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Album Review: Keaton Henson – Birthdays

I reviewed Keaton Henson’s latest album for Epigram. Crippled by anxiety and loneliness, Keaton Henson’s debut album Dear… chronicled the break up of his first serious relationship. Although...

Apr 17, 2013 Like

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Denial Cakes

Now that the Christmas decorations have come down and the last of the leftovers have finally been consumed, the true gloominess of January presents itself. Dark, cold and probably very, very wet,...

Jan 7, 2013 Like

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Interview: Marina and the Diamonds

I had a chat with Marina Diamandis for Epigram just days before she announced that she’d been wearing a wig for the last 9 months :( In a sea of pop stars stripped down to their bra and knickers,...

Nov 15, 2012 Like

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I have a new blog!

*In an attempt to trick myself into thinking that the dreaded ‘D’ word might be fun, I have set up a blog to keep track of all the research I am doing for my dissertation.I think that by forcing...

Aug 23, 2012 Like

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Three 90s acts you might have forgotten about

This week, I’ve been making full use of Spotify’s ‘Related Artists’ tab. To break up listening to Usher’s Climax on repeat, I’ve travelled through Destiny’s Child’s back catalogue, the collective...

May 3, 2012 Like

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An afternoon at Shaw’s Corner

When the playwright George Bernard Shaw was looking for somewhere to live in the early 20th century, the story goes that he and his wife stumbled across the grave stone of a 70 year old woman in...

Apr 19, 2012 Like

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Folk Song Friday: The Grey Funnel Line

The finest ship that sails the sea Is still a prison for the likes of me But give me wings like Noah’s dove I’ll fly up harbour to the girl I love Here’s one more day on the Grey Funnel Line...

Apr 13, 2012 Like

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High Kingsdown Co Op: The Inconvenient Truth

Epigrump is a fortnightly column in Epigram, where writers moan about what has got on their nerves recently. I wrote about the farcical nature of our local convenience store. Cast your minds back...

Mar 19, 2012 Like

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Album Review: Kindness – World, You Need a Change of Mind

In 2009, music blogs went apeshit for Kindness, an outfit shrouded in mystery, who released one double single ‘Swinging Party’/’Gee Up’ before disappearing back into the ether. Three years on,...

Mar 19, 2012 Like

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Album Review: The Magnetic Fields – Love at the Bottom of the Sea

Love at the Bottom of the Sea sees the Magnetic Fields return to their celebrated sarcastic synthpop style, after their last three albums, went down a more acoustic route. Despite the fact that the...

Mar 18, 2012 Like

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Album Review: The Tings Tings – Sounds from Nowheresville

Pop music generally falls into one of three categories: something so wonderful it will live on far beyond the life of the artist who made it; a fleeting piece of fun, or something that generates...

Mar 18, 2012 Like

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The BRIT Awards and the Age of Beige

January is a funny old month for music. Following on from the turgid Christmas songs and end of year lists that December brings, January presents a confusing mix of ‘ones to watch’ lists and award...

Feb 9, 2012 Like

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Album Review: Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur

Canadian Edwards’ fourth album comes four years after the release of her critically acclaimed Asking for Flowers. Tinged with her signature Americana style, Voyageur chronicles the breakdown of her...

Feb 9, 2012 Like

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5 of the best cover songs of 2011

It’s easy to write and record your own smash hit, just look at The Beatles. What is far more challenging is to take someone else’s carefully crafted song, mess around with it and end up with...

Dec 29, 2011 Like

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Interview: Emmy the Great

I met up with Emma-Lee Moss aka Emmy the Great before her gig at The Fleece in Bristol for Epigram. Photo by Alex Lake Whilst trapped in Sussex last Christmas, Emma-Lee Moss and her boyfriend Tim...

Dec 23, 2011 Like

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Album Review: Pixie Lott – Young Foolish Happy

The prospect of John Legend and Stevie Wonder appearing on the same album is a rather exciting one, until you realise that the record they feature on is that of bronze-thighed pop singer Pixie...

Dec 23, 2011 Like

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Interview: Slow Club

I spoke to Charles Watson, half of Sheffield duo Slow Club, ahead of the band’s October tour for Epigram. Slow Club are a difficult band to define. Labelled by some as ‘twee’, ‘rockabilly’ and...

Nov 3, 2011 Like

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Album Review: Rizzle Kicks – Stereo Typical

With a band name reminiscent of an E number-laden sweet, Rizzle Kicks’ debut album is just as saccharine. The decision to release the album in October is an odd one as the band’s blend of humorous...

