The best tracks to listen to while studying
Procrastination must come to an end. Assignments are piling up and exams are around the corner. Revising and writing a three-thousand-word essay is not fun,...
Festival season unlikely this summer
In the wake of the news that Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled for a second successive year due to the pandemic, fears of this year’s...
New music round-up for January 2021
Here’s all the up-to-date music from rap group Griselda, Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey and many more.
Gengahr: “This album is a lot more personal”
Indie-rock band Gengahr has told The River that their new album Sanctuary is their most personal and emotional record to date. (more…)
New budget for New Slang – Banquet Records to invest 6 figure sum in Pryzm
Banquet Records plan to invest a six-figure sum into Pryzm’s regular New Slang event and are calling for input into what the money should be...
JLS return and have more than One Shot to make it count
“Let’s just get back together, we should have never broke up.” Eleven years on from the release of Beat Again, JLS have announced that they...
Courteeners in Kingston – No bottle job second time around for the Mancunian band
4/5 stars It felt as if the Manchester-based band had unfinished business in Kingston as they performed at Pryzm in January. Their last show, at...
Louis Tomlinson’s Walls starts strong but ultimately crumbles
Given the death of his mum and sister in quick succession, Louis Tomlinson’s debut solo album Walls was never going to be the cheeriest. (more…)
KU graduate who toured with Megan McKenna: “It’s so surreal”
A Kingston maths graduate swapped his calculator screen for his musical dream as he toured with Megan McKenna around the UK last year. (more…)
KU stylophone orchestra’s cover of Bowie hit viewed by over 62,000 people
The KU stylophone orchestra's cover of David Bowie’s hit ‘Space Oddity’ has been viewed by more than 62,000 people online. The student-made video, posted on Bowie’s...