The name Kate Tempest hasn’t been something completely alien to many people for the past year. I have however actively avoided listening to or attempting to find anything out about her until now. She’s seems to have slipped under the radar over the past year whilst simultaneously making a massive impact. She was nominated last year for…
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‘Ziggy Played Guitar’, And Oh, So Much More
David Bowie has vastly contributed to popular culture as we know it today. ‘But what about The Beatles!?’ I hear you cry. Well I’m sorry, it would still be a resounding no from me (in whatever Simon Cowell voice you imagine in your head). The Beatles were more responsible for the starting of something we…
Kate Bush And Her Everlasting Obsession With Literature
At nineteen years old Kate Bush performed on Top of the Pops for the first time, with a song from her debut album ‘The Kick Inside’. The song was ‘Wuthering Heights’, and hence the world was introduced to an artist whose obsessions and interpretations of literature would be hugely influential in shaping who she was….
‘He’s not from San Francisco, he’s from Hunters Bar.’ How The Arctic Monkeys Gave Sheffield Something Other Than Steel
Sheffield; the Steel City. A northern region particularly known for its seven rolling hills, Henderson’s relish and ultimately steel. However, the past eight years have proven the city to be more than just that and given its younger generation a sense of identity beyond the world of metal. In 2004 the entirety of Britain was…
