Arriving at the Matterley Estate, home to Boomtown Fair, it was impossible to not immediately be swept up into the festival feeling. Excitement was everywhere you looked; from the volunteers shepherding us inside in full […]
Lovebox 2019
Arriving fashionably late on Friday due to the build-up of excited festivalgoers at Acton Road (cans of pink gin on the tube aplenty), Gunnersbury Park was a sight for pink lensed sunglasses’d eyes. Lovebox seemed […]
Boomtown Chapter 11: A Radical City Preview, 07-11.08.19
Boomtown Fair looks set to be bigger and better than ever before. Running since 2009, this year’s instalment- titled ‘Chapter 11: A Radical City’- is a musical amalgamation of epic proportions. The line-up features over […]
AJ Tracey Plays an Odd Set at The O2, 07.03.19
Though expectations for AJ Tracey’s show last Thursday were extremely high, for the most part the rapper delivered an odd night that almost definitely didn’t live up to his capabilities. After most attendees finally got […]
Jay Prince Inspires Wonder at Belgrave, 01.03.19
The ‘Wonder Tour’ seems an incredibly fitting name for Jay Prince’s run of shows this year, as indeed that is the emotion much of the audience seemed to feel; even before the rapper took to […]
Preview: AJ Tracey, 07.04.19
Kicking off 2019 with a debut album simply wasn’t enough for AJ Tracey, as he embarks on a world tour, hitting Leeds as the second stop on Thursday 7th March. The date is already sold […]
Stuck in a Loop: Mastercard Merges Artist and Advertising
In a new advertising avenue, Mastercard assert: “start something priceless.” At first glance, this simply seems another vapid corporate catchline. Yet, behind this statement lies their concept for a new form of song advertisement. The […]
Is SOPHIE the unapologetic LGBTQ+ icon we need?
Modern musicians truly undergo more scrutiny than ever before with the emergence of social media, but one artist in particular stands out for their carefully controlled public appearance: enter SOPHIE, an eclectic producer and DJ. […]