Everyone needs to get their kicks. The most obvious way to do this is to go to a dark room full of strangers, and enjoy a drunken reverie sound tracked to the music of LMFAO. […]
Music: Album Review: Trichotomy – Fact Finding Mission
Australian trio Trichotomy are on track to becoming contemporary jazz superstars. Combining their excellent lyricism alongside energy levels higher than a child on Christmas Day, previous albums Variations and The Gentle War finally gave them ones-to-watch status after a […]
Music: Album Review: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra – The Jazz Age
Somewhere on Bryan Ferry’s vast country estate, in a small tin shed/science lab, exists a small machine, which he occasionally consults to provide him with advice concerning his next musical move. This machine, which I […]
Music: Album Review: Pissed Jeans – Honeys
Despite its deliciously sweet taste and numerous applications, (each more yummy than the last), too much honey will make you feel disgusting. Therefore, it follows that trying to ingest numerous types of honey in a […]
Music: Album Review: Ricky Hil – Support Your Local Drug Dealer
One of the most surprising records for quite some time, self-professed degenerate Ricky Hil has fashioned himself a stylish and surprisingly authentic album in SYLLD. The son of fashion billionaire Tommy Hilfiger, Hil is able to […]
Music: This Week In Singles – Toploader / Rita Ora
Toploader – ‘Turn It Around’ (Underdogs Music) Oh dear Lord. I thought we’d passed legislation to prevent this sort of thing. ‘Turn It Around’, a comeback single anticipated by exactly nobody, is just like 2002 had […]
Album Review: My Bloody Valentine – m b v
After a 22 year stint with no new My Bloody Valentine material, Kevin Shields was heckled at a recent London gig with the question “When’s the album out?” amidst laughter. Shields coolly responded with “Maybe […]
Album Review: Foals – Holy Fire
The new album from Foals, Holy Fire, is a bit of a mixed bag- it just doesn’t have that sense of wholeness and coherence that their previous albums offered, and at first comes across a bit […]
Live Review: NME Awards Tour 2013 @ O2 Academy
Is NME’s famous four-band ‘mini-festival’ a platform for rising talent or an unfathomable four-hour excuse for fresh-faced fans to thrash about to jolly guitar riffs that no one’s never heard before? 2013’s offering was undoubtedly […]
Live Review: Delphic @ Cockpit on 10/02/13
Three long years have passed since Delphic were tipped by all and sundry to crack the big time back in early 2010. Sadly, in today’s fast-paced music industry with its lengthy promotional cycles, this is […]
The Soapbox: A Question Of Loyalty
As I write this, students are snapping up two trial versions of a new union loyalty card scheme. The aim of these is to increase the overall student use of the shops, bars and venues; […]
The Eating Out Scout: Nation of Shopkeepers
Just a stone’s throw away from Millennium Square, Nation of Shopkeepers could easily be any student’s den of choice. The décor is impressive – a huge bar sprawls half the length of the venue – […]