Life·13th November 2018“It left me feeling lost”: Alt-J – REDUXER Benjamin A. Moore Image credit:Canvasback. Description: album cover of REDUXER. Hmmmmm. It’s like drugged-up sex with a condom on. This isn’t to say...Read More
Life·12th November 2018Superorganism live @ The Oxford O2 Academy Connor Thirlwell Image Credit: Fiona Lin. Description: Superorganism live in performance. Why is Oxford always the end of the road? The Magic...Read More
Life·11th November 2018Review: Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates 11/11/18 Eric McElroy Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Mary Bevan – soprano David Stout – baritone Rowan Atkinson – narrator The Choir of The Queen’s...Read More
Life·10th November 2018Public Service Broadcasting – White Star Liner EP – Intricate, disparate, and confusingly conglomerate Charlie Willis Image credit: Paul Hudson. Description: Public Service Broadcasting in performance. For those of us still reeling from Every Valley, getting...Read More
Life·3rd November 2018Oxford Rocks: Ritual Union festival @ Cowley Road Connor Thirlwell Featuring: Boy Azooga, Self Help, The Lovely Eggs, Gently Tender, Husky Loops, Nadine Shah, Cassels, Ghost Poet, LICE, Gaz Coombes...Read More
Life·31st October 2018Black Peaks’ “All That Divides” – fresh, phat and completely together Liam Lucas Image credit: Black Peaks/Rise Records. Description: album cover of ‘All That Divides’. Black Peaks’ first album Statues, released in 2016,...Read More
Life·30th October 2018Tom Grennan at the O2 Academy Connor Thirlwell Image credit: Alexander Kellner. Description: Tom Grennan in performance. Finally. There’s some autumnal chill in the air, and that weird...Read More
Life·29th October 2018“We wouldn’t be a band without social media” – Superorganism talks to the Oxford Student Connor Thirlwell Image credit: Paul Hudson. Description: B from Superorganism performing live on microphone. Ahead of their headline show at the O2...Read More
Life·22nd October 2018“I hope I make it home” – Gorillaz live at the Lucca Summer Festival July ‘18 Connor Thirlwell Image credit: Bill Ebbeson. Description: Damon Albarn performing in 2010. Japanese culture considers it rude for someone to greet the...Read More
Life·9th October 2018Live Review: The Magic Gang with The Orielles and Sports Team at the O2 Academy, Oxford Connor Thirlwell It’s not like I was blown away or anything. It wasn’t as if my sense of self was uproariously dismantled...Read More
Life·5th October 2018Welcome Freshers! – A guide for musicians at Oxford Alice Williams Freshers’ week is a whirlwind of new experiences (some to be remembered forever, others perhaps forgotten as quickly as possible),...Read More
Life·3rd October 2018“It’s like putting a bowling ball in your stomach…” – Meet singer-songwriter Ruby Boots Connor Thirlwell “So, you have one section of the farm there, one section of the farm there, one here and one here...Read More
Life·16th September 2018Rock Werchter Festival: Why do we do this to ourselves? Louis Beer Featuring: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Queens of the Stone Age, Jack White, Gorillaz, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, The...Read More
Life·12th September 2018Mercury Prize 2018 – Not Quite My Tempo Lola Grieve The 2018 Mercury Prize nominations overrepresent the stars, overlook the talented and oversee a somewhat tame and formulaic list of...Read More
Life·9th September 2018My Mind Makes Noises – Pale Waves – Album Review Connor Thirlwell I couldn’t tell you that I was turned-on by the idea of Pale Waves when I first heard them on...Read More
Life·2nd September 2018Revolt after the Judgement of Sock – Green Man Festival 2018 – Part 3 Connor Thirlwell Featuring: Sock, Stella Donnelly, Hayley Heynderikx, Kevin Morby, Sacred Paws, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Grizzly Bear Warning: Sexual assault, colourful...Read More
Life·29th August 2018The Gizzard Ecstasy and fall-out – Green Man Festival 2018 – Part 2 Connor Thirlwell Starring: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Mount Kimbie, HMLTD, Boy Azooga, Bo Ningen, Baxter Dury, Goat Girl, Teleman, John...Read More
Life·26th August 2018Aretha Franklin: a retrospective Annie Zykova Image credit: Billboard Magazine 1968. Description: a photo of Aretha Franklin in 1968. On the 16th August the world lost...Read More
Life·24th August 2018Exorcism by Jonestown and other levitations – Green Man Festival 2018 – Part 1 Connor Thirlwell The Exorcism. Rebuilding After the War. Starring: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Public Service Broadcasting, Park Motive, The Lovely Eggs, Amber...Read More