• The Best Soundtracks To Study To

    Alongside the start of a new academic year, many students will find themselves easing back into regular studying habits. If studying in student accommodation, then you might find yourself being distracted by background noises or just simply in need of creating an atmosphere that allows you to work efficiently. ...
  • The Demise Of Q Magazine And The Old Music Press

    As a cornerstone of traditional music press in a fast evolving social domain, Joe proposes that the demise of Q was inevitable and poses a marked warning to other publications to either evolve, or dissolve. ...
  • Album Review: Declan McKenna – Zeros

    Myron Winter-Brownhill reviews Declan McKenna's new album, 'Zeros'....
  • Soundtracks: Do we love ’em or hate ’em?

    Rhianna Greensmith Music has historically been an integral accompaniment to other art forms – arranged to compliment film and television to provide the notorious soundtracks we know and love. But what role do soundtracks really play?  When we think of certain shows, we think of the music that accompanies...
  • Impact’s Christmas Playlist 2018

    I consider Christmas to truly be the “most wonderful time of the year”, and Christmas music is one of the largest contributing factors to this belief. Once the fireworks have quietened down and Bonfire Night is over, my Spotify Christmas playlist is turned on full volume ready to welcome...
  • Dear Agony Aunt: I’m losing self-confidence…

    Dear Auntie Carol… What do you think is a good way to boost self-confidence? Auntie Carol says… You might be surprised to hear this but Auntie Carol wasn’t always this confident! Once I was a very quiet, very SHY girl. I was! My main problem was overthinking – I’d...
  • CHILDCARE @ Rescue Rooms

    I’d never been to the Red Room part of Rescue Rooms before, but it’s a perfect intimate-sized gig venue, perhaps like Bodega in size. A totally-filled lil’ space with nothing but good music and good energy – what could go amiss? “Picture Ava as having the vocal quality of...