Entertainment

By Esin Huseyin (@Esin_Huseyin) It’s not often that I can thank social media for introducing me to new artists and albums, but I was introduced to Norwegian singer Aurora Aksnes, or AURORA, via a Snapchat story. Many will know AURORA and her music through the eagerly anticipated, and well received, John Lewis Christmas advert last year. But, listening to the 19-year-old’s latest album All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend, was actually the first time I truly had the...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Congratulations on your new BBC3 sit-com, Sunny D. Can you tell us about it? Sunny D is a semi-autobiographical comedy show that tells the story of my life, loves and loathes before I started comedy. The show stars veteran actor, Don Warrington, what was it like to work with him? A pleasure and privilege; apart from the fact that when you mention his name, mature women and cougars swoon and then describe in graphic detail...

Review by Leslie Byron Pitt Scandinavian fiction has gained a significant amount of attention over the last few years. With good reason too. Whether it's film or television, there’s been an abundance of mature, adult drama. Be it critiques on masculinity such as the 2014 feature Force Majeure, or the power play politics that feature in the likes of Adam Prices’ well received TV Drama series Borgen. As primarily a film writer, I often don’t have the time to venture...

By Alex Lodge (@alexlodgemusic | Insta @alexlodgemusic7) Alex Lodge is a music supervisor for film, TV and advertising at Thirty Two.  Back again after a short break with a long list that I’ve been putting together over the last two weeks. We also kick off with a weird Michael Kamen cue from the film Brazil before getting into the theme from the score to TV show Humans. I’m obsessed with Cristobal Tapia De Veer at the moment and am re-watching...

A 24 hour timelapse of London has been recorded from the Cheesegrater in honour of it being awarded the City of London Building of the Year prize last week. Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects chose the tower as the winner of its first-ever Building of the Year award. At 224 metres it is one of the tallest buildings in the Square Mile. Watch below: Timelapse from the Cheesegrater from CheesegraterLdn on Vimeo.

The lead singer of punk band The Story So Far has been filmed drop kicking a girl off stage during a concert for taking a selfie. The five piece band were drawing the set to a close when a crowd surfer made it to the stage at Mod Club in Toronto. When she tried to take a selfie in front of the band frontman Parker Cannon drop kicked her back in to the crowd. Watch the video below:

By Duncan James My first Bank Holiday Ride Out for 2016 and the weather forecast had Storm Katie hitting our shores. Typical, I thought. When I passed the Dick Turpin on the A127 - a meeting point for the Mods before they arrive at Southend - it didn’t look good. There were just a handful of scooters in the car park. On arriving at Southend, though, Storm Katie was nowhere to be seen. It was here on the sea front,...

2000trees Festival have announced its 3rd wave of bands for their2016 event, happening over the weekend of 7/8/9 July. Bands announced include: Mallory Knox The Xcerts Counterfeit Arcane Roots Animals As Leaders Yuck Dinosaur Pile-Up Black Peaks Creeper Milk Teeth The Magic Gang Recreations Grumble Bee Tired Lion Blackhole Brawlers Zoax WACO Demob Happy Reigning Days Dave McPherson, The Spills LIFE Puppy Then Thickens NARCS Bare Knuckle Parade and more. These awesome bands will join 2000trees Festival 2016 headliners Twin Atlantic and Refused, as well as: Neck...

Xenia Rubinos has announced her new album Black Terry Cat, which arrives in stores June 3rd on ANTI-. As Rubinos explains, “Black Terry Cat is a #browngirlmagic carpet ride powered by deep pocket backbeats and funky bass lines. "Lonely Lover" is the first full song I finished for the album - it was a real breakthrough where I felt like I'd created my own sound, and became kind of my mantra for making the rest of the album. I was listening to...