• Sombr and Musician Behaviour in Concerts: How Young is Too Young?

    Aimee Goldblum Recently announced as an official musical act playing at Reading and Leeds Festival 2026, 20-year-old Best New Artist nominee Sombr (Shane Boose) is living every musician’s dream. However, despite taking the world by storm with hits such as ‘Back to Friends’ and ‘Undressed’, Sombr has gotten himself...
  • Musical Guilty Pleasures! Why do we feel guilty for loving certain songs? 

    Melissa Mousley Imagine: you just got home after a long, stressful day. Maybe the heating wasn’t working in that one lecture theatre. Or you started making your morning coffee, only to realise that you ran out of milk the day before. Dragging your feet, you make it to the...
  • Most Beautiful Soundtracks

    A month of hope, motivation, and excitement. Also at times – a month of anxiety, organisation, and tiredness. Whichever emotion matches how you might be feeling in this new year, music can often be the perfect accompaniment. This especially applies when it comes with an excellent story too, providing...
  • Why we crave sad Christmas songs: the bittersweet soundtrack of the festive season

    Why is it that at ‘the most wonderful’ time of the year’, we like to get into the spirit with such sad songs? The Christmas season is known for its festive cheer, twinkling lights, and heart-warming moments with our loved ones. But for many, it doubles as the perfect...
  • Interview: modernlove.

    modernlove. are an upcoming Irish pop band, who have recently toured America for the first time and released their third EP ‘Nightlife’.  They will embark on another tour of the US in August, followed by UK dates in October. Impact’s Benedict Watson speaks to modernlove.'s Danny and Barry on...
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    Impact’s Music Essentials: The Weeknd

    In celebration of The Weeknd hitting a world-breaking milestone of 108 million Spotify listeners, Daria Paterek picks her ten favourite (and arguably more underrated) The Weeknd songs for Impact’s Music Essentials. ...
  • Impact’s Music Essentials: 2010s R&B

    R&B is a genre that has always been around, originating in the 40s, yet not many of us consider ourselves avid R&B listeners. Daria Paterek aims to change that with her list of the top 10 R&B songs that debuted in the 2010s....