Music
Cherwell Introducing: Phoebe Blue
Joining me this week is the radiant Phoebe Blue, a 2nd year classicist at Balliol, singer-songwriter, and bassist. Meeting me on a blustery Saturday afternoon outside the Ashmolean, Phoebe...
Men used to go to war – now they DJ
Why are so many people becoming DJs? This recent obsession has taken the world...
The rise of genre fluidity: Is this the death of genre as we know it?
My favourite genre of music: a question I’ve found becoming increasingly difficult to answer...
Cherwell Introduces: Menu3
Joining me this week, are four members of Menu3: Nicole 2nd year biochemist/lead singer,...
American Odyssey- The world building of Lana del Rey’s music
"The past decade of Lana del Rey’s music has ventured from the deserts and neon-lights of Las Vegas to the streets of New York, Hollywood, and eventually rural California."
Girls to the Front: a brief history of Women in Rock
It is encouraging news that, according to a 2018 study by the guitar manufacturer Fender, 50% of new guitarists in the US and UK...
Review: Vampire Weekend
Nine years after they last took Muswell Hill by storm, indie giants Vampire Weekend played a two-night engagement at London’s Alexandra Palace as part...
How the Grinch Stole the Christmas Number One
Many years ago, all the good girls and boys of the United Kingdom would get a special present from Santa every Christmas – a...
Review: Fine Line – Harry Styles
Two years since his solo debut, Harry Styles is back with his second album, Fine Line. Styles’ self-titled album in 2017 had to fight...
Me Too and Music
TW: Sexual assault, r*pe
When I was first asked to be involved with the discussion of Me Too and music, my first thought was that...
Review: I Was Meant to Love – Leon C
Why all new music lovers should be listening to Leon C
Review: Spector at The Bullingdon
9pm, The Bullingdon, a Tuesday evening. Those three ingredients are pretty much guaranteed either to produce an awful or a brilliant night. Thankfully for...
Review: MAGDALENE – FKA Twigs
A delve into the concept of an unmissable new album
Novelty Music is Real Music
To call the summer of 2018 memorable would probably be
an understatement: there was the heatwave, the subsequent hours spent in beer
gardens, and, perhaps most...
Review: Kanye West – ‘Jesus is King’
It’s
that time of the year again when Kanye West, armed with another batch of
outrageous quotes (“God is using me to show off”) and the...
Boyfriend vs. Genghis Khan
Back in February of this year, Ariana Grande seemed on top
of the world, or at least the music industry. With the release of an...
Philip Glass Ensemble – satisfying constancy
Clare:
On the 30th October, Philip Glass and the Philip Glass Ensemble performed Music with Changing Parts. Due to illness, Glass himself was unable to...
Review: Another Sky
“Being punched in the face then kissed tenderly”: this is how Another Sky described their music, and after seeing them live I’m inclined to...
Interview: The Sherlocks
On 4th October, Yorkshire indie band The Sherlocksreleased their second album, Under Your Sky, opening at a brilliant Number 13 on the Official Album Charts. Simone...
