digital staff writer and freelance journalist
Olivia Stock is DJ Mag’s digital staff writer. She previously worked as a freelance journalist covering alternative music and culture across print and digital. Her writing can be seen in DIY Magazine, The Line of Best Fit, The Forty-Five, LICKS Mag, and others. Olivia was formerly Editor-in-Chief of the UK’s largest student music magazine, The Mic, as well as working on a freelance basis for a variety of independent record labels and PR firms.
The Regrettes’ Lydia Night Opens up on the Music Industry’s Culture of Sexual Misconduct
As Lydia Night, frontwoman of The Regrettes accuses SWMRS’ Joey Armstrong of “emotional abuse and sexual coercion,” questions surrounding contemporary indie’s culture of manipulation and machismo are raised once more. Olivia Stock shines a light on the music industry’s murkiest corners to dissect the intricacies of power abuse and unmask the shrouded culture of sexual assault.
Event Preview: Ravelength
In aid of the charity Music Minds Matter and with a scintillating line-up of underground DJ’s, Ravelength is a new type of rave night taking place on March 27th that you won’t want to miss.
Silence is deafening: Shame on finding strength in vulnerability
In the week preceding the release of their weirder, wiser second album, Olivia Stock sat down with Shame’s wiry frontman, Charlie Steen and lead guitarist, Eddie Green to talk rejecting expectations, punk’s vulnerable new groove, and a vendetta with La Policía.
2021 Artist to Watch: Inhaler
As the pandemic rages on, The Mic team feel it’s more important than ever to shine a light on the artists that have kept the scene alive and kicking this year, along with those set to become the blazing voices of the future.
Gender and Glastonbury: The Woman Behind The UK's Greatest Music Festival
For Impact’s 263rd Issue, Olivia Stock delves beneath the life and career of Glastonbury co-founder, Emily Eavis and her experiences in an achingly male-dominated music industry.
Printed in Impact Magazine Issue #263 (pg.45)
Pint-sized punk: How a 10-year-old created a lockdown print hit for punk fans
Where punk first thrived on the wayward corners of London’s Kings Road, it has since found a new home in the bedroom of a ten-year-old boy who’s music magazine has amassed fans globe-wide.
The Geopolitics of Covid-19: A Green Lining
Inoculable, unforgiving and utterly relentless, Covid-19 has thrown every aspect of modern life into furious disarray, but could this crippling virus's silver (or green) lining be its repercussions for the climate crisis? Or will efforts to restore business as usual drive a new surge of carbon emissions, fear and international distrust?
PM Announces First Easing of Lockdown and Sets Out Three-Step Plan
In a speech on Sunday evening, Boris Johnson unveiled a “conditional plan” to restart the economy and ease lockdown restrictions in England. News Editor, Olivia Stock reports.
On Loose Ends and New Beginnings with Kid Kapichi
With a herculean evening of music on the cards, Hastings hotshots Kid Kapichi were in jovial spirits as they sat down with The Mic for a discussion about the looming debut record (and virus), the Sussex music scene, and the rise of partisan punk in the austerity age.
Nottingham Universities Provide 16 Machines to COVID-19 Testing Efforts
With cases of the virus rising at unprecedented rates, Universities in Nottingham have supplied 16 testing machines to support the national fight against COVID-19. Impact’s News Editor Olivia Stock reports.