Life·22nd October 2012The sophisticated side of pop Lewis Coenen-Rowe Lewis Coenen-Rowe explains why pop and classical music are really the same thing. I turned on the radio the other...Read More
News·7th November 2013Expressing Themselves Or Selling Themselves? Lucinda Toole Anyone can wear what they want. No one should judge them, and no one should question their intentions. But when...Read More
Life·27th January 2014Warpaint Interview: No longer playing ‘The Fool’ The Warpaint of 2010âs The Fool is not the same Warpaint on the cover of their new self-titled album, one...Read More
EntertainmentLife·25th March 2014Everything is not as embarrassing as it seems Jessy Humphreys There are a rigid list of rules to follow nowadays if you want to become a pop starlet: a long...Read More
Life·29th October 2014All Hail The Return of Gwen Stefani Sam Joyce Casual consumers of pop music could be forgiven for believing Gwen Stefani already returned to us on the radio this...Read More
Life·8th February 2016BeyoncĂ© drops black power anthem like no other Leila Parsa âI came to slay, bitch.â And slay she did. Unless youâve been living under a rock for the past 24...Read More
Life·24th February 2016Album Review: ANTI – Rihanna Katie Collins After an accidental leak last week, Rihannaâs long-awaited eighth studio album ANTI dropped on music streaming service Tidal, going platinum...Read More
Life·18th November 2016Interview: The Japanese House Rowan Ferguson The Japanese House, interviewed by Rowan Ferguson & Aoife de BhĂĄl. Amber Bain, aka The Japanese House, is on the way...Read More
Life·7th February 2017âI give you power, I can take it awayâ: popâs protest against Trump Madeleine Taylor How has the music world reacted to President Donald Trump? âBiglyâ, you might say. Music has always been revolutionary. Even...Read More
Life·14th May 2017Review: What Now, Sylvan Esso Erin Melton Sylvan Essoâs newest album âWhat Now,â released 28 April, continues the relaxed pop vibes of their 2014 self-titled debut album....Read More
EntertainmentLife·12th January 2013New Band / Old Band: The xx and Young Marble Giants Tom Bell IÂ have to acknowledge that Iâm a few years late in jumping on this bandwagon. Putting the two bandsâ names into...Read More
Life·27th January 2014Lola King gets off to bad (kick)start Kate Bradley As a title, The Handmade Tale of Lola King and the Kickstarts, suggests a lot of things in itself: because...Read More
Life·3rd February 2014Bombay bid fans So Long but not farewell Thomas Hoskins Jack Steadman wrote So Long, See You Tomorrow, Bombay Bicycle Clubâs fourth album in five years, while travelling in India,...Read More
Life·28th June 2014Cher Lloyd’s got her swagger back Aimee Kwan As a definite non-fan of the X-Factor, even I bow down at the sheer success that certain finalists of Season...Read More
Life·29th October 2014Fast-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...Read More
Life·10th February 2016Can’t buy me love? Freddie Hinds Why the Beatles Still Deserve our Attention On 24th December last year, the Beatles released their back catalogue onto several...Read More
Life·2nd November 2016Eighties dance-pop icon Pete Burns has died Pete Burns, the famously flamboyant singer of eighties dance-pop band âDead or Aliveâ has died at 57 after a heart...Read More
Life·21st January 2017Review: I See You – The xx Madeleine Taylor ââCause I couldn’t care less / If they call us recklessâ. Accompanied by blasts of garish horns and a skittering...Read More
Life·22nd February 2017Meet the locals: an interview with Be Good Madeleine Taylor âWe go through different pairs of words, but for me at the moment I think of it as messy R&Bâ,...Read More