On The Prize: Live at The Portland Arms, Prima Queen and Slag are winners!
In praise of a preacher’s daughter
Live Review
Daisy Cooper reviews Prima Queen touring their new album The Prize at The Portland Arms, and finds a new favourite with support act Slag.
Feature
Freya Compton on the soothing power of music to send us to sleep
Opinion
Rida Fatima explores Joni Mitchell’s renaissance and asks why her music still remains so relevant
Feature
Watching a beloved Smiths tribute perform at Cambridge MASH, Berry Bottrell considers what it means to have local music brought to you
Opinion
Imaan Kashim takes a look at Cambridge’s provision for non-classical music and asks if we can still do more
Opinion
Giuilia Reche-Danese explores the hidden joys of music whose language you don’t speak
Album Review
Oliver Cooney takes a look at the pheno-mane-on that is HorsegiirL and reviews her versatile new EP, v.i.p. — very important pony
Playlist
We all love singing in the shower, and Ellie Buckley is here with the perfect playlist
Opinion
Giulia Reche-Danese explores our modern relationship with music and how to cope with ‘doomlistening’
Playlist
Struggling to find the right music for Valentine’s? Varsity is here to help
Opinion
Hattie Holford-Smith explores the complex feelings about our favourite small artist getting big
From The Animals to Sam Fender, Eve Robson explores the many musical talents that call Newcastle home
Album Review
Daisy Cooper questions whether Amyl and the Sniffers have been able to break the ‘curse of the 3rd album’ with Cartoon Darkness
Live Review
Natalie Tero interrogates how, at 83 years old, Bob Dylan’s farewell tour raises questions over whether he can still be “Forever Young” in the hearts of his fans
Opinion
In this 50-year retrospective, Birdie Reeds dives into the transcendent music of Nick Drake
Album Review
Chromakopia elicits a new kind of honesty from Tyler, the Creator, says Gemini McKee
‘Alone’ is a gloomy prelude to the band’s first album since 2008
Playlist
Alice de Groot soundtracks the moods of a recently moved in student
Playlist
Kick the academic year off right with Ezra Izer’s ultimate playlist for returning to Cambridge
Album Review
Fresh off the success of Charli XCX’s Guess, The Dare’s chaotic debut dissects modern nightlife — but is there a deeper truth lurking beneath the noise?
Is it casual now? Ezra Izer explores Chappell Roan’s impact on the Cambridge queer community
Album review
The Kennington native pioneers a new kind of rap on his first solo mixtape
Review
The Cambridge-born singer combines club classics with odes to insecurity on her latest album
Live Review
Oliver Cooney ditches last-minute revision to meet London rock band Sweet Unrest
