In a collaboration between music and arts and lit sections, Tom Bosher and Yudy Wu look at iconic album covers
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Music is magical, but what about the album artwork?
Sometimes an album cover can be its defining feature, especially if the music delivers on a grand scale. The artwork can be what makes an album truly epic and instantly recognisable. Many of the best selling and most acclaimed albums can be easily defined by their artwork, whether it is just a portrait or picture […]
‘Our fans are incredible’: An Interview with Of Mice and Men’s Aaron Pauley
Ahead of their upcoming fifth album, Defy, out 19th January on Rise Records, vocalist and bassist Aaron Pauley from Of Mice and Men gives his thoughts on Chester Bennington, the Foo Fighters and more… Firstly, what was the recording process with Howard Benson like? Howard and his team were incredible. They worked tirelessly to help us […]
“A reflection of our reality”: Music, a political force or apolitical mess? | Part 1
“Our art is a reflection of our reality,” claimed O’Shea Jackson Jr., playing his father, Ice Cube, in the recent N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. Staged in a press conference asking the band members if they felt responsible for glamorising the gangster image, Jackson stakes a central claim of music to political significance. The film […]
Album Review: David Gilmour – Rattle That Lock
David Gilmour Rattle That Lock 18 September 2015 With the exception of 2014’s so-so denouement to the Pink Floyd saga, The Endless River, David Gilmour’s discography in the 21st century is a sparse one. In actual fact, this is his first solo album to be released in nine years, and his fourth overall. Still, you […]