Author: Zaib Nasir
Music Spotlight: DIIV
Music Spotlight is a section where writers can promote their own music taste, and open up our ears to the wonders of their personal playlist. This week we have Lydia Rugg writing on DIIV… Originally named Dive after the Nirvana song, this Brooklyn band soon learned it was too common of a band name, hence, changed it to DIIV, (pronounced the same). Consisting of five close friends, the band is headed by lead singer, Zachary Cole Smith who has a hauntingly captivating presence in the band, which is visible in both interviews and the music. After big success with their 2012…
Derren Brown: Miracle – A Miracle Indeed
In early January when a friend mentioned to me (Priyanka Rai) that Derren Brown was going to be performing his popular show Miracle at the Marlowe Theatre, I was suitably excited. With the cheapest tickets being £20.95, it seemed like an ideal fun filled night for a poor student like myself (although I did have to forgo food for the next two weeks – oh well). Despite being an avid fan of Brown, I was more than a little sceptical about the authenticity of his act, whilst his shows all seemed so, dare I say ‘magical’, when watched in the…
Review: Blackstar – David Bowie
A natural-born innovator, David Bowie always found a way to blur the lines between life and art. Unsurprisingly, yet impressively, it seems his death has taken the same route, Max Beckett reviews Blackstar… Blackstar is more than just an album. As artistically proficient as Bowie has ever been, he has gifted us a 41-minute farewell to the world, but in no way do we ever notice a flicker of sadness on the LP. This album is one giant middle finger in the face of cancer, and Bowie’s head stays high throughout. Blackstar kicks off with the brooding, progressive, borderline…
Review: Fallout 4
For many readers out there, I would need to say nothing more than “Fallout 4. Buy this game”. Indeed, this game franchise has gained a massive following ever since the release of Fallout 3 in 2008. I can also say that no game has ever made me want to wish for an impending nuclear apocalypse more. This is not the intention of the game at all, continually trying to prove to you the horrors of the wasteland that remains. Dan Scanlon reviews Fallout 4. The game opens with player autonomy: you are in control of your own custom-created character, with a multiplex…
Review: The Revenant
Revenant: a person who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead. Also the titular film that everyone is talking about, Lydia Rugg reviews The Revenant… Alejandro González Iñárritu, cinematically displays true events surrounding the struggles of the 19th century American Frontiersman, such as Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. He experiences immense physical pain after a bear attack, a clip offered in good faith in the trailer. I can justifiably say that the scene of the attack is incredibly difficult to not wince at. Through the graphic realism of the scene, the lines are blurred between watching a simulated,…
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