Straight off of the release of his full-length album Wallflower in September, soulful New Zealand native Jordan Rakei will be bringing his silky-smooth tunes to Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds on the 18th of October. […]
The Whitewashing of Aladdin
Despite the narrative that we are the most progressive era in history, debates about portrayals of race in the arts continue to rage on. The latest controversy is the casting of the white actor Billy […]
‘IT’ Review
Is It a bad film? No. But it is a very faithful adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, and as a result it does inherit a lot of the flaws of King’s writing. It ends up […]
Single Review: Praying by Kesha
When you think of Kesha, you think of glittery parties, glittery alcohol and glittery vomit. That’s not a slight to her — it was the image she put out when she released her first single, […]
‘Melodrama’ by Lorde
If there were an album that was made to be relatable to the average uni student, it would be Lorde’s latest album, Melodrama. You could go through a list of millennial tropes and they’d all […]
Single Review: ‘Chanel’ by Frank Ocean
After the lengthy 4-year break between his 2012 release Channel Orange and follow-up albums Endless and Blonde in 2016, it seems Frank Ocean’s been busy. In February, he featured on Calvin Harris’ ‘Slide’, and a […]
Review: Logan – redeeming the superhero genre
The superhero movie genre is arguably becoming saturated, but this latest Marvel offering offers something new… In 2016 alone, Marvel and DC released a total of six superhero films, adding to Marvel’s already massive cinematic […]
Review: John Wick 2 – upping the stakes
Action movies have a bad reputation. They’re known more for mindless spectacle than for being shining examples of high cinema, a genre where substance is often sacrificed for style. John Wick: Chapter 2 is a […]
Review: Fences – held back by its theatrical roots
Twenty minutes into Fences, I started to wonder if the film was based on a play. It turns out that it is, the film being an adaptation of the critically-acclaimed play of the same name […]
Review: Hacksaw Ridge – a brutal spectacle
Hacksaw Ridge gives us the grittiest, most brutal depiction of war since Saving Private Ryan. The film follows Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), a young combat medic who refuses to carry a weapon into the field […]
The Arts Netflix Weekend Watchlist: Vol 12
Welcome back. You’ve just finished your exams, submitted your last essay, and survived the first week of the Trump presidency — really, congratulations. After all that stress you definitely deserve a break. Sit back, relax, […]
Ed Sheeran’s new releases
Ed Sheeran has always had a penchant for relatable, meaningful and heartfelt, though sometimes overwrought, lyrics and has played with blending more upbeat types of music with the traditional singer-songwriter formula, like the singer-songwriter acoustic […]