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The Guide #245: UK garage means summer, and a surprise Mis-Teeq reunion is bringing the heat

The Guardian·Coco Khan·2 days ago
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Hello everyone. I’m Coco Khan, covering for Gwilym this week, and I’m officially calling it. Summer is here. No, I’m not a meteorologist or an astronomer – rather, I rely on a measure I’ve developed over many summers: the UKG Index. The more UK garage you hear – through passing car windows, pumping out of festivals, or floating on the breeze from a nearby barbecue – the more likely the mercury is climbing. And this year the sound of summer has arrived early, and with some exciting news: a Mis-Teeq reunion. For the uninitiated, Mis-Teeq (Sabrina Washington, Su-Elise Nash, Alesha Dixon) broke into the mainstream in 2001 with their debut album Lickin’ on Both Sides. Some of garage’s most visible ambassadors, they took the sound from underground raves and pirate radio into the charts and on to Saturday morning TV, with hits such as All I Want, Why? and One Night Stand.…

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