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.
Beck, Colors – shiny primary coloured poptimism from an all-time great
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Beck, Colors – shiny primary coloured poptimism from an all-time great

Liam Gallagher, As You Were – drinking soothers but still a rock’n’roll star
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Liam Gallagher, As You Were – drinking soothers but still a rock’n’roll star

Rudimental: Live in a living room to ‘tell refugees they are welcome’
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Rudimental: Live in a living room to ‘tell refugees they are welcome’

On perfect endings, legacy and new albums by LCD Soundsystem and The National
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On perfect endings, legacy and new albums by LCD Soundsystem and The National

Oxfam to sell first 1000 copies of electronic producer Four Tet’s new album
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Oxfam to sell first 1000 copies of electronic producer Four Tet’s new album

The War on Drugs, A Deeper Understanding – a classic rock comfort blanket?
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The War on Drugs, A Deeper Understanding – a classic rock comfort blanket?

Kesha’s new album Rainbow is a victory in itself amid a bitter legal conflict
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Kesha’s new album Rainbow is a victory in itself amid a bitter legal conflict

Shaun Ryder: “Tony Wilson made history”
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Shaun Ryder: “Tony Wilson made history”

“I don’t care if Morrissey doesn’t like the film”
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“I don’t care if Morrissey doesn’t like the film”

Annie Hart, Impossible Accomplice – ear-candy with intimacy and feeling
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Annie Hart, Impossible Accomplice – ear-candy with intimacy and feeling

Arcade Fire, Everything Now – good tunes underwrite OTT conceptual conceit
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Arcade Fire, Everything Now – good tunes underwrite OTT conceptual conceit

Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher and Arcade Fire – best of the rest of 2017
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Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher and Arcade Fire – best of the rest of 2017