Music
Cherwell Introduces: Menu3
Joining me this week, are four members of Menu3: Nicole 2nd year biochemist/lead singer, Jude 2nd year chemist/bass player, Dan music student/drummer, and Marcus 2nd year biologist/keys player!
The Somerville...
American Odyssey- The world building of Lana del Rey’s music
"The past decade of Lana del Rey’s music has ventured from the deserts and neon-lights of Las Vegas to the streets of New York, Hollywood, and eventually rural California."
‘Spectacular throughout’: OUO at the Sheldonian- review
"The Sheldonian Theatre was treated on Saturday of 4th week to a display by some of the University’s best musical talent."
Five Songs for the Fifth Week Blues
"I believe that music makes a lot of things in life better. Fifth week at Oxford is no exception."
Forget Her Not: Rediscovering Women in Music- Week 1
At fifteen, I was fully and completely obsessed with the Californian soul/alternative R&B/jazz/funk band...
Brits 2020: Where performance met politics
This year’s Brit awards took place on the 18th of February, and did not disappoint as a night of celebration of British culture, entertainment...
In conversation: Greta Morgan of Vampire Weekend and Springtime Carnivore
Greta Morgan - otherwise known as Springtime Carnivore - has made a name for herself as a touring member of indie rock band Vampire...
Review: ‘Sorry’ at the Jericho Tavern
Asha Lorenz’s eyeballs roll back into her skull. One half of the songwriting duo behind the band Sorry, she scowls the chorus of ‘Right...
Interview: Rai Kah Mercury’s Nathan De Giorgi
Rai Kah Mercury are set to break into the Oxford scene with an atmospheric gig in Hertford College Chapel on 3rd March. Known for...
‘Years in the Making’ – Arkells
The name of Arkells’ newest single, ‘Years in the Making’, is somewhat appropriate considering that this is their first new release since 2018’s Rally Cry....
If music be the food of love, prey on
There are two types of Korean faces that generally appear in the Western media. One is thin, chiselled, and attached to a K-pop star;...
Review: ‘The Slow Rush’, Tame Impala
At last, after a five-year wait, we’ve finally got a new album from Tame Impala. The Australian one-man band have just released their...
Lose Yourself: A Sign of the Times
If you want to feel the sensation of your skin crawling, watching Eminem’s unexpected performance of ‘Lose Yourself’ at the Oscars should certainly do...
Review: Billie Eilish’s ‘No Time to Die’
After taking the international music scene by storm, eighteen year old Billie Eilish can now add writing and producing the new Bond theme song,...
An Ode to Trixie Mattel
If someone were to bring up ‘drag music’, the likelihood is that your first thought would sound a little something like 2:30am on a...
Tegan & Sara’s ‘Hey, I’m Just Like You’: a Queer Coming of Age
When Tegan and Sara Quin signed with Neil Young’s Vapor Records in 1999, they were a novelty on the male-dominated indie scene. The identical...
Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘Miss Americana’
Taylor Swift’s last album, Reputation, was an unapologetically aggressive response to the ‘drama’ that she had endured during nearly a decade in the...
Marika Hackman and queer sexuality in music
Bolshy, brazen and unapologetically sexual – in Oxford, the first group of people to spring to mind from this description is likely to be...
From Kampala With Love
At its Southern extremities, the River Nile flows from Lake Victoria into the plains of Uganda as the Victoria Nile. The city of Jinja...
