Pretty Privilege and The Burden of The Past: Madison Beer’s Silence Between Songs
Maybe the Insta Baddie is to music what the dumb blonde once was to cinema. Present a certain look and take on a presumed incapacity for self-awareness, substance, or depth.…
‘Falling or Flying’ by Jorja Smith soars
26-year old Jorja Smith has returned to the music scene with her second studio album Falling or Flying, which was released last month through the independent record label FAMM. Smith…
How hot is the Billboard Hot 100?
With the debut of Drake and J. Cole’s song “First Person Shooter” at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Drake officially tied Michael Jackson for the most number-one…
Subterranean sound festival: all alone on an industrial estate
As my friend and I get off from the tram and start walking towards SWEETDRAM distillery, the setting of Edinburgh-based collective GRDN’s annual Subtarrenean Sound festival, we both look at…
Review: King Krule at Barrowland Ballroom
Archy Marshall, AKA King Krule, played to a sold-out Barrowland Ballroom on Friday 6th October. It’s Friday night, and the excitement of 2000 psyched-up kids is palpable. Already onto his…
Why classical music events only attract the ‘posh’
Without thinking too hard about it, I picked a seat in the front row of the upper stall, excited for the prospect of an evening away from uni. Three hours…
10th anniversary retrospective: ‘Pure Heroine’ by Lorde
On 27th September, Kiwi singer-songwriter Lorde’s first album, her enigmatic and now iconic Pure Heroine turned ten. A venue in Manchester marked the occasion with a listening party in an…
Baxter Dury at Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow
Baxter Dury wears his complexities on his dapper grey sleeve, and it’s when he lets the cracks show in the cocky persona of his lyrics that he is at his most…