The name Huey Morgan means a lot of different things to a lot of different people in 2017. In the last few years he’s discussed the finer points of British politics as a guest on ‘Question Time’, lent his voice to BBC Radio 2 and endured a particularly memorable meltdown on Never Mind The Buzzcocks….
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The Mercury Prize: Shortlisted
Dan Jeakins lists the albums shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Mercury Prize following the award’s announcement earlier today. But who’s got more of a shot of claiming music’s most sought-over title in the UK and Ireland? The Front-Runners Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool Thom Yorke and co have never won the Mercury Prize –…
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Ucas clearing not fit for purpose, claim students
More than half of all students want to see the Ucas clearing system abolished. A survey of 6,300 students found that the majority view the process in a negative light, reveals a survey conducted by university website and forum The Student Room. 60% of students would like to see the end of clearing, whilst 52%…
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Livewire New Music Playlist March
Yonaka – Ignorance A Brighton-based four piece with a dark-pop vibe, they’ve released one single ‘Run’, up until now – until ‘Ignorance’. It’s a brooding indie rocker bordering on pop, lead singer Theresa Jarvis’ vocals carry a grit within them, but blend insanely well in this confident follow up. ODA – So High Imagine…
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Global Roundup 360 – 8th March
Russian woman beheads young child Police in Moscow have arrested a woman on suspicion of murder after she was found walking around the city holding the severed head of a child. The woman claims to have been driven to the crime after “hearing voices” because her husband had taken a second wife. Gyulchekhra Bobokulova had…
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Gig Review – Tame Impala and Alexandra Palace
Tame Impala’s rise from representing Aussie teenagers with a taste for psychedelics to selling out rooms as large as Alexandra Palace’s main hall has been one of the great victories for guitar music in the 21st century. Their last record, Currents, was named the best of album of 2015 by Q, while sophomore effort Lonerism…
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Chinese censorship: Tank Man sold to Chinese firm
As one of the greatest tragedies of free speech in recent memory, Tiananmen Square serves as an iconic example of the dangers of peaceful protest in a nation whose government refuses to be defied. The infamous ‘Tank Man’ photo – which shows a still, anonymous protestor standing in front of a column of armed tanks…
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Gig Review – The Kooks at the LCR
With many of their contemporaries dropping life flies in recent years, The Kooks cashed-in on the indie gold-rush of the mid-noughties just about enough to remain a prominent fixture on the UK’s live circuit today. Their delayed gig at UEA’s LCR sold-out almost immediately, and the songs from their ten year-old debut Inside In/Inside Out…
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Top 35 Albums of 2015
2015. The year Benjamin Clementine scooped the Mercury Prize, we all became ‘Beliebers’ and, most importantly, the year in which the album format proved it won’t go the way of the Dodo as so many predicted at the start of the digital age. Adele smashed sales records, the vinyl revival goes from strength to strength…
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