One of my most treasured memories from before lockdown was a Blossoms concert in the LCR. Since seeing the band perform on their last tour, I became an avid listener of the band. I loved their EP, ‘Girlfriend’, and listened to ‘Foolish Loving Spaces’ on repeat when it was released. I remember constantly refreshing the…
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How will you cope without festivals?
It’s Saturday morning. Warmed from the streaming sun, I’ve woken up, squished in a tent with my best friends. I go outside and take a breath of that sweet summer air. As I look at the rainbow of tents stretching for miles in-front of me, glitter falls from my cheekbones to the floor. I smile…
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What next for Britain’s venues?
The Culture sector has been hit with the iron fist of Covid-19 the hardest. The death toll of the virus has reached the equivalent capacity of London’s O2 arena – a horrid thought. This has no doubt been difficult for music venues up and down the country, who now face a very uncertain, possibly fatal…
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The Viewing Lounge
It’s the end of the world as we know it. Coronavirus has wiped out the majority of the population and all that remains are two lone wanderers with a really awesome Spotify playlist on repeat on their old-school Walkmans. What are they listening to? Well, it just so happens they are listening to a collaborative…
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Bill Withers: The laid-back soul
Many of us have a go-to artist that we ‘lean on’. Their music is imbued with a delivery of warmth that it is hard to imagine life without. For me, Bill Withers optimized this. So, when I heard last week of his death, that warmth he brought had whiskered off in the distance. Withers’ death…
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Fontaines D.C. a portrait of the artists as young men
Monday night at the LCR, the start of the working week, and I’m about to be hit by the raucous sound of Ireland. Everyone is packed like sardines. The breath of someone behind me running down the nape of my neck. To say Fontaines D.C, have had a hell of a year would be incredibly…