Notes from the Underground: Hot Wuk at Life
After an initial, wonderful moment of realization: ‘We don’t have work tomorrow! Can we get drunk?’, there comes a strong…
Mayday Parade
Before their gig at Concorde 2, Mayday Parade was previously unchartered territory for me. The band had come straight from…
Yohji Yamamoto
Yohji Yamamoto’s retrospective at the V&A is the first major UK solo exhibition of this enigmatic designer, following a furore of recent interest…
Gig Review: Skindred
A fierce eruption of sound consumed a sold-out Concorde 2 as the mighty Skindred launched their 2011 tour. Their self-dubbed…
Album Review: The Indelicates
Have you heard of the Waco Siege? A failed rock star from Houston named Vernon Wayne Howell came across a bible…
Festival round-up
Itching to get a festival ticket, but not sure where to choose? Read on for a selection of the best…
Sussex students support charity
“The Sick Children’s Trust” (SCT) is a non-profit organization that provides accommodation for families with children in hospital all over…
Gig Review: Glasser
The Hope was packed and pulsating as the music enveloped the audience. Sporting a head dress and an outfit that…
Interview with Jamie Woon
Jamie Woon has got a new sound: he carries intimate emotions of his early sound into a whole new sublime…
The Saturdays Live at Brighton Centre
Harmless fun. That’s the best way to describe the Saturday’s performance at Brighton Centre. No-one here is trying to claim…
Review: Radiohead -King of Limbs (TBD Records/XL Recordings)
On their previous album, In Rainbows, Radiohead made radical steps in recognition of the new digital landscape of music purchasing…
Man Like Me
2011 is certainly a heatwave year for the venue Jam when it comes to club nights. Jam is run by…
The music room: Funeral Party
Despite taking their name from a song by The Cure, Funeral Party display little of the self-conscious melancholia which characterised…
Andy McKee
It seems that everything these days is a “YouTube sensation”, from angry babies to sleepy pandas. But one man, Andy McKee, truly deserves the…
The Badger meets Andrea Fox
What are you supposed to do after you graduate? Oh no, do you really have to ask? Yes, I believe I do.…
The music room: Esben and the Witch
Recently signed trio Esben and the Witch have released their debut album ‘Violet Cries’ this year. Somehow, there is a reason to get excited…
University Apparel
Few have the ability to be both avant-garde and commercially successful. Few manage this while simultaneously designing for four collections.…
Unspoken love in art
In a time where love between two men or two people of different classes was either illegal, punishable by death…
Film Review: 127 Hours
The prospects, from the premise, look far from thrilling. A film adaptation of the real life story of extreme sports…
Film Review: The King's Speech
Costume-dramas aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, and I’d probably be hard-pressed to find a bunch of university students clambering to…