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Clare Saxby

Review: Girlhood

A powerfully intimate coming-of-age film. (And nothing to do with Boyhood)

Interview: Nick Mulvey

Nick Mulvey chats to Clare Saxby about song-writing and the life it brings with it

Cherwell Playlist: Beat The 5th Week Blues

20 songs to help you through Oxford's trickiest week

Review: Afternoons — Say Yes

Clare Saxby is unimpressed by this nostalgic Americana

Interview: Southern

Clare Saxby chats to rising stars Southern about their upcoming album

Mortality: what will survive of us is art

Clare Saxby discusses how the death of an artist has an inevitable effect on the reception of their work

Review: Ben Howard – I Forget Where We Were

Clare Saxby finds that the appeal of Ben Howard's enticing follow up album is very different from his first

Where Are They Now: JoJo

Cherwell delves into the later careers of one-hit-wonders so you don’t have to

Review: Caribou — Our Love

Caribou's new album fuses psychedelia with deep house

Interview: Boy and Bear

Clare Saxby talks to the Australian band about their life on the road

Review: alt-J – This Is All Yours

Clare Saxby is taken in by the subtleties of this impressive sequel

Review: Kyla La Grange – Cut Your Teeth

Clare Saxby reviews the hypnotic new release by Kyla La Grange

Review: Jumpy

Clare Saxby isn't exactly jumping for joy at this production

Review: Noah

Clare Saxby finds Noah impressively epic yet lacking in all other aspects