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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.
Blockbuster movie songs: six of the best
Music

Blockbuster movie songs: six of the best

In search of Shangri-La with Kate Tempest and Rick Rubin
Music

In search of Shangri-La with Kate Tempest and Rick Rubin

Thank you for the music, Jimmy Cricket
Music

Thank you for the music, Jimmy Cricket

Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars: thumbs up for hitchhiker's guide to America
Music

Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars: thumbs up for hitchhiker's guide to America

How Rick Rubin and Kate Tempest were behind Jay Z's musical epiphany
Music

How Rick Rubin and Kate Tempest were behind Jay Z's musical epiphany

From Justin'n'Ed to Jagger'n'Bowie – a short history of musical super-duos
Music

From Justin'n'Ed to Jagger'n'Bowie – a short history of musical super-duos

5 ways to spot a sure-fire Eurovision winner
Music

5 ways to spot a sure-fire Eurovision winner

Slowthai, Fat White Family, Mac Demarco and a history of bad teeth in music
Music

Slowthai, Fat White Family, Mac Demarco and a history of bad teeth in music

Spotify algorithms are making pop singles shorter – and it's no bad thing
Music

Spotify algorithms are making pop singles shorter – and it's no bad thing

Keith Flint radiated kindness in a cruel industry. Let's be more Flint
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Keith Flint radiated kindness in a cruel industry. Let's be more Flint

Surely there are plenty of artists worthier of a biopic than Mötley Crüe?
Music

Surely there are plenty of artists worthier of a biopic than Mötley Crüe?

Music radio needs more of a human touch – like garden shed DJ Deke Duncan
Music

Music radio needs more of a human touch – like garden shed DJ Deke Duncan