The Blog

New Music — Reasons by Cautious Clay

Our good friend - Brooklyn-based singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist - Cautious Clay is back with a fresh single “REASONS.” Co-written by Hudson Mohawke and Tobias Jesso Jr., with Mohawke ...

What We're Watching — Khruangbin: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Probably one of our go-to live music series on Youtube, NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert played host to Houston trio Khruangbin - for what we'd simply describe as an absolute groove fest. Sit back an...

New Music — 808INK - When I’m About, You’ll Know

London duo 808INK drop one of our records of the year When I'm About, You'll Know with a stacked lineup of anthems. Uniquely London, 808INK deliver a hybrid sound of Grime, UK Drill, Afro Beat, an...

What We're Reading — SPQR : A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled terri...

What We're Watching - Searching for Sugarman

Though he faded into obscurity in the U.S., an early '70s musician known as Rodriguez became a huge hit in South Africa and was widely rumoured to have died. Two obsessed fans set out to learn the...

What We're Reading — The Vignelli Canon by Massimo Vignelli

The famous Italian Graphic Designer Massimo Vignelli allows us a glimpse of his understanding of good design in this book, its rules and criteria. He uses numerous examples to convey applications ...

What We're Listening To: Velvet - JMSN

Texas-born, Michigan-bred R&B singer Christian Berishaj – better known as JMSN – is back. The last time we heard from Berishaj was in 2016, when he released his eight-track LP, Whatever Makes ...

New Podcast: How I Built This - Richard Branson

How I Built This host Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best-known companies, weaving a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements th...

ILU Diaries: 001 - "Release Week"

We're pretty excited to introduce our latest behind the scenes series, entitled the I Love Ugly Diaries. Designed to offer you a monthly or fortnightly (depends on what’s going on in our world) gl...