The Clout Industrial Complex ft. Jesse Bernard (Brit Awards 2019, UK Breakfast Club & More)

Welcome back to Don’t Alert the Stans! For today’s episode the boys are joined by Jesse Bernard (@marvinscorridor). A well-renowned journalist/writer/photographer who has written for FACT, Brick Magazine, Shortlist, Noisey, The Independent and many other platforms. He also works as a contributing editor for TRENCH Magazine. Kicking off the news this week, the boys sign off on the 2019 Brit Awards discussing the recipients of each award, Pink’s special achievement award and the lack of black artists nominated (00:53:24). Following on from this, the guys share their thoughts on the announcement that Soundcloud will now have a feature for that allows up and coming artists the chance to have their music distributed to streaming services including Spotify and Apple (01:23:10). Rounding off the episode is an in-depth discussion with Jesse as Nic, Eden and Sope pick his brain about a variety of topics such as the void TRENCH Magazine fills in the editorial landscape, whether there are more opportunities for black journalists in America compared to England, why the UK has a fickle relationship with R&B artists, who have been his favourite people to interview and so much more (01:31:50). Not one to miss! Sope’s Listens for the Week: ·  Denzel Himself - Be There/Higher ·  Denzel Himself - Baphoment James ·  Chaka Khan - Hello Happiness ·  Natalie Cole - Natalie Live! Nicolas’s Listens for the Week: ·  Black Atlass – Pain & Pleasure ·  Ebhoni - TGM Eden’s Listens for the Week: ·  Mulherin – Human Nature ·  Danileigh – The Plan ·  Toro Y Moi – Outer Peace Jesse’s Listens for the Week: ·  Children of Zeus – Travel Light ·  Swindle – No More Normal ·  DJ Quik – Just Like Compton / Got That Feeling ·  Giggs – Big Bad Remember to RATE, REVIEW AND SUBSCRIBE! Enjoy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro Music by: @Jmzofficial Artwork designed by: @NutCaseStudios Episode recorded at: @Squaresuite ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode at #DATSPOD! Rate and review us on Soundcloud and Anchor Follow us on: Twitter - @datspod Instagram - @datspod Anchor – @datspodcast Email – [email protected]