A selection of thoughts about music, movies and culture from a UK University student who wanted to dump his opinions somewhere.
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Best albums of the 2010s.
Music review- 2010-2020 This list aims to explore the music that made me who I am today through ten years of my life that were...
Chromatica- Pop perfection, but not the perfect Gaga record.
Music Review- Lady Gaga- Chromatica (2020) Lady Gaga returns to the sound that made her in her new slice of pop heaven Chromatica. After...
K-12- By trying to grow up, Martinez sadly takes steps backwards.
Music Review- Melanie Martinez- K-12 (2019) A follow up to her amazing debut, CryBaby, Martinez seems to forget what made her sound so...
Future Nostalgia- A pop tour of everything that came before.
Music Review: Dua Lipa- Future Nostalgia (2020) Throughout the tracklist you will often stop and think "I've heard this before" as a...
Heard it in a Past Life- A solid debut with room to grow.
Music Review- Maggie Rogers- Heard it in a Past Life (2019) A stellar debut album that has a lot to love. Though on first listen the...
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood- An Old White Guys Wet Dream.
Movie Review- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) With enough Western imagery, needless violence, murder of young hippies, macho men and...
Taking a step back and trying to understand Boris's reasoning for proroguing parliament.
Political Though (2019) In a discussion piece advocating for Rory Stewart in the conservative leadership race, I stated that the country...
Scary Stories- Run from the Monster. Run from the Monster. Run from...
Movie Reviews- Scary Stories to tell in the Dark (2019) The summer movie horror is never usually a competent tale as studios like to...
HBHBHB- Definitely Big, Certainly Sad and Undeniably Beautiful.
Music Review- Florence and the Machine- How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) Known for her bombast, Florence and the Machine's How...
High as Hope- A mature evolution of an already fantastic band.
Music Review- Florence + the Machine- High as Hope (2018) Known for big bombast and an even bigger voice, High as Hope is much tamer than...
A Star is Born Soundtrack- A selection where everyone will find a different star of the show.
Music Review- Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper- A Star is Born Soundtrack (2018) With an excellent showcase of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's...
Lungs- A breathe of angelic beauty mixed with dark bombast.
Music Review- Florence + the Machine- Lungs (2009) It is clear that Florence Welch is a literary fan as Lungs is sprinkled with...
The Fame Monster- The Queen of pop hooks and dark undertones.
Music Review- Lady Gaga- The Fame Monster (2009) Fear of Love, Men, Sex, Death, Self, Suffocation, Alcohol and Truth. Lady Gaga is back...
Born This Way- On the Edge of Glory.
Music Review- Lady Gaga Born This Way (2011) Lady Gaga's follow up to smash album The Fame Monster reaches similar highs, but also...
Lover- An album that drowns in its own weight.
Music Review- Taylor Swift- Lover (2019) Though Wildest Dreams was the clear stand out of 1989, to have an album filled with airy...
Angel Has Fallen- Cliche has Fallen... to new lows.
Movie Review- Angel Has Fallen (2019) The popcorn action thriller of summer is always expected to be a critic flop, but a box office hit....
Joanne- A chocolate box of fun, heart and nostalgia.
Music Review- Lady Gaga Joanne (2016) Though Artpop is a fantastic album, it is clear from the audience reception that Lady Gaga needed...
Quick Fire Reviews (First half of 2019)
Movie reviews (2019) By starting to write my thoughts down half way through 2019, I have let a lot of movies slip through the eye of...
Room- The importance of perspective in making likeable characters.
Movie Review- Room (2015) The room is an excellent novel, written by Emma Donoghue, written in the perspective of a young boy as he and...