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Arts & Culture Music 

Chase & Status: 10 Years of Beastwang @ O2 Academy Leicester

25th November 202225th November 2022 shaktys beastwang, chase & status, Editor: Ella Johnson, leicester, Music, O2 Academy, O2 Academy Leicester, rave, review, Second Editor: Molly Monaghan, Shakeer Sayani, University of Leicester

Last Saturday, O2 Academy Leicester saw Saul Milton and Will Kennard – professionally known as the electronic music duo, Chase & Status – performing live.

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Arts & Culture Music 

REVIEW: Arctic Monkeys – The Car

19th November 202218th November 2022 audenchamberlain arctic monkeys, arts and culture, Editor: Harry Featherston, Music, Second Editor: Ella Johnson, Writer: Auden Chamberlain

“I had big ideas, the band were so excited”, croons Alex Turner. At this stage in their career, Arctic Monkeys

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Arts & Culture Music 

REVIEW: Crawlers – Loud Without Noise

15th November 202215th November 2022 Leicester Student Magazine crawlers, Editor: Harry Featherston, Laura Sandy Siekapen Youmbi, loud without noise, Music, review, Second Editor: Ella Johnson

Written by Laura Sandy Siekapen Youmbi Rising rock band Crawlers released their debut mixtape and second musical project, Loud Without

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Arts & Culture Music 

REVIEW: Willow: ‘Coping Mechanism’

24th October 20225th January 2023 Harry Featherston Album, arts and culture, Author: Harry Featherston, Editor: Grace Robinson, Music, review, willow

On Coping Mechanism, Willow’s brand of pop-punk comes into its own – the success of her previous effort buoying a new-found sense of confidence that pervades the record from start to finish.

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Arts & Culture Music 

REVIEW: James Bay @ O2 Academy Leicester

10th May 202210th May 2022 Harry Featherston arts and culture, james bay, live, Music, O2 Academy, University of Leicester, Writer: Harry Featherston

Saturday night saw BRIT Award winning singer-songwriter James Bay bring his Give Me The Reason Tour to the University’s O2 Academy. 

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Arts & Culture Music 

REVIEW: Wet Leg: ‘Wet Leg’

12th April 202210th May 2022 Harry Featherston arts and culture, Author: Harry Featherston, editor: Kelis Edwards, Music, wet leg

Buoyed by the popularity of last year’s viral hit single ‘Chaise Longue’, Wet Leg have quickly become one of the

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Arts & Culture Music Pop Culture 

REVIEW: Harry Styles’ new song proves he’s still the same As It Was

2nd April 202230th January 2023 Iona Wagg as it was, Editor: Ella Johnson, harry, harry styles, Harry’s House, Iona Wagg, Music, new release, pop, pop music, review, students

On April 1st, Harry Styles rang in a new era with his new single, As It Was.

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Music Pop Culture 

Sexualisation of Women in the Music Industry

31st March 202211th November 2022 Sophie Mouzakitis editor: Kelis Edwards, em rata, Emily Ratajkowski, kesha, lady gaga, leicester, Music, pop, pop music, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, sexualisation, Sophie Mouzakitis, students, university, University of Leicester, women, women in music

No matter what the industry, one thing can be agreed upon: sex sells.

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Music Pop Culture 

Learning to Like Music That I Like, For Me

30th March 202212th April 2022 Grace Robinson Editor: Ella Johnson, Editor: Iona Wagg, Grace Robinson, hayley williams, Misogyny, Music, paramore, pop music, rock music, Taylor Swift

Grace explores how internalised misogyny and external judgement altered her music listening experience in her younger years, and how she has reclaimed this in the present.

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Music Pop Culture 

Female Representation in the Music Industry

5th December 202130th March 2022 Sophie Mouzakitis Ariana Grande, Arts & Culture, Billie Eilish, Editor: Ella Johnson, Feature, Little Mix, Music, music industry, Phoebe Bridgers, pop music, representation, Sophie Mouzakitis, Taylor Swift, women, women in music

Sophie Mouzakitis explored ageism and achieving real female representation in the music industry in Part 1 of her music series.

