On Saturday 20th of October Tom Walker stopped by the Lemon Grove on our beloved campus to perform for us, before moving on to bigger British cities and his European Tour. I had the chance to interview him on the day of the concert which gave me the opportunity to compare the person with the […]
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Afropunk London 2017 – Review
Afropunk London was the most fashionable event I’ve ever been to. Everything from the labyrinthian industrial complex of a venue, Printworks, to its attendees screamed style. The political-movement-turned-festival is a celebration of diversity in each of the cities it lands in every year, and though principally a festival celebrating black artistry, the motto “No Racism. […]
Live Review: Frank Ocean @ Parklife 2017
At 10:00pm on Sunday evening, the final night of Manchester’s Parklife festival, the enormous mass of people gathered outside the main stage was getting fidgety. Frank Ocean had been due on stage at 9:30, and I’d been waiting at the barrier with Matt for three hours to ensure a good spot for the show. All […]
Jeff Rosenstock @ The Cavern – Interview + Live Review
As a first year who had only heard stories about the Cavern, a hotbed of Exeter music fanaticism and host to lively club nights such as Indie Club and the Magic Hat Stand, it was a treat to walk through the doors and be greeted by the blaring punk guitar and vocals of support act, Doe. […]
Live Review: Angel Olsen @ Motion, Bristol
Seeing Angel Olsen live for the first time was an enthralling experience. Walking into the venue, one wouldn’t think that such a classy, captivating and cohesive performance with undertones of 1960’s nostalgia would gel so well with the grimy, industrial appeal of Motion. Olsen’s band were decked in their trademark grey-suit-and-bolo-tie combination which, combined with […]
Radio One’s Big Weekend 2016: Five bands you can’t afford to miss – Saturday
You’ve been lucky enough to nab yourself tickets to one of the South-West’s most coveted music events of the summer, Radio One’s Big Weekend. You successfully manage to navigate your way to Powderham castle, avoiding being trampled by gaggles of screaming teenage girls and/or physically violated by stern-looking security guards. Now what? With three different […]
Wrecked By Recording
Imagine if exam boards condoned Maths GCSE calculus units completed with the use of a smart phone calculator app rather than a scientific calculator. If Chemistry GCSE practicals did not require live demonstrations by the teacher of the scientific process before students were expected to complete the experiment, and they could just watch a quick […]
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 […]
Saint Raymond at Bristol O2 Academy, 13/11/2015
The Bristol O2 on November 13th housed some pretty awesome music. The headliner was Saint Raymond, but the energy and sleekness of his two support acts, B O A and Louis Berry, cannot be overlooked. B O A opened the night, the three-piece Bristol based band making the stage glimmer with their pulsing synths – ‘Holier’ […]
Fightstar at The Lemon Grove, 19/10/15
With a career spanning over a decade and a wealthy catalogue of fan loved and critically acclaimed releases, post hardcore quartet, Fightstar, are royally welcomed to Exeter’s Lemon Grove. The crowd is a very specific demographic, the kind of people you’d expect to find at Reading and Leeds Festival. T-shirts of Capture The Crown, Bullet […]