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With the summer festival season about to get underway, scientists have discovered that one of the best way to preserve your hearing at them is to stay off the booze. A new study reveals that men who don't wear earplugs and take drugs or booze suffer the worst hearing loss outdoors. A study of more than 50 revellers found men were more prone to hearing loss and ringing in the ears, or tinnitus. They tended to spend more time near...

Indie-electro doom-pop band The Slow Readers Club have announced their new album Build A Tower, bringing their "modern Manchester" vibes for what promises to be an epic 2018 for the band. With distant echoes of The Smiths and Joy Division underpinning the record the indie-electro foursome provide a contemporary spin on the provincial beats of the north's renowned music capital. The Shadows and LUNATIC both have instant appeal, demonstrating the impressive range of front man Aaron Starkie. A likeness to The Editors is noticeable...

Goddamn, how good was DOOM? The 2016 imagining was far better than it had any right to be and is still talked about as one of the best FPS's releases in recent times. But more than the gore, the gameplay and the all-round kick-assness of donning the Doomslayer garb again, it was Mick Gordon's grinding, unrelenting soundtrack, which perfectly adapted to your actions as you ripped and tore your way through demon-infested Mars, descending into the belly of hell itself....

Venue: 02 Forum Kentish Town, London 13.4.18 Photos: Graham Berry ( Black Tea Photography) Dutch symphonic metallers Epica barrelled into town last week in a shroud of searing light, gigaintic riffage and sweeping orchestration. TLE tog Graham Berry was on the barrier to capture the action as Simone Simons lead the braying room through fresh cuts from The Holographic Principle. Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica The Holographic Principle is out now on Nuclear Blast Find...

Andy Anokye, 31, is accused of raping four women as well as charges of false imprisonment and ABH

Venue: The Black Heart, London Date: 11.4.18 Support: Future Love, Wallflower Photos: Graham Berry (@BlkTPhotography) Angular alt-rockers Press to MECO played a killer album set at Camden’s Black Heart last week to celebrate the launch of their second album Here’s to the Fatigue. They even brought rising stars Wallflower and Future Love along for support, who brought the house down in their own right.   Future Love Future Love Future Love Wallflower Wallflower Wallflower Press To MECO Press To MECO...

Whether you’ve been attuned to good music since your childhood or have had access to different musical instruments since your teen years, it may be time to release your inhibitions and enjoy the good-old-fashioned feeling of becoming one with a good music festival. For those looking to becoming excellent guitar players themselves, we’ve learned a lot using GuitarFella's list with recommendations, and we think you’ll find it helpful too. Otherwise, without further ado, let us have a look at five...

Sean McGowan is back on the scene with a new album that puts recent political controversies at the crux his unique brand of punk poetry. "Porky Pies" is the latest track to be cut from the soon-to-be-released album ‘Son Of The Smith’. The track sees the young artist, who is conventionally known for waxing lyrical about his favourite brand of savoury snack, pull up his boot straps on a quest for the truth and directly confronting those who try to pull...

Y Not Festival has announced its stage splits and new acts for this summer’s event, which is taking place in a bigger and better venue. Headliners The Libertines, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Jamiroquai will be joined by latest additions The Wombats, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Razorlight, Mallory Knox, Fickle Friends, Marika Hackman and more. The festival, which takes place in Pikehall, Derbyshire from July 26-29, was forced to close on its second day last year after horrific weather left...