Entertainment

I certainly am not the first to observe that we are watching a fresh and dazzling Golden Age of Television exploding before us like an endless display of holiday fireworks but I'm quite sure I am the first to say that I rather deeply resent it. You see, from the year 2000 through 2012 while I was living in Canada I wrote a newspaper column called Inside Television. Every week I'd review the new and the notable, share industry and...

Everybody had a dream. When we were kids, we all had dreams of doing something with our lives. I wanted to be a pilot; others wanted to be doctors, actors or lawyers. Some achieve their dreams. Many don't. And some people get to come home, flop on the sofa after a hard day’s work, and when their partner asks, "What did you do today baby?" they get to reply, "I finally finished knitting that damned penis, honey." The above -...

Describing themselves as a “(fucking) loud instrumental band”, Liverpool’s Alpha Male Tea Party have announced a fresh signing to Big Scary Monsters Recordings for the release of third album, titled health, on 23rd June Commenting on the new material, the trio say: “We spent a while working out how we wanted to make it happen and decided to be a proper band this time, so we booked out a residential studio in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside for a week to create our newest Ugly Baby. We...

The line up for the Barclaycard British Summer Time OPEN HOUSE 2017 has been announced, with four days of free entry and summer activities in the heart of Hyde Park. Movie nights, live music and entertainment, street food, pop up bars, tennis screenings, theatre, sports, and much more will be featured at the event from 3rd July taking place in-between two weekends of legendary musical line-ups. Check out the full schedule below: Outdoor Cinema Following the huge demand for the open-air film...

Old Spitalfields Market is set to host a one day art extravaganza on Friday 12th May in aid of Hearts in Harmony, a charity raising money to help fight heart disease through art and music events. Art Beats will see live art being produced by up to 50 talented artists, all competing for the ‘Art Beats Award’, with an expected footfall of 50,000 to 60,000 people. Artists will showcase their work to be entered, for passers-by to watch and admire. Live music will...

Tye Trujillo has been recruited by nu-metallers Korn to cover for Fieldy, their regular bassist, on their latest tour. Tye, who is just 12 years old, is currently the bassist for a band called The Helmets, but is best known for being the son of Metallica's crab-walking four-stringer Rob Trujillo, who replaced Jason Newstead in 2003. Check out a statement from Korn below: You can buy tickets for Korn's April tour here, and check out Tye on TV with The Helmets below.  

EMPLOYED TO SERVE have revealed the video for latest track 'Good For Nothing', with the track getting its world exclusive debut play on the That's Not Metal (podcast) last Friday the 7th April. The single is out now on all streaming and downloading sites. Guitarist Sammy Urwin says: "People have brought up many times that we are a band with a female vocalist, and that’s not a problem but we have been included in articles and other publishings just because of the...

Hands up if you've ever felt sad? Or fat? Yeah, I thought so. Oh Le Gateau Chocolat, we meet at last. Back in the annals of time when I used to work in PR, I was on the press team for a little show called Blanc de Blanc by Strut and Fret - the same Strut and Fret who worked with Le Gateau Chocolat at the Sydney Opera House - and I've been waiting to see him since then. It...

Yesterday, Seattle band Chastity Belt shared "Caught in a Lie," the second single from their highly-anticipated new album I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone, out June 2nd on all formats and streaming services. The track, which maintains the reflective, cathartic, and poignant tone of previous single ‘Different Now,’ can be streamed here. Additionally, the band has announced both a UK and EU tour for this coming autumn and a North American summer tour. https://soundcloud.com/hardlyartrecords/chastity-belt-caught-in-a-lie North American tour1st June...