MUSIC

Lindsey Lomis meets Lizzy McAlpine: Sophia James and her Clockwork EP

Photo available via Flickr (Under License Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)) I love discovering new artists, and from...

Behind the Decks: Unpacking the Gentrification of Rave Culture and Youth Entrepreneurship

Photo by Angelina Bengady Rave culture used to be about music and community, and served as an accessible leisure that was unpoliced,...

An Explosion of Music Genres: Rone x London Contemporary Orchestra at Barbican Hall

Image courtesy of Barbican Centre French electronic music producer Rone performed the UK premiere of his new album L(oo)ping (2023) at...

The Advent of Spring: Etta Marcus Gig Review

To celebrate the two-month anniversary of the release of her mini-album, Death of Summer, Etta Marcus played an intimate,...

STRAND Showcase Spotlight: In Conversation With FLEUR ROUGE

Image courtesy of FLEUR ROUGE Welcome to our STRAND Showcase Spotlight series, where if you haven’t yet bought a ticket to the live music...

Quadeca’s SCRAPYARD: A Colourful Collage of Genre-Bending Experiments

In the current landscape of experimental hip hop and indie folk, there are very few artists that are delivering mind-bending genre...

Ferris and Sylvester: 'Otherness' Album Review

Photo available via Flickr (Under License Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)) Taking inspiration from multiple genres...

Jacob Collier's Djesse Vol. 4 - The Glorious Finale

Photo available via Flickr (Under License Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)) Jacob Collier is a London based,...

The Last Dinner Party at Rough Trade East

Photo available via Flickr (Under License Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)) On a gloomy Saturday in mid-February, my...

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