The Musical Future Has Not Been Cancelled
A new book considers the musical innovation of trap, drill, and bashment in the last ten years – and the cultural contexts in which they have been taking place.
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Luke Cartledge is deputy editor at Loud and Quiet.
A new book considers the musical innovation of trap, drill, and bashment in the last ten years – and the cultural contexts in which they have been taking place.
In the wake of Covid-19, Goldsmiths management are forcing through job cuts worth £6 million and a vast increase in workloads – but staff are fighting back against the latest neoliberal reforms to higher education.
Across the creative industries, already precarious workers have been left in limbo by government and institutional inaction during this crisis – but the unions that fight for them are adapting quickly.
In music, lockdown has meant not only the collapse of live music, but also the massively increased monopolisation of music by the tech giants. We need to defend the alternatives.