• Preview – The Wombats

    Unless you’ve had your head in the sand for the past decade and have somehow managed to exclude them from the narrative of your teenage years, it’s pretty unlikely that you won’t have heard of The Wombats. Having racked up an impressive discography, with four albums no less, and...
  • Guide to Music Festivals 2018

    Music festivals can get unbearably messy; before you know it, you have scraggly hair, mud all over you, and a lacklustre DJ set that is completely underwhelming. However, if you want to avoid accidently heading to this year’s equivalent of Fyre Festival, this guide can provide an all-encompassing look...
  • What’s up with the Charts?

    You’ve just left for lectures, walked out the door, headphones on, and you’re about to click ‘shuffle play’ on the top charts playlist, only to hear Ed Sheeran’s ‘Perfect’ come on…AGAIN. Although I think it’s safe to say that the trauma of Ed Sheeran’s Divide album occupying the entirety...
  • Who runs the music world? NOT girls.

    Next Wednesday will see the DHP Family’s Women in Music event at Rescue Rooms; a group of women sharing valuable experience of working in the male dominated live music industry.  The inaugural event will address the gender imbalance in the music industry with the aim of creating an environment...
  • Mastersystem – Notes On A Life Not Quite Lived

    Anticipation has been simmering around Mastersystem since the release of the Electric Fields line up was released. Who are they? Why are Scottish band Frightened Rabbit promoting them? Why do I feel like this is going to be something really good? All was answered when Mastersystem was revealed to...
  • 5 Albums for Spring

    Saturation III by Brockhampton If you’re ambitious for a successful term, Saturation III is a good choice for bolstering your self-belief; the album is an ecstatic and surprised look at success, like receiving better than expected exam results. The steady paced ‘Alaska’ is a gritty discussion of the road...
  • How Bon Iver Changed My Life

    I don’t exactly remember the first time I listened to Bon Iver. I must’ve been around 14 or so, but I do remember how my life changed. Before that point, I had always found it cheesy when someone talked about how a specific musician or artist had ‘changed their...