Rihanna: Anti-radio, Anti-singles, Anti-climactic
OK, BEFORE we get into this, let’s clear something up. The promotion and release of Anti has been a mess, and when I say mess I mean total shit storm. Rihanna has been teasing...
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Review: Spotlight – A truly excellent take on journalistic integrity
WHEN 2015 ended, as usual every critic both amateur and professional rolled out their choices for the best films of the year, usually in a Top 10 list. Unfortunately, here in the UK we have...
Album released this week in… 2010: Beach House – Teen Dream
WHEN IT COMES to Indie music, it can sometimes be difficult to find something worth your time. So many bands out there make lame, bland tripe that fills 13 spaces on a throwaway album...
Review: Knight of Cups – A beautiful, hollow snooze
SOFT carpet, I feel you in mist; cloud. Reline yourself, that I may taste the fibres on her lips. Mother’s milk is from the land of honey and lime. Turn yourself from here; I...
Savages’ sophomore album Adore Life reviewed
SAVAGES; Post-Punk, London based, and whose debut album is a modern masterpiece. There, I said it, sue me. Silence Yourself was powerful, full of energy, beautifully produced, with poetic lyrics and even better music....
The Anchoress’ debut is a patchwork of good, bad, cinematic and smoulder
WHAT do you get if you take the sensibilities of David Bowie, the sounds of PJ Harvey and subject matter that lands somewhere between Kate Bush and Taylor Swift? That would be The Anchoress’...
Album released this week in… 1977: Pink Floyd – Animals
THE PINK FLOYD discography is a very hallowed one, and as a result Animals sits at an awkward point. With the seminal Dark Side of the Moon being released in 1973, and Wish You...
Making a Murderer: Netflix’s latest venture into documentaries is a resounding success.
NETFLIX has really struck gold in recent years, becoming an unexpected source of some television hits. Shows such as House of Cards, Bojack Horseman and Daredevil show the diversity the streaming service produces. Now...
Review: The Revenant – A savage, enthralling take on survival and revenge
WARNING: Spoilers and book references. You’ve been warned, thoroughly. What can be said on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant that hasn’t been said already? It’s a true tour de force, a testament to the director’s...
Remembering David Bowie: 1947 – 2016
One week has passed since we lost David Bowie. In this article, some of SCM’s contributors talk about what Bowie meant to them. Jozef Raczka: There’s no two ways about it: The world has lost...
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