Entertainment

On the back of International Women's Day we're all cruising into the weekend with Pink hits and Lily Allen's "Fuck you very much" blaring out of the stereo. But if you want a bit of electro, rhythmic calm mixed in to your daily dose of empowerment, you could do a lot worse than listen to Galway-based newcomer Cat Turner. Having started producing a year ago, Turner has honed a nurtured sound with immense technical maturity. She takes her cues from acts...

Venue: Camden Assembly 28.2.18 Photos: Grant Bailey (@grantbeam91) 2018 is going to be Fizzy Blood's year. The alt-rock quintet have just completed their first UK headline tour, ending in a packed-out performance at the Camden Assembly, which is their first show in the capital since Joining Jamie Lenman and friends in Tufnell Park for the first (and hopefully annual) Lenmania. TLE were their to capture the band at their London stint. Expect bigger venues the next time they come round...

Sitting through the trailers at the cinema yesterday I couldn't help but think things have all started to get a bit complicated in the arts and entertainment biz. Wes Anderson's latest offering about canine pets that are exiled to a vast garbage-dump was the first to pique my curiosity, soon preceded by a bunch of old wrestlers that are trying to save their local pub and other such peculiarities. It's almost as if Hollywood's insistence to stick to the same blend of actors...

Now we're cooking, 2018. Things are always a little snoozy in January, but February has picked up the slack in good form with some solid, brave and unusual releases. To start, there's plenty of fun to be had with new drops from DON BROCO and a sweet, sultry cut from Ravyn Lenae. Rolo Tomassi's cheerily titled Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It is actually their most buoyant and creative record in years, while the quirky ensemble effort on Richard Russell's Everything...

Venue: Heaven, London 15.2.18 Photos: Graham Berry ( Black Tea Photography) Amenra and Boris on a co-headline tour? That's a lot of heavy squeezed onto a single stage.The pair of bands swung through London last week, bringing one of the darkest displays Heaven has (likely) ever bore witness to. TLE photographer Graham Berry and writer Jay Hampshire got themselves along to this supreme evening of post-metal to sacrifice their stereocillia to some seriously dense slabs of heavy music. Read Jay's...

This bold, provocative and thought-provoking new novel from acclaimed Australian writer and religious cult survivor Rhys Hagan is an impressive piece of historical fiction, set in Judea during the time of Jesus Christ. Hagan’s debut novel - the thriller Hunting Taylor Brown - met with rave reviews on its release in 2016. And while it is very different in theme and content, his excellent second work is no less gripping. Drawing on his own experiences with a religious cult, Hagan...

Venue: Heaven, London 15.2.18 The cavernous, lightless depths of London’s Heaven are more than fitting surroundings for the dual headlining tour of Boris and Amenra, two acts renowned for their sheer sonic intensity. The venue’s vaulted ceilings and towering stage are an apt visualisation of the lofty esteem that they are held in by the extreme music community, and its performances like tonight’s that remind us why their elevation onto such a high pedestal is deserved. Of the two, drone...

Who would play you in a  biopic of your life? Turns out most Brits reckon Tom Hanks, Audrey Hepburn and Sandra Bullock have the acting chops to tackle the starring role. Tom Hanks and Audrey Hepburn have been voted as the stars Brits would love to play them in movies of their lives. Researchers found the seasoned star of Forrest Gump, Big and Saving Private Ryan was the choice the male population would prefer to take on the role. And...

The Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins and Jurassic Park are among the book-to-movie adaptations Brits prefer in film-form, a study has found. A poll of 2,000 adults found that after reading the book and seeing the story unfold on the big screen, many were won over by the movie version of classic tales. Other stories people preferred to watch rather than read include Jaws and Forrest Gump. The 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Mary Poppins...