good David Attenborough). Anyway,it was shit, but in that moment definitely made me think that [...]
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  Rhyme and Reason-It’s bigger than hip-hop…

  ‘It’s bigger than…’ ah, you know the rest. Yes, THE Dead Prez that ensured that line went down in history are gona be in the Big Smoke, so hip hop fans can get down and pretend we’re  in the Bronx in NYC.Or something. I’m hoping for lots of sun and them to play ‘Summertime in the City’.YES. [...]
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  Earth,Wind and Fire still got it going onnn

  In the beginning, there was Funk. Before Grime, Funky House, Drum n Base and Dubstep, ‘urban music’ was a soulful,funky jazzy experience, where the gial dem were booty shaking in flares and the men were macking to Motown. I grew up listening to the likes of Diana Ross and Sly and the Family Stone, which [...]
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  Ballast in Brixton tonight!

  Dirty Dirty bass at Plan B in Brixton tonight, come down come down! I’ll be there being a raver and requesting music  they most likely won’t play.Woop! Kieran
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  Kieran meets Queens English!

  I love hip-hop. Real, gritty hip-hop with the baddest beats and the deepest lyrics.What I also love about the genre though,is that sometimes, its just really frickin funny.Queens English are a hip-hop collective that can do humour, while getting your head nodding to the beat.For anyone who missed them at the last ‘Turn Off your [...]
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  Bang Bang for the Ladiesss!

    So you guys should know that I’m always on hand to support the ladies…whether its the first ladies of funky house, or you know,the suffraggettes, count me in. Big up then, to ‘The Bang Bang’ who are celebrating all things female, with an (almost) all female line up including Goldielocks, Poppylafond and Rinse DJ Sian Anderson [...]