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.
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
Malcolm Jack

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

We didn't start the Fyre – a short history of music festivals gone very wrong
Music

We didn't start the Fyre – a short history of music festivals gone very wrong

Sound and fury: Listen to war reporter John Simpson's danger years playlist
Music

Sound and fury: Listen to war reporter John Simpson's danger years playlist

Which of this year's Christmas Number One contenders have the Cliff factor?
Music

Which of this year's Christmas Number One contenders have the Cliff factor?

The pubs and restaurants opening their doors to the homeless this Christmas
Housing

The pubs and restaurants opening their doors to the homeless this Christmas

Making Mull Of Kintyre: Paul McCartney takes us to High Park Farm 40 years on
Music

Making Mull Of Kintyre: Paul McCartney takes us to High Park Farm 40 years on

William Shatner on living forever, Captain Kirk and a cracker of a new album
TV

William Shatner on living forever, Captain Kirk and a cracker of a new album

Is The 1975's new album really as good as everyone says it is? We asked Siri
Music

Is The 1975's new album really as good as everyone says it is? We asked Siri