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GALLERY: Svalbard bring crushing support to It’s Hard To Have Hope Launch

Venue: The Black Heart, Camden Date: 24.5.18 Support, Group of Man, møl Photos: Graham Berry (@BlkTPhotography) What a bruiser of an evening in the Black Heart. To mark the launch of their new album, It’s Hard To Have Hope, Holy Roar’s Svalbard brought the noise – and some equally noisy friends – to the heart of Camden. TLE tog Graham Berry got amongst it to get these snaps as Svalbard, møl and Group of Man did their thing. Read Jay...

LIVE REVIEW: Cigarettes After Sex battle a bored crowd in Brixton

Venue: Brixton Academy Date: 24.5.18 First, a word on that name. Truly it’s an all-time clanger, the sort of thing no band could come back from. Arctic Monkeys got away with it, just about, but Cigarettes After Sex? Really? The explanation (from my brother, a deeply unreliable source) is that frontman Greg Gonzalez has put together several outfits over the past 10 years or so, to the point where he was having to come up with names on the fly....

LIVE REVIEW: Svalbard break the Black Heart at album launch show

Venue: The Black Heart, Camden Date: 24.5.18 Support, Group of Man, møl It’s a younger crowd descending on the Black Heart than we’re used to seeing, a testament to the high energy blackened hardcore that tonight’s headliners, Bristol’s Svalbard, have been playing for nigh on a decade now. It’s heartening to see the ‘next’ generation of bands drawing in the ‘next’ generation of fans, and there’s a sense that the four piece are set to step over the threshold from...

Heaven Sent: Frontline Chaplain Woodbine Willie Prayed for Peace, not Victory

When Britain went to war with Germany in 1914, few men stirred the troops like the army chaplain Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, whose rousing speeches and patriotic poetry boosted morale on the frontline and at home. But by the time World War One had ended, Kennedy had become one of the country’s most outspoken critics of military action. We speak exclusively to the First World War historian and author Linda Parker about his radical transition from jingoist to pacifist. By Linda...

New TV ad to “switch off” televisions in millions of homes

A new advert is set to leave millions of Brits fearing their TV set has broken down. Telly addicts will see their sets appear to SWITCH OFF this Friday night during ad breaks between The Simpsons, Coronation Street and First Dates. The 20 second advert will start with a buzz of static, followed by five long seconds of blackness. As over eight million confused viewers search for remote controls to check their reception, the rest of the advert will begin....

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