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Monday 15th September 2025
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Night School: Oxford’s after-hours curriculum
The first time I saw Nahom and Ethan, it wasn’t on a night out – it was an early morning. I was shuffling through the half-awake crowd when my...
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Maya Rybin
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Oxford Commas at the Fringe – Interview
The Oxford Commas are a contemporary gender-inclusive a capella group who had their Fringe...
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Lara Machado
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‘Aca-demic Weapons’ at the Fringe: Oxford Commas Review
★★★★☆ A capella groups from Oxford have long been favourites at the Edinburgh Fringe, with...
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Alexander Kwon
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St Anne’s goes All-Steinway: A purposeful and bold commitment to music
In a move that lives up to its motto of ‘Consulto et Audacter’ (purposefully...
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Miriam Hussain
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Memorable sax solos and individual flair at the Varsity jazz-off
If this show was about demonstrating the very best they can do, then Oxford delivered
Ten years on, Burial’s ‘Untrue’ is still dripping with raw emotion
Joe Bavs reminisces on an experimental classic
Julien Baker ‘Turn out the lights’ review – rawness and painstaking detail
Julien Baker exposes the harsh realities of her mental health struggles, writes Ollie Braddy
The ‘new’ jazz must be seen as well as heard
The latest offering from the 'new' Jazz scene is an innovative success, writes Harriet Davis
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea – “experimental and weird”
Barney Pite reexamines one of indie rocks most enigmatic classic albums
Why the Sgt. Pepper’s show cannot be missed
Kenji Newton is impressed with the Oxford Beatles' recreation of the classic album
Villians Review – ‘Pop songs with rock sensibilities’
Queens of the Stone Age don't quite live up to their high standard, writes Rowan Janjauh
A beautiful, entrancing mess of an album – with a piercing social critique
Clementine produces an sophomore album far from easy listening, writes Clara Dijkstra
Crete’s mountain musician of mystery
Jonathan Egid sheds light on one of Crete's most intriguing characters
The music of Latin American revolution
Daniel Antonio Villar explores the legacy of the Nueva Trova
A unique and uncomfortable experience
Lil Peep is our greatest living icon, writes Joe Bavs
Ignore the naysayers, opera is for everyone
Many have dismissed opera as unaffordable and elitist – they are missing out, writes Jack Pepper
Feel good indie for the oncoming winter
Superfood’s outlook on the alternative scene is refreshingly optimistic, says Charlie Hackforth
Sad and Loud, Ryan Adams Live
Thomas Athey reports on an eventful show at The Sage
‘It’s even kind of morale boosting, in a Lana kind of way’
Nicola Dwornik praises Lana Del Rey's latest subtle reinvention
‘A nuanced and complex musical creation’
Thomas Athey finds Public Service Broadcasting's 'Every Valley' has many peaks
Oxford can’t afford to lose clubs like Cellar
The planned closure of Cellar is a warning sign of our city's creeping gentrification
Houghton Festival 2017 Review
The brand new Houghton Festival impresses, delights and transcends the music it focuses on all together.
Hannah Kessler: “Music is an incredibly therapeutic thing”
Lily Begg discusses subverting the male gaze, empowerment and juggling Oxford life with up and coming musician Hannah Kessler
Grief pushes music to its conceptual limits
Mount Eerie's 'A Crow Looked at Me' may seem like an abstract experiment, but with its personal context it is deeply affecting
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