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Culture
·20th May 2019

Wu-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...
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Culture
·8th March 2019

Sampling, 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....
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Eton Alive: Sleaford Mods
Culture
·6th March 2019

Eton 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....
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Meet Dilly Dally: canadian rock band
Culture
·25th February 2019

Canadian 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...
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Culture
·24th February 2019

BBC 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...
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Still Pigeon
Culture
·14th February 2019

Meet 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...
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Cavernzz
Culture
·6th February 2019

Meet 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,...
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James Blake: Assume Form
Culture
·1st February 2019

Review: 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...
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Life
·28th January 2019

The 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...
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John Joubert (1927-2019): A Celebration
Culture
·28th January 2019

John 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...
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Sunflower Bean: Live at The Bullingdon
Culture
·27th January 2019

Sunflower 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...
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Culture
·23rd January 2019

Tori 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...
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·23rd January 2019

Adrianne 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,...
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Life
·14th January 2019

Merrie 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...
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Life
·14th December 2018

Down 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...
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Life
·26th November 2018

Hinds 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...
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Life
·24th November 2018

Review – ‘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....
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Life
·16th November 2018

Meet 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...
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Life
·14th November 2018

Burning 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,...
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