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Stirring Strings

Cherwell Music presents the soundtrack to your essay crisis

Album Review: Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt

Nothing new from the ageing grunge band

Interview: Fossil Collective

Luke Barratt ponders Americana, success and simian body-swaps with Fossil Collective

Interview: Drenge

A chat with Sheffield's latest musical sons

Review: Reading Festival 2013

Luke Barratt waves a fond farewell to the festival of his tender youth

Review: Drenge – Drenge

Luke Barratt is blown away by Drenge's explosive debut

Review: Truck Festival 2013

Luke Barratt has a trucking good time at Oxford's own festival

Is Glastovision a good thing?

Luke Barratt despairs of the BBC's over-zealous coverage of this year's Glastonbury Festival

Sounds of English Summer

Cherwell Music would like to apologize for any confusion caused by our misleadingly summery playlist, 'Sounds of Summer'. We hope you find this more seasonal.

Interview: Splashh

Luke Barratt chews the fat with Sasha Carlson, lead singer of Splashh

Jammin to… ‘Biggest Fan Ever’ by Filthy Boy

Luke Barratt wants to share this disturbing but enthralling narrative song

Interview: Tribes

Luke Barratt plumbs the depths of Johnny Lloyd's opinions on the future of guitar music

Interview: Peace

Luke Barratt talks shellfish, carpentry and the media with the Birmingham rockers

Interview: Dog Is Dead

Luke Barratt talks pop and partying with Trev from Dog Is Dead

Review: Paramore – Paramore

Luke Barratt is unconvinced by Paramore's comeback attempt

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: The Beatles to Reform!

You heard it here first, the Fab Four are back and 'it looks as though they're here to stay'...

Review: Peace – In Love

Luke Barratt falls In Love with the Birmingham rockers' debut

Review: Daughter – If You Leave

Luke Barratt finds Daughter's debut to be a true tear-jerker

Happy Mother’s Day

Cherwell Music cannot guarantee that this playlist is suitable for your mother to listen to

Review: Bastille – Bad Blood

Luke Barratt reviews Cherwell's album of the term
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