Tim Ovenden

Nine months after the critically panned ‘Certified Lover Boy’, Drake births a surprise album. In desperate need of a shake-up, ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ sees Champagne Papi dip his little toes into the genre of house music. Tim Ovenden breaches the murky depths to offer his feelings towards the album. From...

Director Alex Garland's new feature, Men, is about Toxic masculinity. Until it isn't. Or maybe it still is? Tim Ovenden attempts to unpack the new A24 horror......

Tim Ovenden returns for his third (and final?) Impact article reviewing Charli XCX. He swears he’s not obsessed. After less-than favourable opinions on her new album ‘CRASH’, would Tim be turned around by Charli’s CRASH tour? It all culminates at Rock City…...

The Fantastic Beasts sereis can be likened to a wounded, dying beast. Its third entry, The Secrets of Dumbledore, hobbles into cinemas after waves of controversies. Johnny Depp is nowhere in sight, but there's an even greater stench surrounding it. Cinemas are packed with screenings, yet no one is...

Nottingham Trent alumni Ollie Greenhalgh has an EP out, under his alias hidingthehurt. With ‘From Fieldware with Love,’ the self-confessed emo boy dishes up a healthy six-track helping of hyperpop. After listening to 100 Gecs once, Tim Ovenden made his entire personality ‘the guy to never give the aux...

Two loveable oddballs. Two boisterous performances. Two burst eardrums. Tim Ovenden saw JPEGMAFIA and Slowthai on consecutive nights, while he should have been studying. He now writes a review of his favourite of the two gigs...while he should be studying....

Charli XCX’s new album ‘Crash’ is out. Will it be a smash hit or a car crash of epic proportions? Tim Ovenden is in the passenger seat so he really hopes it’s the former.  ...