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More than Meets the Eye: The Unlikely Role of Religious and Cultural Symbolism in Fashion

For years the symbol of the Christian cross has been used as a common fashion accessory. The cross that was once a symbol of shame for early Christians is now…

Review: Emmy the Great

The Green Door Store hadn’t known what hit it as people continued to excitedly squeeze in to see Emmy the Great. The same could be said for her support act,…

Hacks and their Traps: A Plea

As a journalist I may be cutting off my nose to spite my face somewhat, but there is nothing worse than hearing the unfiltered contents of your peers’ sarcy minds…

Artlists: Over/Under

The Arts team continue their new section in which they come up with a theme and then list our film/music/TV/literary preferences according to that particular theme. This week, we delve…

City Venues and the Festival

Curated by the band Wire and One Inch Badge, Drill was a city-festival which took part in October last year (strategically, just when I was holding my breath for the…

Review: Yes, we’re still writing about Drill Festival 2014. This will be the last time, we promise…

Those of you who so much as glanced at the Badger Arts pages last term would likely have realised that we were very, very excited for Drill festival. I must…

Rae Morris Interview

2014 was a pretty incredible year for you, what was the highlight? I think finishing the album was definitely a highlight, knowing it was done. It was a real weight…

Preview: Blackalicious, The Haunt 05/02

After a ten year hiatus, seminal Sacramento hip-hop duo, Blackalicious, return to the scene with a new album and tour dates. Perhaps best known for their single, ‘Alphabet Aerobics’ (no…

Review: Perfume Genius @ The Haunt, 26/11

You know how we’re all supposed to have one word (or three) at the ready to describe ourselves with in job interviews and the like? Well, if Perfume Genius were…

St Vincent Review

Who would’ve thought that Annie Clark, more commonly known as St. Vincent, would be found playing a tour date in Eastbourne and not Brighton? The train from Brighton to Ashford…

Fear of Men Review

Thanks to the lovely warm up performance by The Hundredth Anniversary, Fear of Men were greeted by claps and cheers at The Hope. Following a busy Summer of touring and…

Preview: Sharon Van Etten, St. Georges Church, 27/11

Post-rock guitars combined with dark, powerful vocals create the simplistic but time-tested formula of Sharon Van Etten’s music. Her most recent and first self-produced album, Are We There, was received…

Preview: Jon Hopkins, Dome, 4/12

With 2011’s King Creosote collaboration Diamond Mine came haunting yet twee scottish folktronica, with last year’s Immunity came the heft of a Mercury nomination, an artist reaching the peak of…

Review: Lutine – St Laurence Church, Falmer, 27/09

St Laurence church in Falmer village was not only the perfect setting for the launch of Lutine’s new album White Flowers, but it also conveyed the duo’s ‘folky’ image to…

Music: What do Sussex students actually listen to?

Joe Wilson Early Monday morning, feeling lightly toasted, I took myself around campus, with my trusty Dictaphone, to try and find out what Sussex students actually listen to. You’ve seen…

Delilah

Lucy Anna Gray Young female artists come and go in the music industry, but the singer Delilah is here to stay. With a sound that she describes as “Massive Attack…

Bat for Lashes

Grace Cummings On the icy evening of Sunday 4th November, beloved fans, friends and family of London-born Natasha Khan – aka ‘Bat for Lashes’ – gathered in their hundreds to…

Spector, Swim Deep, Spashh

Freddie Cocker Upon entering Concorde 2, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the support acts of the indie-rock group Spector. I was pleasantly surprised, however, at both Swim Deep…

Black History Month – A Retrospect

Ruth Atkinson As October comes to a close, it is a poignant time to reflect on Black History Month. As a celebration of Black history, achievement and scholarship, the annual…

Jessie Ware Concorde2

Amy Bellchambers 12th November As a former Sussex student, this gig was effectively a homecoming gig Jessie Ware and she seemed to enjoy it. The Mercury Prize nominee clearly has…