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17.05.2012

FELIX

The student voice of Imperial College London since 1949

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  • Editors: Alexandra Ramadan, Inigo Martinez de Rituerto, Mark England and Simon Hunter
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Earth shattering performance

Continuing my recent binge of church-based gigs, last Sunday I had a beautiful foray to The Union Chapel to see Earth’s tour, supported by Mount Eerie and the pretty obscure ...
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  • Thursday March 15, 2012

Rhythm is the Ritalin

Why is there rhythm in music? To some, this question may seem utterly superfluous, but is arrhythmic music really so unfathomable? The heartbeat is itself a periodic throb, as is ...
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  • Thursday March 15, 2012

George Jeffery’s A beginner’s guide to post-hardcore #9

Over the past ten weeks, I’ve tried to give an insight into the wonderful world of post-hardcore music. Hopefully I’ve achieved my goal in revamping the record collection of the ...
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  • Thursday March 15, 2012

Soko at the Union Chapel

If any of you have seen the recent contentious article from The New York Times talking about how depraved and culturally rigid London has become. Thankfully, Soko, whose origins lie ...
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  • Thursday March 15, 2012

Archer's Wonder

Imagine the strength in the voice of Adele, the soul of Corinne Bailey Rae and the mellow vibe of Regina Spektor in one artist. Ever since starting her vocal career ...
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  • Thursday March 15, 2012

Techno Nonsense: Hyperdub

Regular readers of my column probably need little introduction to the label that I concern myself with this week. Hyperdub has, with not a hint of exaggeration, been the most ...
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  • Thursday March 15, 2012

Kadhim's Totally Hot Revision Playlist

Listen to the playlist here: http://spoti.fi/FelixRevision Nine weeks until final year exams; boom, let’s get down to revision. Samiyam, play me in with ‘Cushion’ – the bass means business, my new pen ...
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  • Thursday March 15, 2012

Is Springsteen still the Boss?

Bruce Springsteen is finally back. After the unfortunate death of his long-time friend and music companion, saxophonist Clarence Clemons, the Boss has been preparing for the release of his 17th studio album titled Wrecking ...
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  • Sunday March 11, 2012

Kadhim's Totally Hot Album of the Week #18

Do you know anyone who says, “Music is crap nowadays?” Let’s be honest: those people are the most boring people you know. In fact, you’re not even sure why you ...
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  • Friday March 9, 2012

George Jeffery’s A beginner’s guide to post-hardcore #8

This week we’ll be taking a detour into the mysterious world of so-called “math-core”. Math-core is to post-hardcore what Imperial is to UCL: the same, just a bit cleverer. There ...
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  • Thursday March 1, 2012