Review: Jockstrap at the Classic Grand
Jockstrap’s show at Glastonbury was electrifying and shone out against a consistently stellar line-up on the Park Stage, so I felt lucky to secure the £23 ticket for Glasgow’s 550-capacity Classic Grand on November…
In conversation with: The Pharcyde
With a cry of “What’s up, Eddyburg?”, Fatlip (Derrick Stewart), Slimkid3 (Trevant Hardson), and Imani (Emandu Wilcox) took to The Liquid Room stage on October 26. They are on their…
How are The Smile distancing themselves from the world of Radiohead?
Radiohead offshoot The Smile have just announced the release of a second album, Wall of Eyes, alongside a UK/European tour. The trio comprises Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with…
Troye Sivan gifts love and queerness on Something to Give Each Other
In the music video for ‘Rush’, a Bacchanalian scene unfolds across a summer night in Berlin, choreographed in harmony to a thumping house beat. It’s raunchily celebratory of queer sensuality,…
‘Now and Then’: is the new single truly a Beatles’ song?
It’s January 1994, fourteen years after musical legend John Lennon has passed away. His then-wife Yoko Ono gifted Paul McCartney three cassette recordings: an action that would lead to the…
Fred and Finley Review: Sufjan Stevens, Sprain & Headache
Fred and Finley are two friends who love music. Their album reviews are experimental. Music is discussed and the conversation is transcribed, akin to a play. Here, we are trying…
The Murder of Tupac Shakur and the arrest of Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis
The murder of Tupac Shakur is one of the most infamous pop culture events, one that has been highly speculated about and mythologized due to its unsolved nature. Heated debates…
Pretty Privilege and The Burden of The Past: Madison Beer’s Silence Between Songs
Maybe the Insta Baddie is to music what the dumb blonde once was to cinema. Present a certain look and take on a presumed incapacity for self-awareness, substance, or depth. …