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Brexit has thrown up few morsels of good news over the past year, but this is one thing that we all can celebrate. With middle aged, patriotic Brits across the country engrossed in political mudslinging the BBC has decided that the time is right to bring Alan Partridge back to our screens. Creator and star Steve Coogan is aiming to have a new Partridge series written by the end of the year with a view to it launching on BBC2 next spring. Speaking...

GQ once described Son Little as 'Soul music for the hip-hop generation", but never has the description made more sense than on his new track, 'Demon To The Dark' a simultaneously beautiful and heartbreaking soul ballad. The song is from Son Little’s forthcoming album New Magic which arrives 15h September on ANTI-. “Sometimes when things get hectic or I'm feeling low I listen to Washington Phillips, an old gospel/blues musician who played an autoharp-like instrument he made called a ‘Manzarene,’ Son Little says. "I tried...

NY's Diet Cig have added a second London date to their upcoming UK tour. The band will now stop over at The Moth Club for a two day stint. Plus, their bringing Scottish indie-poppers The Spook School along for the rid. The band also recently shared the video for "Barf Day," a highlight of their much-loved debut album Swear I'm Good At This. Diet Cig On Tour Oct 12 - Norwich, UK @ Norwich Arts Centre Oct 13 - Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade...

Straight from its world tour success, critically acclaimed comedy parody Graeme of Thrones will transfer to London’s West End at the Charing Cross Theatre this autumn. In this critically-acclaimed theatrical journey through the Seven Kingdoms, avid ‘Thrones’ fan Graeme just wants to recreate his favourite fantasy saga on stage. He doesn’t quite have the same budget as the TV show, or as many cast members, or the performance skills required, but he’s sure George RR Martin would approve – and...

Netflix has established itself as the go-to place for documentaries over the past few years. But deciding which doco to watch next can be a challenging feat. The ‘suggestions for you’ filter is as useful as a chocolate fireguard (‘Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men’, seriously?). And there’s no longer an option to list documentaries by rating. Luckily, to save you hours of unnecessary trawling, we have created a rolling list of our favourite documentaries available on UK Netflix right now. Jim:...

Lots of Jamie Lenman news, people. First, there's a new video for his latest single, 'Hell In A Fast Car' and it's colourful and kissy and well worth some eyeball time if you get it. Check it out below. Secondly, Jamie has also announced details for his brand new studio album Devolver, which is set for release on October 27th through Big Scary Monsters. Produced by Space (The Prodigy, Idles), the album sees a departure from Jamies' debut solo album (the...

July's playlist is running a bit longer than usual, which is a sound indicator that this has been the strongest month for new releases of 2017 so far. What a month! Sheer Mag lived up to the hype on their eagerly-anticipated debut Need to Feel Your Love,  The Xcerts returned with an extra coating of sugar on their sound and Matt Caughthran of The Bronx confirmed he can still handle a bowlful of razorblades for breakfast on 'Sore Throat'. Converge returned...

With just one week to go until Liverpool’s newest boutique festival HOPE & GLORY takes over the city centre, the festival have announce more additions and surprises to the bill, taking place across the weekend of the 4th, 5th and 6th of August. Alongside the previously announced Black Grape, the first 1,200 early birds to purchase festival tickets, will also be treated to a headline performance from Liverpool’s very own Cast on Friday 4th August at St. George’s Hall. This ‘not so’ secret...

Frankly I blame beer for it, this whole obsession over sporting records. If it wasn't for beer's foaming head giving the men who drink it equally foaming heads would we really care who scored how many goals or runs in however many games in the year of one's father's birth? Such statistics are shouted, scribbled on napkins, or carved into foreheads in certain waterfront drinking establishments in order to settle arguments. Those arguments in turn begin in order to settle...