A new weekly column having a frankly schizophrenic look at recent releases. Record of the Week Fiona Apple- The Idler Wheel is wiser than the driver of the screw and whipping cords will serve you more than ropes will ever do. Seven years pass with nothing and Fiona Apple presents a […]

When a person thinks of a ukulele, they often link this excellent instrument with Hawaii and its culture. While it is an adequate and correct pairing, considering the fact that the ukulele was in fact created in Hawaii, its ancestors and inspiration trace back to European colonialism. Ukuleles came to […]

09/06/2012 You Me At Six are very much a rock band. Yes, they are a commercial success, and yes, they play pop-rock, but notice a keyword in that sentence: rock. Unfortunately for them, the Download masses don’t think so. A sparse crowd is in attendance for their second stage headline […]

What makes an album great? What epitomises an album to be regarded as great, historic and timeless? In a day and age of digital music, it seems sales numbers are what separates a successful from mediocre record; with chart success being a major factor in what could eventually make or […]

Like most of the nine thousand other viewers who tuned into the first episode of The Voice UK on 24th March this year, I was encouraged by the different direction that the show seemed to be taking. It seemed that the public had warmed to the ‘swivel chaired’ uniqueness of […]

50 Cent finds himself at a crossroads in his career. With his popularity on the wane and people already forgetting about an increasingly delayed studio album, the New York rapper releases the free DJ Drama hosted The Lost Tape in order to appease impatient fans. Does the project manage to […]

Liverpool Guild of Students, 21/04/12 I scrambled out of work at 6pm, worked up after yet another angry Saturday of working in the bookies. What is normally a 5 minute dander home took at least 4 times as long due to the giant spectacular in Liverpool all weekend. Anyway, due […]

You work far too many hours during the winter and spring months and have time booked off that seems forever away. Finally, that time has come: festival season is upon us once more! If you’re a veteran, you’ll know what to expect: cramped conditions, lots of booze, a severe lack […]