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Joe writes regularly for FACT, The Wire and Mixmag, specialising in electronic music and the anything-but-grey areas where genres and media dissolve into one another.

Articles By Joe Muggs

theartsdesk Q&A: Musician/DJ Mark Hawkins aka Marquis Hawkes Monday, 29 August 2016 Read more...	CD: De La Soul - and the Anonymous Nobody Monday, 22 August 2016 Read more...
CD: Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife 2 Wednesday, 10 August 2016 Read more...	CD: Wild Beasts - Boy King Wednesday, 03 August 2016 Read more...
Detroit: Techno City, Institute of Contemporary Arts Wednesday, 27 July 2016 Read more...	CD: Ben Chatwin - Heat & Entropy Thursday, 21 July 2016 Read more...
Carole King performs Tapestry, Hyde Park BST Festival Monday, 04 July 2016 Read more...	CD: Chrissy & Hawley - Chrissy & Hawley Thursday, 30 June 2016 Read more...
CD: Paper Tiger - Blast Off Saturday, 25 June 2016 Read more...	Sónar Barcelona 2016 Tuesday, 21 June 2016 Read more...
CD: Tom Odell - Wrong Crowd Saturday, 04 June 2016 Read more...	CD: Bugzy Malone - Facing Time Friday, 27 May 2016 Read more...
CD: James Blake - The Colour in Anything / Skepta - Konnichiwa Monday, 09 May 2016 Read more...	Lush, The Roundhouse Monday, 09 May 2016 Read more...
CD: Jessy Lanza - Oh No Thursday, 05 May 2016 Read more...	Prince, 1958-2016 Friday, 22 April 2016 Read more...

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