OxStu Playlist – 12/05/13
David Lee Astley gives the lowdown on this week’s offerings Hookworms – Radio Tokyo Having already released, for me, one of the best records of the year, Hookworms…
My favourite…decade in music, the seventies
Tom Hoskins explains how the 1970′s recipe of punk, soul and reggae provided an eclectic soundtrack to a background of political turbulence No decade has been better for music than…
Raise a quart to the Piatti
This young, up-and-coming string quartet have been making waves for a few years now, garnering extensive praise from all corners as well as a pick-and-mix of awards and honours,…
Public disservice info
Tom Hoskins gives Public Service Broadcastings latest offering 2 stars Using spoken word samples over music is by no means a new idea. David Byrne and Brian Eno did this…
Camden’s rock n’roll Tribes
Olivia Arigho Stiles talks social revolution, gigging in Dubai and living in Camden with indie rockers Tribes Johnny Lloyd, the Tribes leather jacket clad, trilby sporting frontman sounds utterly hungover;…
Oxstu New Music Playlist
David Lee Astley recommends some of the best new offerings from the music world Rhosyn – Birds Earlier this year Rhosyn released her great ‘Elbow of Capture’ EP on local…
Major dips low, lazers disappointing
Anna Norbury gives Major Lazer’s latest offering 2 stars Major Lazer is the side project the American DJ and producer Diplo and his production and DJ helpers Jillionaire and Walshy…
Diatribe on mediocrity
Kate Bradley gives the new Tribes album a paltry 2 stars The four members of Tribes – Johnny Lloyd, Jim Cratchley, Dan White and Miguel Demelo – began in different…
