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...
This Old Dog review – ‘Convincing signs of newfound maturity’
Ollie Webb reflects on 'one of the best albums of 2017' - Mac DeMarco’s This Old Dog, which explores themes of old age and his relationship with his father.
Is it possible to release too much music?
Maxim Mower discusses the current trend of constant releases in Hip-Hop
In conversation with Matt Maltese
Ollie Braddy discusses 'brexit pop' and the London music scene with singer-songwriter Matt Maltese
Lucy Rose enraptures and comforts her audience in Oxford
Ollie Braddy reflects on an atmospheric evening of intricate vocals set against the backdrop of a 19th century church
Memorable sax solos and individual flair at the Varsity jazz-off
If this show was about demonstrating the very best they can do, then Oxford delivered
Ten years on, Burial’s ‘Untrue’ is still dripping with raw emotion
Joe Bavs reminisces on an experimental classic
Julien Baker ‘Turn out the lights’ review – rawness and painstaking detail
Julien Baker exposes the harsh realities of her mental health struggles, writes Ollie Braddy
The ‘new’ jazz must be seen as well as heard
The latest offering from the 'new' Jazz scene is an innovative success, writes Harriet Davis
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea – “experimental and weird”
Barney Pite reexamines one of indie rocks most enigmatic classic albums
Why the Sgt. Pepper’s show cannot be missed
Kenji Newton is impressed with the Oxford Beatles' recreation of the classic album
Villians Review – ‘Pop songs with rock sensibilities’
Queens of the Stone Age don't quite live up to their high standard, writes Rowan Janjauh
A beautiful, entrancing mess of an album – with a piercing social critique
Clementine produces an sophomore album far from easy listening, writes Clara Dijkstra
Crete’s mountain musician of mystery
Jonathan Egid sheds light on one of Crete's most intriguing characters
The music of Latin American revolution
Daniel Antonio Villar explores the legacy of the Nueva Trova
