Not best known for their creative album titles, The Bronx's side-project Mariachi El Bronx are returning with their third release entitled, you guessed it, 'Mariachi El Bronx (III)'. Plus, they'll be celebrating their latest venture...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 12th September 2014
With a full North American tour on the way this Fall and their debut album 'Tyranny' coming very soon, The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas' new band Julian Casablancas + The Voidz are looking at a...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 10th September 2014
Neil Diamond is about to unleash his 32nd studio album in the form of 'Melody Road'; his first collection of original material in six years and featuring the talents of acclaimed producers Don Was and...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 9th September 2014
Newly signed to Polyvinyl Records, Matt Sharp's pop supergroup The Rentals are back after fifteen years with a new line-up featuring The Black Keys' Patrick Carney and their brand new album 'Lost In Alphaville'.The Rentals...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 9th September 2014
Eight years after the release of his acclaimed number one second album '9', Damien Rice is returning with a new record entitled 'My Favourite Faded Fantasy' - and from what we've heard, the result looks...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 9th September 2014
Just when we thought the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge couldn't get any better (we honestly thought the swearing toddler topped them all!), an unlikely group of people have decided to take it on over in...
News posted in Bizarre / Weird Wonderful on 5th September 2014
What's your worst fear? Being attacked in the street by a mad axeman? Being burgled in the dead of night by armed raiders? How about being chased by a giant spider on your way to...
News posted in Bizarre / Weird Wonderful on 5th September 2014
In 2012, Lil Wayne made an announcement: he would officially retire from hip hop in coming years, due to having four children and wanting to spend more time with them during their younger years. His...
Review posted on 26th August 2014
The results for MTV's Video Music Awards are in, with a mixture of the surprising and the obvious. Perhaps the two most important awards of the night, 'Video of the Year' and the 'Michael Jackson...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th August 2014
Miley Cyrus more than made up for her controversial dancing and outfit at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards by taking the time to draw attention to homelessness during her acceptance speech. The singer stirred...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25th August 2014
The 11th Beijing Film Festival has been shut down before even opening by Chinese authorities. The authorities reportedly seized documents and films, as well as detaining two of the event's organisers prior to the event's...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th August 2014
After an incredible lifetime devoted to entertainment both in front of, and behind the camera, Richard Attenborough has died at the age of 90. The actor, director, CBE and Knight Bachelor was due to celebrate...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th August 2014
The world's biggest fast food chain presents three of the top up-and-coming indie and rock bands while promoting their tongue-tingling new product: the McDonald's Jalapeno Burger. We're hungry already!We can't help but marvel at the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 22nd August 2014
Welcome all you eagle-eyed freebie spotters to our latest competition where you could win a pair of Beats by Dre headphones designed by Lady Gaga.We have an excellent pair of Heartbeats 2.0 earphones in white...
Review posted on 21st August 2014
If anywhere has a legendary music scene in North America, it's Detroit, Michigan. With a culture so rich in genre from Motown to rock, it's no wonder people write songs about it - even if...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 21st August 2014
Radio presenters have something of a reputation for being glamorous, old school workaholics, continuing to perform way past the age of retirement until they shake off this mortal coil as their own manner of quitting....
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 19th August 2014
DreamWorks Animation have been trying to get a film together for the penguins ever since the success of the 2005 film Madagascar. Since then the characters have featured in the subsequent Madagascar films but 'Penguins'...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th August 2014
Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian presents his directorial debut with music drama 'God Help The Girl', starring 'Pompeii' star Emily Browning as an emotionally complicated budding young singer-songwriter.Olly Alexander & Hannah Murray both appeared...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 16th August 2014
The new trailer for next year's Mortdecai appears promising, although it seems far more focused on character than plot. The plot, such as it is, takes inspiration from the Mortdecai series of books by author...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th August 2014
To celebrate the release of Divergent on digital download, DVD and Blu-ray we are giving you the opportunity to win a copy of the DVD and the amazing soundtrack featuring the work of Ellie Goulding!...
Review posted on 14th August 2014
Five couples and one singleton decide to challenge each other to a men versus women bachelor and bachelorette party ahead of Michael and Candice's upcoming wedding in Las Vegas - but with a few of...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13th August 2014
Susan Sarandon has her hands full as Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef in eerie serial murder mystery flick 'The Calling' out later this year. It feels like a classic killer thriller, but can it live up...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13th August 2014
Miles Teller first gained our attention as hedonistic ladies man Sutter in the 2013 rom-com 'The Spectacular Now', before going on to another comedy love story 'That Awkward Moment' earlier this year. Now, Miles Teller...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12th August 2014
Budweiser Made in America is getting closer all the time as we explore the nation's most musically cultured cities. Now we hit Memphis, whose famous faces include everyone from Elvis Presley to Justin Timberlake.Memphis, Tennessee...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 12th August 2014
The ever overlooked St. Louis, Missouri is our next stop for the Budweiser Made in America documentary series, and an appropriate point ahead of Jay Z's music festival.Almost every major city in the United States...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 12th August 2014
James Franco looks to be a busy man at the moment - and we're not just talking about his Instagram selfie habit. Ever the hard worker, the 'Child Of God' star has taken on an...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 7th August 2014
Fancy winning tickets to one of the best festivals happening in 2014? Well you need look no further as we're giving away a pair of weekend camping tickets to the wonderful Festival No.6! Returning from...
Review posted on 7th August 2014
We're pretty sure that Orlando Bloom has managed to win over a good few thousand more fans after striking a fierce blow in the direction of Justin Bieber's head, but we can think of quite...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 4th August 2014
V Festival is getting ever nearer and tickets are quickly selling out, but you can skip that pricey entrance fee by entering our new competition to win a pair of weekend passes for Hylands Park,...
Review posted on 31st July 2014
Let's forget the controversy for a minute. In Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino has managed to assemble another top draw soundtrack; established names like Ennio Morricone are including, as past and present soul and R&B stars...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 29th July 2014
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
Ahead of the imminent release of his second solo album - Dekker, aka Brookln Dekker, took time out to let us know about the musical project he...
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