Mexico’s first indigenous female presidential candidate failed to get on the ballot for the July 2018 election, shining a light on structural discrimination in the troubled country.
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Singles of the Week
Follow our Singles of the Week here. Freddie Metherell, ‘Liberated’ by DeJ Loaf feat. Leon Bridges Detroit based DeJ Loaf is releasing a new album soon and the title track has just dropped. It has me hooked. This song is a wholesome and utterly inclusive call to be proud to represent yourself for yourself. The music…
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The Panoptic Team are back again with their favourite singles that they have listened to this week. This time round we’ve got a song by Scarlett Johansson about a reptilian bird. How about that? Aloe Blacc may be back to his best too. Have a read to find out more.
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Follow our Singles of the Week here. Freddie Metherell, ‘Hello?’ by Clairo feat. Rejjie Snow Clairo is a product of the internet era. Last year, in a way common to the age of the internet, she shot to fame with a 2:58 video she posted on YouTube. A year later, and she has just dropped her…
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Mexico’s first indigenous female presidential candidate failed to get on the ballot for the July 2018 election, shining a light on structural discrimination in the troubled country.
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