Sequels, zombies and rewriting the rule book: a conversation with The Devil Wears Prada
Emma Wilkes chats to Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada about the band's new EP, 'ZII'.
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We should write outside of our identities – sometimes
The question of whether and when we can write outside our identity is a complex one. Emma Wilkes considers the difficulties and merits of writing stories that you haven't experienced first-hand.
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Chapel talk living together, nostalgic yearning and the story of ‘Room Service’
Emma Wilkes chats to American alt pop duo Chapel about their new EP 'Room Service'.
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Royal Blood ‘Typhoons’ review: less mighty than the name suggests
Emma Wilkes examines whether Royal Blood's evolution of sound is a step up on their third record 'Typhoons'.
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The Offspring ‘Let The Bad Times Roll’ review: punk that lacks a punch
Emma Wilkes reviews the tenth album, and the first release in nine years, from Californian punk legends The Offspring
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Carpool Tunnel on coming of age and loving the 70s
Emma chats to Californian rock newcomers Carpool Tunnel about growing up, why the 70s were the "peak of music" and how an Instagram advert led to them meeting.
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NOFX’s Fat Mike talks gender identity, punk rock musicals and the double album that never was on ‘Single Album’
Emma Wilkes chats to the NOFX frontman about the story behind the punk legends' fourteenth album.
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Normandie’s Philip Strand on solitude, digging deep and breaking up with his past on ‘Dark & Beautiful Secrets’
"I knew as soon as the lyrics were changed for ['Jericho'] that this was going to be the personal album." Emma Wilkes chats to Swedish alt-rock band Normandie's lead singer and songwriter, Philip Strand.
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Do we need sex scenes on TV?
Emma Wilkes weighs in on the discussion concerning TV sex scenes: believing that they're crucial in diminishing the stigma regarding all forms of sex, and that the current steps made in presenting sex on TV have the potential to do sex justice in the near future.
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In defence of Zoella’s sex toy content
AQA is an organisation best known for causing teenagers overwhelming stress (in other words, providing GCSEs and A-Levels) and, more recently, for their heroic efforts to protect said teenagers from knowing that vibrators exist. Students taking AQA’s GCSE course in Media Studies have had to study Zoella’s YouTube, Twitter and...
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The dangerous impact of catcalling on women
Emma Wilkes opens up about her catcalling experiences from a young age, claiming our society is still infested with rape culture.
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Should exams be abolished?
For young people, exams, like death and taxes, were once certainties of life. That was the case, at least, in a society that couldn’t have imagined a pandemic shutting it down and forcing it to adapt as radically as it has. The alterations coronavirus has forced us to make have...
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Are constant single releases killing the album?
Read Emma Wilkes's take on whether constant single releases are driving the album out of fashion. What's your take?
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