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2015 was a difficult year for HECK. Having cemented their reputation as Baby Godzilla since 2012, with a deserved notoriety for redefining the word havoc, out of nowhere came the news that the Japanese cinema giant were legally forcing them to change their name. Whilst this caused no end of grief for the Nottingham based chaos-quartet, delaying the release of their much anticipated debut album, it did not, and nothing will, stop them. October of this year saw the release...

Handmade Festival have announced the new line-up additions for the fourth edition of the Leicester-based festival. Joining the recently announced We Are Scientists and 65daysofstatic are Lonely The Brave, Los Campesinos! and Pretty Vicious. Following on from their biggest ever headline tour alongside Black Peaks, anthemic rock quintet Lonely The Brave are currently putting the finishing touches to their new record. In addition, having recently sold out a UK tour with Bruising, Los Campesinos! will be joining the line-up to exhibit their...

Vote for your favourite image for the Press Photograph of the Year award from SWNS The UK's largest independent press agency, SWNS, has opened the voting for their Press Photograph of the Year award 2015. The photos are made up of national news images supplied through SWNS from both staff their own staff photographers and members of the public who sell their images to the press through the agency. SWNS provides up to 20% of all daily print news content...

By Declan Roberts (@DeclanMR) Before we get started, I am not the biggest Coldplay fan. Yes, when I was younger I liked them, but I liked S Club 7 when I was younger too, so I was hardly a bastion of good taste. We join Coldplay in a mid-life crisis. After a sorry showing with Ghost Stories and an average effort on Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay needed to rustle up something special with A Head Full of Dreams. They haven’t. Their...

South African born, Perth raised Troye Sivan is 20 years young. Already a YouTube star and a promising actor (he starred in X-Men Origins: Wolverine), the career-hopping role model has released his debut album Blue Neighbourhood and it’s a whirlwind of emotions. The first three tracks, ‘WILD’, ‘BITE’ and ‘FOOLS’, are from Sivan’s six track EP WILD. These tracks are a fitting start to the album as it delves further into the themes Sivan touched on in the EP. 'WILD'...

Phones are undeniably everywhere, so much so that they’ve become inspiration for many songwriters. Of course, this is nothing new; music’s relationship with the telephone has been a long affair. From Electric Light Orchestra’s ‘Telephone Line’, Blondie’s ‘Call Me’ and Stevie Wonder’s ‘I Just Called To Say I Love You’ all the way to Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’, and not forgetting the flip-phone that made an appearance in Adele’s video for ‘Hello’. Whether the protagonist is slyly texting, whispering sweet nothings...

By Mani Khawaja (@manikhawaja88) How does one judge an album where it almost feels as if those involved in the project don’t want you to figure out how talented they are? Deceptive might not be the best word to describe it, but you could easily be fooled into thinking that Big Wow, an album by Rory Attwell, under the moniker of Warm Brains, is just another innocuous release. Only after repeat listening does Attwell’s brilliance start to become apparent. This...

Have you ever seen a filthy wild man, naked as the day he was born, terrified penis a-flail, fleeing for his life from a gun-toting hick? I mean, yes, you probably have, but not this exact one. Check out Gang's new video for their latest 7" 'Animalia', out this Friday. Crunchy psych doom at its best. You can also catch Gang supporting fellow Brightonites Our Girl at their free Birthdays show this Tuesday.

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