Lucas Allburn

Lucas Allburn

Lucas Allburn is a music journalist from Cambridge, UK.

Album Review – Humble Quest by Maren Morris

It’s impossible to dislike Maren Morris. Not only is she one of the few women in country who’s been able to build a sustained charting presence, but she’s done so with some pretty damn great songs. Minus a few pop…

Album Review – I NEVER DIE by (G)I-dle

When people ask me who my favourite K-pop band are, I finally have an answer that isn’t just “uhhh… idk BTS I guess?” (G)-Idle won me over in a big way in January 2021 with I Burn, a remarkably eclectic…

Movie Review – Brazen

It took a little while for the awfulness to show, but once it did… oof. Brazen is a movie that feels like it’s trying way too hard and not trying hard enough at the same time. The tone of the…

Movie Review – Scream

This is going to be a tough sell for some people but let me explain. Late last year I saw the original Scream for the first time. In short, I loved it. The intensely self-aware humour was infectious, the kills…

Movie Review – Licorice Pizza

Switch your brain off and enjoy the vibe. That’s probably the best advice I could give to anyone looking to enjoy Licorice Pizza, the latest from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson. Believe it or not, I don’t mean that as a…

Album Review – Dawn FM by The Weeknd

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ was the biggest pop song of 2020. That fact will never fail to amaze me. Not just because the song is indeed amazing and deserved to break all the records that it did, but also because…

Movie Review – Mother/Android

My first thought after finishing Mother/Android was ‘how the hell am I supposed to review this?’ It’s bad, but not in a way that makes it interesting to write about. It’s the kind of movie that makes me wonder why…