Music
REVIEW: Spielbergs – ‘This Is Not The End’
Critical praise on a debut album is a boon, but also a rod for the backs of new artists. Oslo’s Spielbergs have demonstrated some serious chops on This Is Not The End, producing a composite of familiar post-hardcore tropes and melodic pop sensibilities. It’s a stride out the gates, but expectations for album two are already crystallising in the early hype. There are favourable comparisons to be made: ‘Distant Star’ is a lost The Xcerts vocal melody – with more bite,...
Oxford Street HMV among London stores to be axed following buy-out
HMV's Oxford Street store is among the 27 stores in line for closure after Canadian music entrepreneur Doug Putman confirmed he had bought the retailer this morning. The closure will end a 98-year residence on one of the world's most famous high streets, and joins a number of culls elsewhere in London. An outlet in Westfields Shepherds Bush is due to be closed as well as stores in Wimbledon, Uxbridge and Watford. The Fopp in Covent Garden, as well as stores in...
GALLERY – Massive riffs in Brixton with Mastodon
@ O2 Academy, Brixton, London25/01/2019Support: Kvelertak, Mutoid ManPictures: Graham Berry (@blktphotography) Atlanta metal-sluggers Mastodon closed out January with a sold out show at the O2 Brixton Academy, bringing power stances and muscular riffs to the end of the Victoria Line. New jams from the band's seventh album, Emperor of Sand, sounded massive in the Academy, which was the venue Mastodon selected to use for their first live DVD in 2012. Check out the full gallery below, including support from Kvelertak...
Deaf DJ proves his disability is no obstacle by playing sets in Ibiza
John McDevitt cannot hear but uses vibrations to help him mix tracks
TV star shouted “My name’s John Alford, I’m fighting Rupert Murdoch & corrupt police officers” as he was arrested for hijacking bin lorry
The 47-year-old former Grange Hill and London Burning actor suddenly broke into the Veolia lorry while it did its morning rounds near his north London home.
Fire crews have been called to tackle a fire at pop star Ed Sheeran’s £1.5million estate
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service were called today (Jan 25) just after 7.30am to reports of a ‘small building fire’ near to the market town
Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’ was almost never a hit – because the vinyl’s apple label was dubbed pornographic
Apple Records were warned just two days before UK release of their debut single that retailers would not stock the record with the "graphic" logo
Council under fire for mocking reply to letter from rock legend Dave Grohl
The Foo Fighters frontman wrote to Cornwall Council on behalf of local band, the Black Leaves of Envy
GALLERY: Four Fists bring the fury to the capital
@ The Shacklewell Arms, London19/01/2019Pictures: Graham Berry (@blktphotography) Saturday saw the raucous team-up of P.O.S and Astronautilis - AKA Four Fists - hit the capital. A sold-out Shacklewell Arms bore witness to every rumbling breakbeat and aggravated chiptune stab as this long-awaited collab aired tracks from their 6666 debut. Check out the full gallery below. Four FistsFour FistsFour FistsFour FistsFour FistsFour FistsFour FistsFour FistsFour FistsFour FistsFour FistsFour FistsFour FistsFour Fists Four Fists Four Fists Four Fists Four Fists Four Fists...