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Ian McQuaid is a writer, journalist, and DJ. His writing is published in The Guardian, i-D, Mixmag, DJ Magazine, Redbull Music Academy, Boiler Room, Time Out, The Voice, Complex and more. He is contributing editor of the London based music and arts site The Ransom Note .

He has appeared on Radio 4's Front Row, and numerous regional BBC stations talking about UK music and culture.

He is an experienced copy writer and has created promotional materials for numerous record labels, and brands. Clie…

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The long history of slop in music

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By Ian McQuaid
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This column first featured in Club Huck’s culture newsletter. Sign up for free here to make sure it lands in your inbox every month. 2026 was the year of slop. March 2026 saw the term ​“AI Slop” spike to its highest ever ranking in Google search results, an indicator that it’s a topic everyone has an opinion on.
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Fire up the Furby synth! Meet UK Eurovision entry Look Mum No Computer at his mind-boggling music museum

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By Ian McQuaid
| Yahoo News UK Verified
‘I didn’t really plan to do Eurovision at all,” muses Sam Battle as he takes me round his museum, pushing a shock of ever-so-slightly mad scientist hair from his youthful face and coaxing drones out of abstract metal boxes as we go. “I was chatting to Johnny, my friend who works here, and we were saying wouldn’t it be funny to do it.
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‘Constant stimulation, dopamine overload’: how EsDeeKid and UK underground rap exploded on a global scale

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By Ian McQuaid
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Ian McQuaid Fri, December 5, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. UTC 12 min read The UK’s underground rap renaissance … from left, Ledbyher, EsDeeKid, Lancey Foux and Ceebo.Composite: Guardian Design; Publicity images: Elissa Salas; Patrick Sear; Luke Ellis-Gayle It’s early November and London’s Electric Ballroom is heaving. The warm-up DJ drops Fetty Wap’s 2014 smash Trap Queen, and the young crowd, a fair portion of whom were in primary school when the tune first came out, roar every word.
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