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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 //

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  Shamboogle Special!

  Head down to South East Laaandan next Tuesday firstly, because its my endz and I might buy you a drink, but most importantly because the Amersham is hosting the EP Launch of Embers, a band that I actually love. They do soul and singing,not moshing and mauling. WIN. ps. big up Tom Lloyd (tomspot@hotmail.com) on the [...]
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  Cinema Tickets for a Pound!

  I just found this, and because I think you should all take me on a date I’m posting it for you. It’s a little secret that gets you cinema tickets for one royal British Pound. The deal is too good to miss, so get on www.mycitydeals.co.uk, and please ask me out. Thanks.
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  Ed Sheeran at The Ivy last week…

  Ok. So you know how Grime raves are supposed to be the kind of night where there’s sweat dripping from the roof, manoman trying to lips you when you dance (no homo for the male readers)and your creps stick to the floor? Well, this bitch just got boujis and last week was nothing [...]
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  I LUV LIVE TONIGHT!

  Everyone head to Camden tonight for ILUVLIVE which is going to be bigggg! Nolay, (check her recent F64,feminism at its height…kinda), UK Rapper Kasha who has been killing it all over (watch this space for an upcoming BOXFRESH interview), and check the archives for my piece on his ‘Empire State of Mind’ cover. Also performing are [...]
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  Introducing…SMILER

  Semtex loves him, as does Mistajam, 279, and the rest…Kieran Yates chats to the rising Hip-Hop Star to see just what gives Smiler his er, smile, and tries to get him to include Boxfreshon his next album… Are u a smiler rather than a frowner? HA! Yeh, I’m always smiling, regardless of what’s happening, around me. It’s [...]
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  Urban Nerds Valentines Special!

  Urban Nerds caters for the loverssss , so go play urban cassanova and get down to some vybzing and a major lipsin tinggggggggg!
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  SHAMBOOGLE

  Head down to the Amersham Arms next Tuesday for the now infamous SHAMBOOGLE! night. Definitely worth coming down for are Embers, a band feat.Fabiana Palladino who performed alongside Ghostpoet at one of the legendary TOTR gigs last year. They promise cool, funky soul that makes everything feel right. http://www.myspace.com/embers4
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  COVER YOURSELF IN GRIME

  Covers throughout musical history have been a way of getting new artists on the map. Boy bands, dance mixes, urban crossovers, everyone has taken a popular sample and claimed to have made it better. Recently, Grime has jumped on the Cover bandwagon, and the two have subsequently joined forces to prove the theory that everyone loves a [...]
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  Charlie Sloth talks ‘One More Drink’

  You know when you’re at a bar and you won’t leave until you’ve had one more drink? Well, so does Charlie Sloth. I talk to him about the new single, keeping fresh, and of course, bearing in mind Mr Sloth’s rude reputation, I see if I can throw him with a [...]