Malcolm Jack, Author at The Big Issue

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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.

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Music

Self Esteem’s righteous reinvention should lead to Mercury Prize glory

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Album review

Muse: Will of the People review – ‘Mad, bad, dangerous, and unreasonably good fun’

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Music

Born to run riot with surge pricing – ticket agencies have become the ticket touts

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Music

Ultimate Thunder: The most punk-rock band in Britain

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Film

Top songs: a guide to Tom Cruise singing cheesy tunes in movies

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music history

Beware, playlist connoisseurs – these well-known musicians deleted their own albums from existence

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gig safety

Six months on, as music festivals begin again, it’s like the Astroworld disaster never happened

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Music

The story of Chervona Ruta – Ukraine’s pop song of resistance

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Music

The messy magic of The Beatles and Ben Corrigan’s fascinating podcast

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Malcolm Jack

Why Sweden is top when it comes to pop

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Music

Spotify row: why artists should take lessons from Garth Brooks

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Music

Self Esteem’s righteous reinvention should lead to Mercury Prize glory

Muse: Will of the People review – ‘Mad, bad, dangerous, and unreasonably good fun’

Born to run riot with surge pricing – ticket agencies have become the ticket touts

Ultimate Thunder: The most punk-rock band in Britain

Top songs: a guide to Tom Cruise singing cheesy tunes in movies

Beware, playlist connoisseurs – these well-known musicians deleted their own albums from existence

Six months on, as music festivals begin again, it’s like the Astroworld disaster never happened

The story of Chervona Ruta – Ukraine’s pop song of resistance

The messy magic of The Beatles and Ben Corrigan’s fascinating podcast

Why Sweden is top when it comes to pop

Spotify row: why artists should take lessons from Garth Brooks

Don’t forget the imprisoned protesters of Belarus

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