If your friend/partner/mother suggests an entire weekend spent at the Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum this July, resist, if you can, laughing heartily in their face. It might make you look a fool when they […]
Preview: Slam Dunk North 25.5.19
With students up and down the country turning in their dissertations or walking thankfully out of their last exams of the year, there’s no doubt that festival season is finally on the horizon. However, before […]
Preview: Black Deer Festival 21 – 23.06.19
Read this bit quietly, it’s summer soon. Any week now we’ll be able to lounge around Hyde Park without a care in the world, and what better thing to look towards than a weekend of […]
Preview: Gigantic Indie All Dayer Vol. 5 with Echo and the Bunnymen, 25.05.19
Advertising itself as a day of great bands, great people and great vibes, the fifth instalment of Gigantic’s indie all-dayer is set to be nothing less than great fun for everyone who gets involved – […]
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 […]
Preview: Dot to Dot 2019
The Spring bank holiday at the end of May is synonymous with the start of warmer nights, BBQs and that gratifying sense of ease that summer brings; it simultaneously marks one of the most exciting […]
Preview: Boardmasters, 07-11.08.19
Based in Cornwall, Boardmasters is a festival unlike any other. Admittedly, a festival abroad appeals to pretty much everyone, but for students, the money required for tickets, travel etc isn’t always possible- so why not […]
Preview: Community Festival, 30.06.19
For a one-day festival, Community has managed to include more indie-kid favourites than many other lengthier line-ups. Headliners The Kooks never fail to draw a lively crowd, and their upbeat tracks are especially apt for […]
Preview: Bloodstock Festival 2019
Bloodstock Festival once again returns August for its 18th instalment compelte with a killer line-up that aims to please fans from all corners of the Heavy Metal spectrum. Bloodstock Open Air was conceived as an […]
Let The Eurovision Excitement Commence
The 64th Eurovision Song Contest is kicking off on the 14th May, in the controversial host country of Israel. As always, the show is set to see a few ballads which are arguably the antithesis […]
Barn on the Farm Preview: The Annual Musical Pilgrimage You Don’t Want to Miss, 04-07.07.19
Whilst it is only March, the countdown to festival season has well and truly already begun. By now, lineup investigation has firmly become part of library procrastination, and visions of hay fever tears sparkling in […]
A Star is Born: Lady Gaga Shines at the Oscars
As award season draws to a close, time calls for an obligatory reflection on the deserving winners, the graceful runners-up and the occasional sore loser. Although usually a charade of winners being rewarded for past […]