Music
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...
Grammys 2024: Reflection of Profitability or Recognition of Artistry?
The 2024 Grammys were everything they should be: glamorous, monumental, and of course, controversial.
Taylor...
“Unapologetically Blink-182”
Abby Ridsdill-Smith is a fan of the band's deluxe edition of 'California'
Traditional folk music at its experimental best
Ben Ray finds Miranda Sykes’ latest release reaches dizzying new heights
Music without borders : Misogyny and Bollywood
Jeevan Ravindran exposes the contradictions within Hindi cinema
Music without Borders: Welsh national music
Theo Davies-Lewis explores the importance of music to his homeland
“Guitar legends of the Sahara”
Ellen Peirson-Hagger finds a refreshing new perspective in Tinariwen's concert at the O2 Academy
Taking up Tupac’s “thug poet” mantle
'You Only Live 2wice' is Freddie Gibbs living up to his predecessors, says Jonathan Egid
The comeback kids keep ‘lad rock’ alive
Kasabian's 'For Crying Out Loud' is the Leicester band at their best, says Matt Roller
The Japanese House – “I’ve never wanted fame at all”
Ellen Peirson-Hagger interviews Amber Bain on her moody indie project
A titanic record for all the wrong reasons
Will Cowie finds Gorillaz's Humanz to be soulless and robotic
“A captivating, quasi-religious experience”
Clara Dijkstra reviews the new London Grammar single, 'Truth is a Beautiful Thing'
Pop is dead—long live pop!
Alex Waygood on how Ed Sheeran represents the decline and fall of the charts
Friendship, Feminism and Fun(damental Rights)
India Parker talks to Jess Bollands, the President of the Oxford Belles, about the enormous success of their latest music video
Chuck Berry – “One of the greats”
Will Cowie pays tribute to the late Chuck Berry
The Shins – Heartworms review
Akshay Bilolikar finds a confident and valedictory wisdom in the Shins' fifth effort