Jimi drops wavey visual for "Brandy belly"
Directed by Local Geezers frequent collaborator Rufus Wilson the video sees Jimi Da Killa meandering around the Derby streets, marketplaces and shops - showing us all there is never a bad place to get Brandy Bellied. Watch the Ted Loco & C4 produced track. Check out this Sludge Magazine exclusive release and remember to drink responsibly.
Style and sustain with SET
Since 2013 U.K. based contemporary outdoors brand has been going from strength to strength, attracting co-signs from the likes of Skepta, Frisco and Casey Neistat. We sit down with the brand's founder Jack to talk sustainability, style and SET's plans to make sure they're part of your wardrobe for decades to come alongside a new editorial featuring rising model and musician Mo to showcase some of the summer line.
Get to know Nottingham's own songstress Ella Knight
Following the release of her recent single Q&A, a succession of guest appearances on other tracks and a performance at Dot to Dot festival, we managed to have a Q&A of our own with the emerging Midlands singer
My milkshake makes for a forlorn Farage
In a landscape of British politics mired by political violence. The throwing of milkshakes at fascists, has proved a step too far for the liberal left wing and far right alike
Valorising the veil
As is often the case with customs that originate outside of Western society and religion, the veil has been demonised and in equal measures co-opted to further right wing agendas. Oliver Stevens-Neck explores the West's orientalist fixation with the veil
Caster Semenya: When Fairness Is False
Writer Tariyé Peterside delves in to the ever political world of sports to explore the IAAF's decision to deny Caster Semenya the right to compete in the sport she has long dominated
Enthusiastic Consent is Coming! (Spoilers)
As the final series of Game of Thrones commences the surviving characters have treated audiences to a plethora of drama ranging from beheadings, incest, dragons and White Walkers. So what made a consensual sex scene in the last episode so shocking?
Heavy on shoulder
Photographer Jinsun Park explores the stresses of the South Korean education system through her new photos series and think-piece exclusively for Sludge Mag
Performative cancel culture
Writer and photographer Martyn Ewoma explores the politics of culpability and the pitfalls of performed online liberalism in our new article
Adelaide & Red: The dichotomy between Diaspora and African Blackness (Spoilers)
Writer Tariyé Peterside gives her reading of Jordan Peele's new blockbuster 'Us' and how it pertains to the black diaspora experience in the U.S. and Africa
What ‘The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ can teach us about manoeuvring for power in the Patriarchy
The Manifesto Built On Memes
As memes replace manifestos, and when ideas mean more than their subsequent implementation, Adam Smith explores the entertainment industry's role in modern politics
Pejoration for power
How the right wings co-opting of left wing terminology has rendered political discourse illegible
Does the Pope's stance of the death penalty matter?
Pope Francis' renewed stance on the Catholic Church has taken a huge 180 and the clergy are less than impressed
"It's the M.I.C on the mic!"
We catch up with the emcee superman punching through grime's glass ceiling. Find out what has fuelled this exciting, polarising, Nintendo loving enigmatic new talent that has everyone from NME to JME and Tim & Barry paying attention.
'Smear' for Sludge Mag
Model Tionne Harrison takes centre stage in our first ever exclusive fashion editorial. Lensed by Martyn Ewoma this dreamy pastel editorial is comprised of looks styled by Skye Lai with beauty looks dreamed up by make-up artist Berny Ferr.
GEEZER GANG!
We caught up with Jimi Da Killa and Wiz who along with producer Ted Loco are inseminating the UK rap scene with a much needed shake-up.
Climate activists: Pull it out before the earth puts out.
This article by Lauren Dorling explores a belief held by certain environmentalists; that curtailing how many children we all have may be the only way to save our planet.
Get to know Instagram's favourite cult leader in our interview with Vincenzo Borrelli.
What do bank holidays mean to working Brits in 2018?
Responsibility in LBGT filmmaking: lesbians through the male gaze.
How Bare Vintage took the Depop market by storm.
Freedom of speech and freedom from consequence are not the same thing.
NFL Protests: Why Trump and Team Owners Are Missing the Point.