Oxford is subtly nestled in Britain’s music scene, yet its homegrown acts include Radiohead, Foals and more recently, BBC Introducing act Zurich. I chatted to Chris and Adrian about the group’s influences, favourite fellow Oxford groups and how they added mental health into their song topics. I’ve read on your website that you describe your music as ‘widescreen […]
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Glastonbury, ABBA and the Politically Engaged Youth: An Interview with Declan McKenna
The night before I meet Declan McKenna, I am flicking through the music channels on television and spot ‘Wish You Were at Glasto’ on MTV Rocks, a programme of various music videos from artists scheduled to appear at 2017’s Worthy Farm iconic festival. Among tracks from the likes of Radiohead, London Grammar and Kaiser Chiefs, […]
Album Review: Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Pure Comedy is the result of an artist who looked at the world around them and thought, “well, it’s a bit shit, isn’t it?”. A thirteen-track journey through the “comedy of man”, and the third album from ex-Fleet Foxes member and mellow indie-folk-rocker Josh Tillman (a man who once referred to the Trump campaign as […]
Live Review: BBC 6 Music Festival (14/02/16)
BBC 6 Music Festival 2016 (Various Artists) Motion, Bristol 14 February 2016 Now in its third year, BBC 6 Music Festival is arguably on its way to becoming a mainstay of the British festival circuit, despite being held at a time of year more associated with coats and scarves than Raybans and flower-necklaces. After […]
EP Review: Wolf Choir – Zoo of the New
Wolf Choir Zoo of the New EP 6 December 2015 Wolf Choir may not be a name you’re familiar with, but the band’s latest EP release – Zoo of the New – is something to be taken seriously. Strongly influenced by the hazy indie-rock of Phoenix and Real Estate, this is only the second release for […]
Foals at Cardiff University, 09/11/2015
Among an audience of young and old, teenage fangirls and music loving students in Cardiff University’s Student Union, we all waited patiently for the band of the moment, Foals. Electro pop band Real Lies opened the show, and although critically acclaimed, didn’t set up the right tone for Oxford indie-rock band Foals, trying to be too […]