• ALBUM REVIEW: Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered.

    ALBUM REVIEW: Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered.

    An out of nowhere release from Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar results in one of the most enjoyable listens of 2016   2015 belonged to Kendrick Lamar. In a year full of police brutality and heated politics, To Pimp A Butterfly stood out as the jazz drenched perspective of a man from Compton who has witnessed…

  • Girl Power: Favourite Female Musicians #1

    Girl Power: Favourite Female Musicians #1

    Today is March 8th and if you haven’t been on any social media (which you will have, how else did you find this) then you’ll be unaware to the fact that today is International Women’s Day, an event where females all over the world celebrate their identity and go to great lengths to empower one…

  • TRACK REVIEW: Modern Baseball – Apple Cider, I Don’t Mind

    TRACK REVIEW: Modern Baseball – Apple Cider, I Don’t Mind

    Pennsylvanian emo, punk rock act  Modern Baseball showcase new material from their forthcoming album Back in the 90’s, pop punk was fairly content in delivering jokes about fucking mums, getting drunk and farts, perfectly accompanying any and every party you could ever attend due to its catchiness and simplicity that made it accessible to pretty…

  • Thoughts On: UK Festivals 2016

    Thoughts On: UK Festivals 2016

    Could a lack of variety result in 2016 being the weakest year for UK music festivals? It’s that time of the year again. The time where myself and hundreds of thousands of music fans pay close attention to multiple music festival’s twitter feeds to see who will be playing this summer. There’s nothing that can…

  • Alternative Jobs For Students

    Alternative Jobs For Students

    Originally posted back in August of 2014 and before I received my exam results, I decided to have a bit of a laugh and list some possible career paths if uni doesn’t work out for you.   If you’re a student from Scotland or any other part of the UK then you’re no doubt revising relentlessly, maybe constantly…

  • TV REVIEW: True Detective – Season 1 

    TV REVIEW: True Detective – Season 1 

    In news that’ll shock no one, life is complicated and as much as we all want it to be simple and stress free, events arise that put us through emotional turmoil and change us in both positive and negative ways. AMC’s Breaking Bad captured this to an extent though not many of us can say…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: Yung Lean – Warlord

    ALBUM REVIEW: Yung Lean – Warlord

    Internet icon, nostalgia enthusiast and rapper Yung Lean releases his second LP that takes baby steps towards progression.                  Warlord by Yung Lean | Release Date: 25th Feb 2016 | Label: Year0001 Ask someone what internet celebrities they know and they’re more than likely to mention your typical…

  • Thoughts On: R-Rated Movies

    Thoughts On: R-Rated Movies

    With Hollywood set to unleash a new wave of R-Rated films, I discuss why this could be detrimental for movies. It’s seemingly impossible to look at any source of entertainment news without seeing something about Deadpool, a film that, carrying a $58 million budget and a handful of dick jokes, has become the ultimate underdog story.…

  • Moderat – Reminder EP REVIEW

    Moderat – Reminder EP REVIEW

    German electronic act Moderat managed to overcome the ever fatal second album syndrome that infects any band who release a critically acclaimed debut, a triumph in itself. However, when your track record now features two well received LPs, how on earth do you pull it off again? In Moderat’s case they’ve done more of the…

  • Dan & Drum-Fixin Up Right TRACK REVIEW

    Dan & Drum-Fixin Up Right TRACK REVIEW

    In the world of music, sometimes it’s not just your sound that is important but your own public persona, something that can help change you from being just another white boy with a guitar into something else entirely. Take Mac DeMarco for example, a talented artist whose wacky, odd sense of humour and actions help…