Welcome to the pleasuredome
Hello and welcome to, what is objectively, the best section of Felix. We shall be your editors for this evening.
New term, hoo dis? The 2018 album prospectus
Some albums are destined for greatness. I treasure the rest, and hoard them in my squalid flat.
Every Microsoft Windows startup sound, ranked
The Windows boot sounds are unknown gems of the music world. Brian Eno was a collaborator! 12. Windows 98 Plus! Legitimately awful. I can’t believe the marketing theme thought this was a good idea. If I heard this noise out of my computer, I’d try to put it
BBC Proms
This year’s season is just over, but the BBC Proms are a staple of London summer not to be missed. Arts editor Claire Chan gives you the lowdown on promming and what to expect for next year.
What do we talk about when we talk about music?
Music Editor Henry Eshbaugh signs off the year with an impassioned plea to participate.
The times, they are a-changin’: a precarious balance of alienation and progression
This article started life as a thinkpiece. It then became a listicle, before reverting back to thinkpiece. Whatever form it now takes, it’s my final article of the year so you’d better bloody enjoy it.
Resistance to this album is futile
The Manic Street Preachers return with more indie rock politics.
Man on Blonde: a masterpiece revisited
Music Writer Ben Man takes a look back at Frank Ocean’s thoughtful, experimental, beautiful Blonde, nearly two years on from its release.
Kids See Ghosts is a return to form for Kanye West
Only a week after the release of Ye, Kanye is back, this time teaming up with Kid Cudi as Kids See Ghosts. While the previous album felt rushed, this newest output is a refined and thoughtful masterpiece.
God save the Childqueen
LA psychedelic-soul artist Kadhja Bonet returns with Childqueen, the follow-up to her breakthrough LP The Visitor, displaying her instrumental skills and syrupy vocals.
Thomas Cole – Will we lose our Eden?
In the first UK exhibition dedicated to the great American landscape artist, Arts Writer Helen Money-Kyrle is awestruck at the grandness Cole’s paintings and poignancy of environmental message.
PLEASE DON’T TALK TO ME ABOUT ART…
…show it to me – with over a thousand paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, and more at the Royal Academy’s 250th Summer Exhibition.