Nov 3, 2011 Like

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Album Review: Joe Jonas – Fastlife

When Justin Timberlake’s latest film Friends With Benefits was released in September, music commentators demanded to know when his next musical work would appear; because when the ex-‘N Sync singer...

Nov 3, 2011 Like

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Album Review: Robyn-Body Talk

Five years is a long time in the shiny merry-go-round of pop music. X Factor winners come and go, and those who sat at the top of the charts one week are quickly usurped by someone more cool and...

Dec 28, 2010 Like

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I Blame Coco-The Constant

Originally published in Issue 230 (8/11/10) of Epigram-Bristol Uni’s student newspaper. “I’m not in this for money or fame, I’m purely in it cos I love making music,” Coco Sumner told the Telegraph...

Nov 23, 2010 Like

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My bedroom, the microclimate

Tonight in my boudoir, I am dressed in a long pair of socks, a pair of bedsocks, pyjama bottoms, a Britney Spears tshirt from her 2000 Oops! I Did It Again tour, and my old P.E. jumper, whilst...

Nov 9, 2010 Like

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When William Brown met George Orwell

I was heavily influenced by Orwell and Just William when I was 14, according to a speech I wrote for a Year 9 English assignment that I recently discovered. Since he first came to the world’s...

Jul 18, 2010 Like

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How one Victorian bargeman solved a 30-year murder mystery

Sometimes a certain face just sticks in your head -one of an old friend, maybe, or a stranger you flirted with on public transport, or perhaps someone more like this: Amelia Dyer was arguably one...

Jun 29, 2010 Like

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Recipe for a Disastrous Dinner

I’ve vowed not to buy any more meat until October. I’m also trying to use up what’s left in my cupboard before leaving halls forever next weekend. This resulted in last night’s dinner disaster....

Jun 11, 2010 Like

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Baby, we weren’t born to run

Exercise and I get on like a vegetarian in a butchers. After attempting to have a lie-in today after two weeks of getting up at half six every morning, I gave up at 11 and decided I may as well...

May 30, 2010 Like

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Sunny sunny Bristol

Blue skies make my awful photography look vaguely passable. I think I’ve spent more time in bars and pubs this weekend than I have for the past term combined. I am, however, now coming out in a...

May 24, 2010 Like

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Tomato Pip goes to Berkeley Castle

When you think of an archaeologist, one of the above is likely to spring to mind -a muddy, khaki-wearing adventurer. Unfortunately I, the first time archaeologist, who has only been digging for...

May 21, 2010 Like

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Tonight’s culinary disasters, and other tales from today

They say bad things come in threes, and that rings true with tonight’s culinary disasters. Firstly, I cooked dinner. ‘What’s wrong with that?’, you may ask. The answer, mes amis, is that I already...

May 18, 2010 Like

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Bully Brown and the Bigoted Woman

One of the most valuable things I learnt in the seven years I spent in an all-girls school was the art of bitching. Rarely were any of the comments my friends and I made intended to be hurtful, and...

Apr 29, 2010 Like

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Album Review: Keaton Henson – Birthdays

Denial Cakes

Interview: Marina and the Diamonds

I have a new blog!

Three 90s acts you might have forgotten about

An afternoon at Shaw’s Corner

Folk Song Friday: The Grey Funnel Line

High Kingsdown Co Op: The Inconvenient Truth

Album Review: Kindness – World, You Need a Change of Mind

Album Review: The Magnetic Fields – Love at the Bottom of the Sea

Album Review: The Tings Tings – Sounds from Nowheresville

The BRIT Awards and the Age of Beige

Album Review: Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur

5 of the best cover songs of 2011

Interview: Emmy the Great

Album Review: Pixie Lott – Young Foolish Happy

Interview: Slow Club

Album Review: Rizzle Kicks – Stereo Typical

Album Review: Joe Jonas – Fastlife

Album Review: Robyn-Body Talk

I Blame Coco-The Constant

My bedroom, the microclimate

When William Brown met George Orwell

How one Victorian bargeman solved a 30-year murder mystery

Recipe for a Disastrous Dinner

Baby, we weren’t born to run

Sunny sunny Bristol

Tomato Pip goes to Berkeley Castle

Tonight’s culinary disasters, and other tales from today

Bully Brown and the Bigoted Woman

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