Malcolm Jack
Malcolm Jack
Malcolm Jack is Pop and Rock Music Editor for The Big Issue and a freelance music, arts and features journalist for a variety of print and online titles.
Fuzzy illogic – why it’s never too late to fall for Felt and Lawrence
Music

Fuzzy illogic – why it’s never too late to fall for Felt and Lawrence

Franz Ferdinand, Always Ascending – Glasgow’s finest are on the up and up
Music

Franz Ferdinand, Always Ascending – Glasgow’s finest are on the up and up

First Aid Kit and Nils Frahm’s new albums will warm you through the winter
Music

First Aid Kit and Nils Frahm’s new albums will warm you through the winter

It’s the vinyl countdown – five LPs of 2017 to give as gifts this Christmas
Music

It’s the vinyl countdown – five LPs of 2017 to give as gifts this Christmas

This season’s saints – the people doing good at Christmas
Activism

This season’s saints – the people doing good at Christmas

Mull of Kintyre at 40 – Paul McCartney speaks exclusively to The Big Issue
Music

Mull of Kintyre at 40 – Paul McCartney speaks exclusively to The Big Issue

U2: Songs of Experience, review – more self-reference and sub-boyband anthems
Music

U2: Songs of Experience, review – more self-reference and sub-boyband anthems

Put the past behind you – on the Gallaghers’ increasingly pantomime feud
Music

Put the past behind you – on the Gallaghers’ increasingly pantomime feud

Sounds Like Friday Night – joining the chequered history of music television
Music

Sounds Like Friday Night – joining the chequered history of music television

Nile Rodgers: “I’m going through the toughest period of my life right now”
Music

Nile Rodgers: “I’m going through the toughest period of my life right now”

Mark Ronson: “George Michael was one of pop’s all-time greats”
Music

Mark Ronson: “George Michael was one of pop’s all-time greats”

The Smiths, The Queen is Dead reissue – some albums are bigger than others
Music

The Smiths, The Queen is Dead reissue – some albums are bigger than others