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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.
Stop Making Sense review – a once in a lifetime Talking Heads show
The Talking Heads line-up for the concert film 'Stop Making Sense' (L-R Steve Scales, Bernie Worrell, Jerry Harrison, Ednah Holt, David Byrne, Lynn Mabry, Tina Wemouth, Chris Frantz and Alex Weir)
Music

Stop Making Sense review – a once in a lifetime Talking Heads show

The Rolling Stones remind us rock stars weren't meant to be role models
The Rolling Stones: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood in black jackets against a red background
Rock

The Rolling Stones remind us rock stars weren't meant to be role models

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung
Lost Map label boss Johnny Lynch performing as part of new collective Weird Wave at the Eigg Community Hall during Howlin’ Fling 2023
Lost Map

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung

Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class 
Britpop

Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class 

Summer songs 2023: Anthems to soundtrack sunny days
Music summer songs
bangers

Summer songs 2023: Anthems to soundtrack sunny days

‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’
Pavement
interview

‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’

Beyoncé's Renaissance tour takes the stadium pop arms race to a new level
Beyoncé performs onstage during the opening night of the “RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR” at Friends Arena on May 10, 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden.
concerts

Beyoncé's Renaissance tour takes the stadium pop arms race to a new level

Swedish Eurovision favourite Loreen explains her plan to win a second time in Liverpool
Loreen
Eurovision

Swedish Eurovision favourite Loreen explains her plan to win a second time in Liverpool

Back when Charles was the king of rock'n'roll
charles dancing with the three degrees
Coronation

Back when Charles was the king of rock'n'roll

Meet Me In The Bathroom reminds me how lucky I was to live through a proper epoch in music
A crowded dancefloor in New York
Music

Meet Me In The Bathroom reminds me how lucky I was to live through a proper epoch in music

Pitchfork's viral Måneskin review reminds us music criticism can be savagely entertaining
Måneskin at Eurovision
Rock

Pitchfork's viral Måneskin review reminds us music criticism can be savagely entertaining

Radiohead legend Philip Selway takes us on a Strange Dance
Philip Selway
Interview

Radiohead legend Philip Selway takes us on a Strange Dance