Album Review: La Roux – Trouble in Paradise
GO BACK to 2009 and you’d be hard pressed to find a person who didn’t know the songs ‘In for the Kill’ or ‘Bulletproof’. Ah, 2009; the year Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid ruled. The...
Author: Andrew Noel
New Doctor Who trailer debuts
A BRAND new trailer for Series 8 of Doctor Who has debuted on BBC One during Half Time of the World Cup Final. The trailer featured an array of villains, from the classic Daleks, to spaceships,...
The Libertines at Hyde Park – A grand reunion
THE ANTICIPATION that rose like a tsunami when the Libertines announced the Hyde Park gig crashed in a sea of likely lads and lasses on a night where little else went right. Pete, Carl, John...
Our favourite albums of 2014… So far
AS WE ENTER July, we begin to reminisce about 2014, and what has come to pass in the first half of the year. Daft Punk stormed this year’s Grammy Awards, Kate Bush announced her...
The Libertines announce support acts
POST-GARAGE-ROCK Gods The Libertines announced more reunion tour dates last week via their Facebook, playing Alexandra Palace in London. The band have now revealed which lucky acts will be joining them as support. The...
Drowned in Sound, Google and censoring album art
WHEN an artist puts an album out, it is, of course, accompanied by album art. This art can be beautiful, it can be comical and is more than often reflective of the music you are...
Are UK festival headliners monotonous?
ABOUT three years ago, I read an article in Q Magazine regarding festival headliners. The article complained that there were four primary acts that dominated the big UK festivals, and that newer acts weren’t...
Monty Python Live (Mostly): Opening Night – A review
MANY of us will be familiar with the work of Monty Python. Comprised of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, the group is one of the funniest,...
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