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  • 29th May 2023
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·29th October 2014

Fast-rising Rockers Eliza and the Bear talk success, songwriting and opening for Paramore

Jessy Parker Humphreys
Even if you have not heard of Eliza and the Bear, you are likely to have listened to them due...
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Life
·10th July 2014

‘Here We Go’ again – Lower Than Atlantis return!

It’s been two years since the release of Changing Tune, the third studio album from Watford-based four-piece Lower Than Atlantis....
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·29th July 2014

‘The Voyager’ is a journey worth taking

Jenny Lewis has come to epitomise 21st century American rock and roll. From leading Rilo Kiley to being one half...
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Culture
·28th February 2020

‘Young Rembrandt’ Review: Talent borne of hard work

Josh Boddington
Image description: A self-portrait of Rembrandt laughing  The Oxford Student was fortunate enough to have been given an early preview...
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EntertainmentLife
·27th January 2011

‘Sound of 2011’: all a-swoon for Jamie Woon

Katherine Travers talks to Jamie Woon about the BBC’s new music poll, and why modelling and jazz hands are so not his bag, baby...
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Life
·27th May 2018

‘This Is America’: A Powerful Social Commentary

Lola Grieve
Donald Glover, (aka Childish Gambino) has achieved astonishing success both as an actor and musician. This year alone he has...
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Life
·7th November 2016

“I think making hip hop is implicitly political”: Watsky on politics and poetry

As Americans head to the polls, Nasim Asl sat down with spoken word artist come rapper, George Watsky, to talk politics...
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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...
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Australian singer-songwriter Ruby Boots
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...
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EntertainmentLife
·3rd June 2010

“World” is not enough

John Risness argues why world music deserves more than the title it has been lumped with
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Life
·11th June 2018

‘All Points East’ day festival: the perfect balance between energy and elegance

Megan Griffiths
Sitting in the middle of a field in London, pint in hand, listening to some of the most exciting bands...
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Life
·25th April 2014

‘Le Sigh’, ‘Le Schwing’: A Foreigner Abroad

Jessy Humphreys
“Apparently we play everything too fast,” Johnny Foreigner mocked whilst onstage at their London headline show at the Borderline, referring...
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Life
·10th June 2014

‘Woah Woah Woah’ Watsky!

It’s been a busy day for George Watsky. The American poet-rapper not only announced the release date of his third...
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Life
·7th February 2017

‘I give you power, I can take it away’: pop’s protest against Trump

Madeleine Taylor
How has the music world reacted to President Donald Trump? ‘Bigly’, you might say. Music has always been revolutionary. Even...
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Life
·28th January 2011

‘Sound of 2011’: all a-swoon for Jamie Woon

After coming fourth in the BBC ‘Sound of 2011’ poll, the media buzz surrounding Woon is akin to a swarm...
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Life
·3rd December 2015

“I finally made it to the top”, and don’t we know it: Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour, December 2nd 2015

David Parton
☆☆☆☆☆ Now I was never going to give Madonna anything less than a 5-star review. Even if she hadn’t turned...
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Greg James at his Radio 1 desk
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·19th March 2019

“I would just do a podcast, if I was starting out now”: Greg James on the Brits and life in radio

Georgia Watts
So, you were at the Brits last night – how were they? You took along a listener, can you tell...
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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...
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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...
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