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The rise of the pop girlie: Marketing mediocrity or feminism in action?  

“GIRLS INVENTED PUNK ROCK, NOT ENGLAND”: so reads the iconic green T-shirt of Sonic Youth legend Kim Gordon. The slogan stands in defiance of an unfortunate truth in the music industry: femininity and credibility often exist in contention with one another.
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World music after ‘world music’

On the face of it, the term ‘world music’ is perhaps one of the...
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NAZA: The most important film of the year

The filmmakers of NAZA clearly know that beyond physical distance, emotional distance is what allows the violence in Gaza to continue, and shows us just how easy it is to ignore what is going on right under our noses.
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In conversation with John Kennedy, “one of the most trusted voices in music”

In a media landscape often dominated by gossip, rumours, and sometimes pure hate, it’s undeniably refreshing to listen to John, a man who never lost sight of what really matters.
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A Bluffers’ Guide to: Drone

Take a journey with Harry Scholes into the world of drone

New apprenticeship for Nick

Andrew Grey evaluates Nick Hewer's first appearence on Countdown

Review: The 2 Bears – Be Strong

James Shirley runs through The 2 Bears' successful debut album

Review: Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas

Richard O'Brien attends an intimate gig and Q&A session with Leonard Cohen as a preview to his new album, Old Ideas

Tim Hecker: organs, long-form and the death of rave

Harry Scholes talks to Tim Hecker about his latest album, Ravedeath, and his upcoming London concert

Shedding light on film noir

Matthew Perkins continues our Decades in Film feature, with films of the 40s

Review: Goon

Nathan O'Neill enjoys the blood and gore of Michael Dowse's ice-hockey comedy

Review: The Iron Lady

Nicholas Mutch looks at the latest incarnation of Margaret Thatcher

Review: Borgen

Rosie Oxbury takes a look at the internationally acclaimed Danish political drama

Memorialising Mephisto

Jessica Campbell on fascism and foreplay in the second Playhouse production this term

Hotseating The Hothouse

Charlotte Lennon interviews the stars of The Hothouse, Ruby Thomas and Ziad Samaha

Pictures from a beautiful mind

Rachel Savage meets artist Kit Williams to discuss his intricate, outlandish paintings and the inspirations behind his work

Dramatic Decorum and Interval Alcohol Etiquette

James Fennemore and Joshua Philips,the boys behind Brazen Cheek, cast their vote for the G&T

Welcome to the House of Play

Cherwell Stage on the history of Oxford’s most famous theatre

Press Preview: The Man Upstairs

John O'Connor enjoys, but remains unconvinced by, this piece of new writing.

Review: Craig Finn – Clear Heart, Full Eyes

Adam Piascik analyses the high and low points of Craig Finn's first solo album

Review: It’s a Hit

Fen Greatley is disappointed by It's a Hit's whistle stop tour through the musicals of the twentieth century

First night review: Celebration

Barbara Speed attends a darkly comic gathering

Review: M83, O2 Academy

Natasha Frost spends an evening listening to stadium pop in the swamp

Review: Top Girls

Edward Bell spends two and a bit hours completely absorbed in an accomplished performance of an era-defining play
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