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Featuring: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Queens of the Stone Age, Jack White, Gorillaz, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, The Vaccines, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Courteeners, The Script, The Kooks Flight Facilities, David Byrne We say we go to festivals for the acts. (‘The line-up looks sick, honestly mate. Noel’s there. Got any papers?’) […]
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The 2018 Mercury Prize nominations overrepresent the stars, overlook the talented and oversee a somewhat tame and formulaic list of nominees. It’s time to wave goodbye to the mainstream music awards and welcome back the annual best-of-British bash. The winner of the prestigious Mercury Prize 2018 is to be announced in just a matter of […]
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Image Credit: Levan Ramishvili (Public Domain) Margaret Thatcher herself has been gracing the stages of the Edinburgh Fringe for a number of years now, but I’ve yet to see her in person. And what a sight it is. It’s hardly the spitting image, but Matt Tedford undeniably manages to capture the essence of the lady […]
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Image Credit: Daniel Benavides Warning: Spoilers for Better Call Saul Series three ahead. If there’s one attribute that Better Caul Saul has retained from its excellent predecessor – and there are many – it’s tension. The opening episode of the first season takes us straight back to the black-and-white flash-forward scene with Saul (Bob Odenkirk) […]
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Image Credit: Newprogressive, Mtcv, OpenStreetMap contributors The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has recently revealed its draft plans for changes to council wards in Oxfordshire. The plans come as part of a wider review of electoral boundaries across the country, which aim to ensure that all areas of the country are equally represented. The Head of […]
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Image Credit: Flickr – Brickset (CC BY 2.0) After fourteen years, and an intervening thirteen films, including two Toy Story, two Cars, one Finding Nemo and one Monsters Inc. sequel[s], comes perhaps the mostly highly anticipated movie of the year (move over Infinity War!). After this much time, is a sequel to The Incredibles still […]
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We can skip the back story, as we all know who Kanye West is by now. Whether you have sung along to ‘Gold Digger’ at a bop, watched the debate about him at the Union last year or sported the finest shutter shades Claire’s Accessories had to offer in 2007 (guilty) – Kanye West is […]
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Sitting in the middle of a field in London, pint in hand, listening to some of the most exciting bands of our time as the sun set, I felt like I had potentially taken escaping the ‘Oxford bubble’ a little too far. Though it was winding to the end of a long sixth week, the […]
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Richard Melville Hall is a man of modest means. Even when he gained a huge amount of critical acclaim for Play, his fifth studio album, the New Yorker remained grounded. In a personally memorable episode of the MTV series ‘Cribs’ around 15 years ago, his humble personality and modest abode provided a remarkably refreshing view […]
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The first moments of Courtney Barnett’s latest album, Tell Me How You Really Feel, sound reminiscent of those of ‘Kim’s Caravan’ from her 2015 debut, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. However, unlike the earlier track, which sees the brooding opening guitars become a howling penultimate song, ‘Hopefulessness’ slowly assembles itself […]
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A few days ago, I watched the last episode ever of Once Upon a Time – again. You may think that, having done exactly the same thing almost exactly a year ago, with what was then supposed to be the concluding episode of the entire series, the emotional impact of the experience could not be […]
Continue ReadingBoasting seven Brit awards, three Grammy nominations and two Glasto headline slots, Arctic Monkeys have accumulated a pretty impressive CV over the years. Following the huge success of ‘AM’ (2013), their latest release ‘Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino’ has been hotly awaited. If poncey lyrics and shoddy attempts at hazy pop fusions floats your indie-rockin’ […]
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Anyone turning to Fleabag for the first time cannot but help bring with them a whole parade of preconceptions about modern comedy as it tells the tale of the socially awkward singleton, the overly-open protagonist, the emotionally damaged and manipulative, dishonest and perverted owner of a guinea-pig themed café in London. The creator and main […]
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The nearby traffic instills an immediate cold and biting atmosphere. The location creates a large an obvious deviation from a bench’s usual setting, but somehow, amongst the noise and chaos, the result is harmony. Few things are superior to sitting down in general. But whilst sitting on this bench, One can almost feel the gravitas […]
Continue ReadingWalking into the O2 Academy, it was hard to pinpoint an age demographic for the audience, but there was a uniting element. It has become a cliché to describe the DMAs as a brit pop band, but the crowd of bucket hats and slouched hoodies has made the hark back to the 90s almost unavoidable. […]
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With Arrested Development’s long-awaited fifth season set to drop on Netflix at the end of this month, a good five years after the previous season, a recut edition of its controversial fourth season has come out. The original season four was different to the previous seasons in that rather than having the earlier seasons’ traditional […]
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120 BPM opens with a weekly meeting of the AIDS activist group ACT UP-Paris on which the film centres. Sophie (Adèle Haenel), one of the lead organisers, introduces the group: ‘On est ACT UP-Paris’ (‘We’re ACT UP-Paris’). It’s strange to hear the name of the famous AIDS activist group in a French accent, a strangeness […]
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Hailed as ‘the funniest show in the West End’ by the Telegraph, A Comedy About a Bank Robbery certainly lives up to expectation. Set to a lush A Capella soundtrack and amidst dynamic physical theatre, this performance is an absolute standout. A Comedy About a Bank Robbery is Mischief Theatre’s latest contribution to the comedy […]
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After 10 years, 18 films, and 10 television series – with more still to come – it’s unlikely you’ve never heard of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is quite a turnaround from Marvel’s last foray into filmmaking in the 80s and 90s, the output of which, including 1986’s infamous Howard the Duck, were not as […]
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