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Tour Diary: Life On Tour With 5 Seconds Of Summer
From Rotterdam to Brussels to Hamburg, Cat Jordan has lived out every music fan's dream: she followed her favourite band on tour around...
Cat Jordan
May 3, 20228 min read


What Can Be Done To Keep Everybody Safe At Concerts?
Content Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual assault. If you, or someone you know are affected by the issues outlined...
Roxann Yus
Apr 1, 20225 min read


Are Artists Responsible For Ensuring That Their Fans Do Not Engage In Online Harassment?
In 2021, songs from Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album Sour were completely inescapable. From tear-jerking heartbreak anthem driver’s license...
Cat Jordan
Mar 21, 20224 min read


What Is The Appeal Of Vinyl?
Something dark is rising once more. It stalks the old shopping arcades, clawing up from under crates of music long-forgotten, scratching...
Hal Hewlett
Mar 1, 20226 min read


A Summary Of The Brit Awards 2022
It was great to see that The Brits were back in all their glory this year, filled with performances, repetitive acceptance speeches and,...
Cat Jordan
Feb 11, 20224 min read


Fear of a Dead Planet: The Music Industry and Climate Change
With the COP26 summit in Glasgow having wrapped up last week, the time we have to drastically reduce human contributions to climate...
James Pusey
Nov 15, 20213 min read


Injection Spiking In Nightclubs: A New Epidemic
While we’re still in the midst of COVID-19, there is a new epidemic taking place in our nightclubs. After over a year of inconsistent...
Lucas Mannion
Nov 4, 20213 min read


Preview: Anjunadeep - Open Air
After a turbulent year in the capital, deep house connoisseurs ‘Anjunadeep’ are here to reinstate the calm. The Mic's Tristan Phipps...

Tristan Phipps
Aug 20, 20215 min read


Back to the Future: Are Music Festivals Over-Reliant on Nostalgia Acts?
Littered with washed-up dad rockers and contentious 90s frontmen-gone-rogue, the festival bills of the present seem to reflect little of...
Gemma Cockrell
May 6, 20214 min read


Songs TikTok Made Popular Again
From Renegade to Lemonade, over the past twelve months, TikTok has treated us to a delightful helping of moreish soundbites. In a...
Izzy Felton
Apr 1, 20214 min read


Olivia Rodrigo: The Rise of Disney’s Gen Z Music Superstar
Due in part to Olivia Rodrigo’s angelic vocal talent, but also her achingly raw lyricism, Driver’s License has taken the internet and...
Hannah Aldred
Mar 20, 20214 min read


15 years on: How ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ defined a generation
Fifteen years after its release, Amrit Virdi reflects on the enduring impact of Arctic Monkeys’ debut record, Whatever People Say I am,...
Amrit Virdi
Feb 10, 20213 min read


The Niche Music Genres You’ve Never Heard Of
With the boundaries of sound constantly being pushed as artists and producers search for new ways to express their creativity, the...
Amber Frost
Feb 6, 20214 min read


Brexit and the Music Industry: A Disaster in Waiting
Examining the Government's hostile abandonment of the arts, Alex Duke assesses the devastating ramifications and restrictions that Brexit...
Alex Duke
Jan 27, 20213 min read


‘If you steal music, you aren’t a real music fan’: The Rise of Illegal Stream-Ripping
Whilst providing the opportunity to discover, promote and transmit music in a way that was previously impossible, digital music...
Nieve O'Donnell
Jan 6, 20214 min read


Jesy Nelson: The Dark Side of Music Fame
Sending shockwaves splintering through the otherwise glisteningly perfect bubble that is the world of pop, Jesy Nelson, previously one...
Gemma Cockrell
Dec 21, 20204 min read


Hardbacks and Hooks: A Lockdown Music Reading List
From unflinching memoirs and gritty exposes, to introspective compendiums and historical deep dives, the music book genre is any...
Amber Frost
Dec 9, 20206 min read


Seeing What You Hear: The Importance of Album Artwork
From the Beatles flagship stroll across Abbey Road to the quintessential prismatic eclipse of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, album...
Gemma Cockrell
Dec 4, 20206 min read


Populism and Pop Music: The Sounds of the 2020 Election
Whilst a seventy-four year-old man dancing rhythmlessly to the Village People’s YMCA became a key image of the Republican election...
Ben Buffery
Dec 1, 20204 min read
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