Out Of Bounds Playlist
To be Out of Bounds is to have the courage to explore the unknown, address the unspoken, question the limitations of the acceptable. Its time we step out of the countless boundaries that seek to confine and define us. The playlist hopes to capture this daring curiosity alongside this term’s editio
The Politics of Urban Music
Taken from Teardrops: [Darcus Howe]: We have complained to the police about police and nothing’s been done, we have complained to judges about judges and nothing’s been done. Now it is time to do something ourselves. [Chorus] In love and war All is fair where I’m from The weak won&
Weekly Round Up: Solange, Jordyn’s Red Table and the Indo-Pak Student Solidarity Demo
Michael Jackson Abuse Scandal With the upcoming release of Dan Reed’s documentary Leaving Neverland on Channel 4 (it has already been shown on HBO in The US) the conversation about power and abuse within the music industry and celebrity spheres continues. Wade Robson, 36, and James Safechuck, 40,
Remembering the Emo Music of the Midwest
704 West High Street in the college town of Urbana, Illinois is no ordinary house. Lying in a leafy midwestern suburb, with weeds pushing through the sidewalk cracks and an overgrown front yard, a passerby could be forgiven for not looking twice at its bleached horizontal planks and single window. J
Brexit Playlist
Brexit is here! Almost! Although I haven’t really been paying attention to it because I was too young to vote. Anyway, we decided to make a whole list of songs about Brexit. Much like the process of leaving itself, it’s very long and at times incoherent. But, however you feel about it, there’s
Gilette, Cardi B and Chechnya’s Anti-LGBT Purge
Some things never change. Brexit is still a shitshow, masculinity is still fragile and The ISIS team have decided that what they’ve got to say is worth sharing with you. We figured that it can be hard to keep up with the rapid pace of news and pop culture during the busy weekdays so we’v
James Lavelle: The Man from Mo’Wax
Following his documentary film ‘The Man from Mo’Wax’, I spoke to James Lavelle about art, success, and geeky DJs. In 1992, the legendary Mo’Wax was formed. The label hailed the birth of trip-hop and went on to define an era of experimental breakbeats and downtempo music. Mo’Wax was a stapl
Has Spotify changed the way we listen to music?
I sit writing this piece to the driving soundscapes of Rival Consoles, a British artist I first came across last year. I’m fairly sure that I discovered him through a Spotify algorithm, most likely a song ‘radio’ manufactured to keep me quietly happy as I focus on something else. All I can rea
Michael Kurtz
Michael Kurtz is a folk musician who has been featured on BBC Introducing in the East Midlands and BBC Radio 6. He’s currently an undergraduate at Oxford. In this interview, he talks about his creative process, the role of nostalgia in his music and the relationship between musicians and produ