Tag: Album
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Nostalgic News: A Night at the Opera turns 50!
Alice Forte celebrates 50 years of A Night at the Opera.
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‘The Art of Loving’ Review: Olivia Dean’s much-needed new release
2025 has been the year of Olivia Dean. The 26-year-old, London-born singer has recently released her much anticipated second album, The Art of Loving. In 2019, Dean released her first EP, OK Love You Bye, which secured her a contract with EMI. The EP, featuring songs such as ‘OK Love You Bye’ and ‘Reason To […]
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‘Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You’: Another Harrowing Threat to Emotional Wellbeing from Ethel Cain
Banner Photo Credit: Dollie Kyarn After rising in popularity through her breakout album Preacher’s Daughter, Ethel Cain returns with Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You, an album dedicated to love, loss, and obsession. Cain once again delivers a gut-wrenching portrait of an unravelling relationship, steeped in religious guilt and abusive dynamics. With raw lyricism, […]
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Stromae’s Cheese was released 15 years ago!
Stromae’s Cheese was released 15 years ago!
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Review: Cassia @ The 1865
Having released their third studio album, everyone, outside on April 11th 2025, Macclesfield trio band Cassia returned to touring. Written and recorded fresh off the back of two years of touring, the album marks a bold new chapter and tropical-infused energy, with them stopping in Southampton on the 16th of May to play a bold […]
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Album Review: Welly really are ‘Big in the Suburbs’
Britpop is so back! Due to be released on March 21st, Welly’s debut Britpop-infused album, ‘Big in the Suburbs‘, comes with a track list of 14 impeccable songs. The Brighton-based five-piece have had a whirlwind of the last two years- travelling across the UK on their headline tour, and most recently being on the Dork […]
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Welly: From Suburbia to Seaside Tours—The Band Turning Mundanity into Magic
Whether it’s playing to packed rooms or reminiscing about barking dogs at empty pubs, this band reminds us that the best music often comes from embracing the ordinary.
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Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Uprising was released 45 years ago!
Sam celebrates 45 years of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Uprising.
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What We Were Listening To in January 2021
Delving into The Edge archives, we uncover what our previous committee were listening to in January 2021…
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Wicked: A Spellbinding Cinematic Triumph
A successful adaptation of a musical into a film is no mean feat. In my opinion, it is quite the risk to attempt to capture the magic that a theatre show exudes and make it into a blockbuster without losing the energy of the performances or using really bad CGI (the 2019 Cats film speaks […]
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Our Favourite One-Hit Wonders: Feel It Still by Portugal the Man
Released and popularised in 2017, “Feel It Still” was on the radio, everywhere, all the time – we could never escape it. But, if someone had told me Portugal the Man is in fact a band and not one singular man, let alone an artist making music for eleven years before this song, and still […]
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Review: Millie Manders and the Shut Up- Wake Up, Shut Up, Work
Kye Preston finds the face-hitting album of 2024 so far!
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Liana Flores releases debut album Flower of the Soul!
Liana Flores’ debut album Flower of the Soul makes a welcome addition to my “Time to Chill” Spotify playlist. As an art teacher, I’m always on the lookout for gentle melodic music to play to my students. As a student, I search for easy listening to help me focus. Liana’s dulcet tones create a dream-like […]
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JP Saxe – ‘A Grey Area’ review – an honest narrative of the depths of heartbreak and new love
Two years ago, my first article for The Edge was a review of JP Saxe‘s Deluxe first album. Two years later, it is only right to give you all an update on his discography and confirm that, in fact, he is still a genius. It is safe to say that JP Saxe has been on […]