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...
The Oxford Alternotives’ Christmas release: a mingling of warmth and humour
Natalia Bus finds the Oxford Alternotives' Christmas cover both playful and heartfelt
‘Last Christmas’: a lingering recollection
Emma Leech gets lost in a musical memory
The ultimate soundtrack to your revision
Dom Saad recommends albums to sweat and slave to this Christmas vac
Live review: Biffy Clyro at London’s O2 arena
Romilly Mavin is impressed by Biffy Clyro’s mingling of energy and intimacy at the close of their UK tour
Live review: Fickle Friends at the Bullingdon
Akshay Bilolikar escapes rainy Oxford for sunny Los Angeles with Fickle Friends
OxFolk reviews: ‘Here We Go 1, 2, 3’
“Here we go, 1, 2, 3, hold your hands out to me…” so opens this beautifully formed album ‘Here We Go 1, 2, 3’...
OxFolk reviews: ‘Cold Old Fire’
There aren’t many folk groups that can claim to have originated in an ‘experimental psychedelic folk punk duo’, but then again Lynched, the self-styled...
Live review: Frank Turner at Oxford’s New Theatre
Sandy Elliot tries to rock out to Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls in a venue not quite suited to rock 'n' roll antics
Top 10 songs of 2016
Dom Saad navigates a profusion of genres and artists in his picks of 2016
Review: D.I.D – The State We’re In
Natalia Bus feels the weight of D.I.D's long-awaited second album
OxFolk reviews: ‘a bit of blue’
There is something irresistibly lovable about Emily Maguire’s voice – it seems to swell silence the world around it, putting everything out of focus...
OxFolk reviews: Life in a Paper Boat
Ben Ray finds surprises in well-renowned folk musician Kate Rusby's new album Life in a Paper Boat
A pioneer erased: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Alice Townson argues that the innovative rock and roll talent should be discussed as unique in her own right
OxFolk Reviews: ‘Vortex’
Ben Ray reviews Methera's new album 'Vortex', and is swept away by their live Corpus performance