“The one who pulls focus is as important as anyone in front of the camera”: in conversation with Edward Norton
Culture·20th May 2019Wu-Tang is for the children: hip-hop’s positive legacy in America Alex Caballero ‘Wu-Tang is for the children’. This is what Wu-Tang’s Clan’s Russell Jones, better known by his stage name ‘Ol’ Dirty...Read More
Culture·8th March 2019Sampling, Stealing and Influence: Music and Cultural Appropriation Georgina Quach On first listen, the soft-spoken melodies created by Australian rapper Genesis Owusu (born Kofi Owusu-Ansah) don’t immediately ring as political....Read More
Culture·6th March 2019Eton Alive: The Sleaford Mods’ Singularity We’re all living in it. Or some did. Here. Eton Alive, the newest album from Sleaford Mods, is a fearful listen....Read More
Culture·25th February 2019Canadian rock band Dilly Dally on their new album and mental health Georgina Quach “What was wonderful about going through some dark times,” confesses Katie Monks, lead singer and guitarist of rock band Dilly...Read More
Culture·24th February 2019BBC Proms Director David Pickard in conversation Gabrielle Woodward David Pickard: choir schoolboy, Cambridge graduate, Britain’s leading classical music executive. For anyone interested in classical music, David Pickard is...Read More
Culture·14th February 2019Meet Still Pigeon: the Oxford student band on lyrics, venues and the future Georgina Quach Ahead of their recently-announced headline gig at the glamorous Freud bar on the 20th of February, I caught up with...Read More
Culture·6th February 2019Meet Cavernzz: bedroom pop artist on influences, authenticity and Milton Keynes Georgina Quach Deftly hushed, confessional and yet timid, Cavernzz’ woozy bedroom pop sits on the fringes of collective security—drawn from the quiet,...Read More
Culture·1st February 2019Review: James Blake, ‘Assume Form’ Caspar Frankford James Blake’s mainstream popularity has always seemed odd. His naturally melancholic vocals, bleak and abstract lyrics, grating synths, jerky beats...Read More
Life·28th January 2019The Media Versus the Modern World: The Acclimatisation of Music Journalism Lola Grieve With the corporate hollowing out of the media now commonplace, music journalism is fighting back. The battle against commercialism, clickbait...Read More
Culture·28th January 2019John Joubert (1927-2019): A Celebration Eric McElroy John Joubert, one of the most celebrated British composers of our time, died on 7 January at the age of...Read More
Culture·27th January 2019Sunflower Bean at The Bullingdon: Live Review Mari Johnson Sunflower Bean arrived in Oxford following the release of their second full length album Twenty-Two in Blue. Hailing from Brooklyn...Read More
Culture·23rd January 2019Tori Freestone Trio live @ The Mad Hatter Julian Woods Those who know the Jazz Society’s concerts at The Mad Hatter will know they’re always a good experience, but the...Read More
Culture·23rd January 2019Adrianne Lenker: Abysskiss Georgina Quach Every now and again we stumble upon an album that quietly evolves as it’s absorbed—its images, chord changes and melodies,...Read More
Life·14th January 2019Merrie Land: under the spotlight James Heward In 2018, there was one album I’d been waiting for: Anderson .Paak’s Oxnard. Dre was producing, “Tints” had the funky...Read More
Life·14th December 2018Down and Out in Abingdon: meet Oxford punk-rockers Lacuna Common Connor Thirlwell Lacuna Common, alongside contemporaries Self Help and the Easter Island Statues, find themselves at the vanguard of a flourishing Oxford...Read More
Life·26th November 2018Hinds and Sports Team at the Bullingdon 19.11.18: views from the mosh-pit Connor Thirlwell Image credit: Connor Thirlwell. Description: Hinds at the Bullingdon. I’m embarrassed by the number of times people have remarked that...Read More
Life·24th November 2018Review – ‘Love Is the Key to the City’ EP by Jockstrap Katy Jenkinson Image credit: Jockstrap. Of all the new releases this year, only one band has really stood out for me: Jockstrap....Read More
Life·16th November 2018Meet Sports Team: the Rising Stars, with Guitars, Thinking Big Connor Thirlwell Images courtesy of Sports Team/Nice Swan Records/Holm Front Records. Description: indie sextet Sports Team, posing. By the time I meet...Read More
Life·14th November 2018Burning Down The House @ Cirkus – is it worth the vodka? Emily Boothroyd & Claudia Watson Image credit: Connor Thirlwell. Description: Cirkus on George Street. Picture the scene… you’ve spent the whole day in the library,...Read More