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Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
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Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home
17th April 2024
With the RHS Urban Show coming to Manchester, we've found some of the best houseplants to enhance your student accommodation
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Live Review: Caroline Polachek at Albert Hall
6th June 2023
Caroline Polachek stuns a sold-out Albert in her rescheduled show, touring her second solo album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You.
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SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, programming and being a first-time filmmaker: “There has to be room in the film world for all tastes”
16th April 2024
In conversation with Jane Giles, co-director of SCALA!!!, we discuss how she came to make the film, her career in programming and how the London cinema had lasting impact on young audiences
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Classic album: Metallica – Metallica
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An album more than worthy of ‘classic’ status.
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Classic album: David Bowie – Low
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A perfect example of an album far ahead of its time.
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Album: Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio
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The future of jazz? No. Glasper is now. He’s relevant now.
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Classic album: Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks…
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Widely recognised and the most influential punk album of all time.
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Album: Breton – Other People’s Problems
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There’s a lot more to Breton than being the next NME poster boys.
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Album: Dry The River – Shallow Bed
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This is a band who have taken 2 opposite influences and brought them together into something brilliant.
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Classic album: The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
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Helped to prove that Hendrix, while an amazing songwriter, was simply a genius.
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Classic album: Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
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Unlike many releases today, Born To Run wasn’t knocked up to meet output demands.
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Album: Magnetic Fields – Love at the Bottom of the Sea
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Magnetic Fields – at their best when the synths take a back seat.
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Album: Alex Under – La Maquína de Bolas
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Spanish techno prodigy Alex Under makes a powerful argument for his genre.
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Album: Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny – Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
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The listener is dragged along on a frantic freak show of a journey.
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Album: Howler – America Give Up
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What we’ve got here is an album brimming with energy. A genuine piece of music, layered and packaged.
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Album: Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood of Colour
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Those who prefer the older Enter Shikari and dislike political lyrics may be left disappointed.
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Classic album: Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
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Aha Shake Heartbreak is the type of album rock and roll so sorely needs now.
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Classic album: The Pogues – Red Roses For Me
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A balance between the raw passion of punk and the delicate beauty of traditional folk make this an album of undiminished importance.
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Album: Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune
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This is more than just glorified lift music. Air are dancing down an avenue of great promise.
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Album: Rodrigo y Gabriela – Area 52
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The raw passion that fuels Rodrigo y Gabriela’s live performances is diluted by lengthy and elaborate instrumental excursions.
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Album: Four Year Strong – In Some Way, Shape or Form
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Not an astounding effort from the pop punk quartet but impressive enough.
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Album: De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
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A record that ultimately changed the face of rap as we knew it.
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Album: Drake – Take Care
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That difficult second album cliché proves its truth this time around.
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