Entertainment

Nottingham’s Kagoule have shared the video for brand new single ‘Magnified’, and it's a bit odd. The video shows the three-piece shrunk into tiny 3-D model versions of themselves, in this playful yet sinister clip, directed by Dogbrain Videos. Currently on tour with Brighton’s The Magic Gang, Kagoule recently unveiled ‘Magnified’ as the first single following the release of their acclaimed 2015 debut album Urth.  Following their dates with The Magic Gang, they’ll hit the road with Manchester’s Spring King, culminating...

Platinum-selling Leeds band The Pigeon Detectives are back in the capital to play an intimate gig at The Borderline. The northern indie rock outfit will play the Tottenham Court Road venue as part of a test run on their new material which will see them play eleven venues across the country. Their fifth album is due for release in February 2017, with a new single 'Lose Control' set to be debuted on the tour. The record is said to be a more...

It's like Tron meets Ex Machina meets Dawn of the Dead. Master of Horror JohnCarpenter has released a dark and dystopian video for ‘Utopian Façade’, taken from his most recent studio album ‘Lost Themes II’. The video was produced & directed by Gavin Hignight and Ben Verhulst, painting a story of an android's nightmare, hidden in dark & futuristic forests. Watch below: Commenting on the video, Gavin Hignight said: "We were instantly haunted upon hearing Utopian Façade. It conjured images of jagged tree branches, dark woods and...

Indie rockers Everything Everything played to a 1,000-strong crowd this weekend at the first ever UK Goose Island LDN Block Party at RED Market in East London. The Mercury Prize nominated band treated fans to an energetic set, playing tracks from their critically acclaimed album Get to Heaven, including 'Distant Past' and 'Regret'. They were supported by hotly tipped female-fronted rock ‘n’ roll four-piece Black Honey and alternative pop-duo Little White Things who completed the lineup to provide an awesome indie-electronica sound straight out of Shoreditch. The event, held over...

Whether it’s the manor in Charmed or Rachel and Monica’s apartment in Friends, television characters have a habit of living in impressive homes. And why shouldn’t they? Behind the scenes a lot of work goes in to making the sets as appealing as possible. Now a new study has charted the top twenty fictional homes where Brits would love to live. Whilst Carrie Bradshaw's apartment and Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey) were featured, the winner was rather out of this world. The...

Hold on to your bowling balls, the first annual Punk Rock Pins And Pin-Ups Bowling Weekender rolls into London's O2 Brooklyn Bowl in October, and they're bringing The Bronx, Cockney Rejects and H2O with them. Punk Rock Pins And Pin-Ups Bowling Weekender is going to transform Brooklyn Bowl London at the O2 on October 7th to 9th into one giant punk and bowling party. The opening night, Friday 7th October sees LA hardcore punk rock giants The Bronx headlining, with Birmingham UK82 heroes...

Some slightly odd news has emerged from Canada after a male staff member at the Royal Canadian Mint is accused of smuggling out $180,000 worth off gold using in anal canal to hide it. The mint worker, Lester Lawrence, was employed at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ontario, Canada, when the incidents were said to take place. The court heard how he hid the gold in this most secret of places, so he could get through the high security building,...

The Roundhouse is calling upon unsigned artists aged 18-25 years old for the chance to record a track with a top producer, all they have to do is submit a song by 30th September. Rising Sounds 2017 offers 12 unsigned artists or bands of any genre of music an exclusive opportunity to shape one of their tracks with a professional songwriter and some of the best music producers in the UK. The selected artists will get a top quality mastered...

Copenhagen trio Baby In Vain have unveiled the cinematic new video for ‘The Urge’. The video for the  synth-laden desert rock track see’s the band take a hazy trip around a Danish quarry in a hearse. ‘The Urge’ is taken from the band's’ debut EP For The Kids, which was recently released by Partisan Records. Video director Palle Demant says: "We talked about how to get the gear down to the limestone quarry in a cheap way - and I...