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Arts & Culture Music 

PREVIEW: The Libertines + Dead Freights @ O2 Academy Leicester

1st December 20212nd April 2022 Harry Featherston dead freights, Editor: Zainab Patel, Harry Featherston, indie, leicester, Music, students, the libertines, university, University of Leicester

Next Tuesday will see indie royalty coming to Leicester, as The Libertines bring their Giddy Up a Ding-Dong Tour to the University’s own O2 Academy.

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Music Pop Culture 

All Too Well (10 Minute Version) – Taylor Swift’s Best Song Just Got Better

16th November 202111th October 2022 Ella Johnson All Too Well, blog, Editor: Grace Robinson, Ella Johnson, Music, Red, review, Song, student, student journalism, Taylor Swift

I have long believed All Too Well to be one of the greatest breakup songs ever written, but Taylor Swift undisputedly solidifies this status with nothing less than a ten-minute-and-twelve-second masterpiece.

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Arts & Culture Music 

REVIEW: Red (Taylor’s Version) – Revisiting a Brighter Version of the Pop Classic

16th November 202116th November 2021 Leicester Student Magazine Album, album review, Arts & Culture, Editor: Ella Johnson, Jessie Mearns, Music, music review, pop, pop music, re-recording, Red, review, Taylor Swift

Jessie Mearns explores the 2021 re-release of Taylor Swift’s 2012 pop classic album, Red.

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Music Opinion 

“He hit me and it felt like a kiss”: Questioning toxic love in music

1st May 2021 Leicester Student Magazine Editor: Ella Johnson, Georgia Hilton Buckley, harry, harry styles, Lana, Lana Del Rey, Music, music review, toxic, toxic love

Music, much like all art, has long romanticised toxic relationships, but in recent years it’s possibly been taken too far.

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Arts & Culture Music 

REVIEW: Chemtrails over the Country Club

24th April 2021 Leicester Student Magazine Album, alternative, Chemtrails, Chemtrails over the Country Club, Editor: Ella Johnson, Georgia Hilton Buckley, Lana, Lana Del Rey, leicester, Music, music review, Opinion, review, students, University of Leicester

Georgia Hilton-Buckley dives into Lana Del Rey’s latest release, Chemtrails over the Country Club.

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Arts & Culture Music 

Music Monthly: the tunes that got us through January

17th February 202117th February 2021 Leicester Student Magazine Arlo Parks, charts, Doc D, Editor: Rhiannon Jenkins, Harry Featherston, January, madlib, Music, Music Monthly, New albums, Shame, Sleaford Mods, ZAYN

Written by Harry Featherston Shame – Drunk Tank Pink Written and recorded shortly after their mammoth 2018 tour (which included

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Arts & Culture Music 

Top 10 escapist albums to get you through lockdown

31st January 202131st January 2021 Leicester Student Magazine Album, Editor: Harry Featherston, Holly Aylward, Listicle, lockdown, Music, tunes

Holly Aylward offers her top 10 escapist albums to get us through the last few weeks of lockdown.

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Arts & Culture Featured Music Pop Culture 

Local singer Ryan McMey is forging his own path with ‘bedroom pop’

23rd January 202123rd January 2021 Leicester Student Magazine Bedroom pop, Editor: Harry Featherston, Editor: Rhiannon Jenkins, interview, Local music, Luke Bailey, Music, Ryan McMey

Up and coming musician Ryan McMey discusses how lockdown has affected his solo career and what the future holds for him.

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Arts & Culture Music 

The highs and lows of music in 2020

11th January 202121st January 2021 Leicester Student Magazine 2020 in Music, 2020 Wrapped, Dua Lipa, Editor: Harry Featherston, Editor: Rhiannon Jenkins, Georgia Hilton Buckley, Glastonbury, Music, Taylor Swift

A look back at the tunes of 2020.

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