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."
Pop is dead—long live pop!
Alex Waygood on how Ed Sheeran represents the decline and fall of the charts
Friendship, Feminism and Fun(damental Rights)
India Parker talks to Jess Bollands, the President of the Oxford Belles, about the enormous success of their latest music video
Chuck Berry – “One of the greats”
Will Cowie pays tribute to the late Chuck Berry
The Shins – Heartworms review
Akshay Bilolikar finds a confident and valedictory wisdom in the Shins' fifth effort
Circa Waves – Different Creatures review
Matt Roller deems the sophomore effort from Circa Waves to be refreshing, but inane
Spotlight: DFO
Will Cowie on those three magic letters
Spotlight: Emily the Snake
Emily the Snake are a funky outfit full of potential, says Will Cowie
A night for dancing and jumping
Daniel Curtis is left reeling from White Lies’ unpolished yet momentous performance at Oxford’s O2 Academy
Single of the Week: Calvin Harris’ ‘Slide’
Natalia Bus basks in the DJ producer's sunny new collaboration
Coldplay: ‘Something Just Like Piss’
Will Cowie carefully pulls apart the new Coldplay single
Spotlight: Yellow Days
Natalia Bus takes a look at new music
“Young, classy and capable of mischief”
Jacob Greenhouse is impressed by the freshness of Consortium Novum’s production of The Marriage of Figaro
Single of the week: Lana Del Rey’s ‘Love’
Natalia Bus chooses the baroque singer-songwriter's latest effort as her single of the week
Underground and boxed inside
Will Cowie on Boxed In’s concert at Village Underground
