In the future, when historians inevitably take to memes to uncover the nuanced cultural histories behind seismic events that peppered the early twenty-first century, what they will happen upon are an excessive number of no-context Peep Show quotes. All hastily made by people with a less than rudimentary understanding of the Adobe creative suite, undoubtedly. The classic “Hitler promised not to invade Czechoslovakia Jeremy, welcome to the real world” will be this millennia’s Rosetta stone; “Oh my god, this has ...

Joelle Charan is a singer, songwriter, and performer from the Netherlands who was nurtured in a family influenced by her mixed background and beliefs, which is not unexpected given that she was born to a Catholic mother and a Hindu father. ‘Charan’ means ‘feet of the Lord,’ an aristocratic moniker that Joelle embraces in her identity and music. Joelle has continued to promote the concept of magic in music and other areas. Although she has done incredible work in the ...

On September 17th and after 8 years, grindcore/goregrind pioneers released their new album Torn Arteries. Read our complete review on the long-awaited album from the Merseyside band, and learn why after Surgical Steel this is, without doubt, the best album of its genre in 2021.   From Reek of Putrefaction to Torn Arteries Though it sounded a bit messy and was poorly produced, the band’s first album, Reek of Putrefaction, was released on July 7th 1988 and quickly became a turning point. ...

Tina Brown is a Nigerian multilingual vocalist, musician and entertainer brought into the world to Togolese guardians. Tina Brown Africa sought after an early music vocation directly out of secondary school in 2018. Her unmistakable delicate vocals and handle on a few dialects permit her music to install itself into the hearts of audience members across fluctuated societies.

The “Spigolatrice” of Sapri has caused much discussion. We offer a critical analysis with an intervention by Professor Chiara Savettieri and an interview with the author.

What does it mean to be a woman in the arts? The National Museum of Women in the Arts state that of all the contemporary visual artists of today, 51% of them identify as being female. Why is it then that only 5% of British galleries and exhibitions represent an equal number of work by men, women and those in between?

Ella Yelich-O’Connor, a young singer-songwriter known as Lorde, released her third album Solar Power on the 20th of August 2021. Renowned for her unorthodox musical style, her unique performances and her lyricism, Lorde strayed away from her usual synth-pop and alternative/indie style with this more stripped-down, indie-folk, and psychedelic sounding body of work.

Halsey is an artist who’s been on the scene since 2014, and has consistently produced successful music the entire time. From her debut pop enthused album Badlands, to her deeply personal 2019 release, titled Manic. The singer has consistently charted, and has a dedicated fan base behind them.

 “Literature had to become political because anything else would have entailed mental dishonesty” – George Orwell, ‘The Frontier of Art and Propaganda’.