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Freelance writer who likes anything with heart and soul
NEWS: Download Festival Reveals District X Line Up

NEWS: Download Festival Reveals District X Line Up

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL REVEALS DISTRICT X LINE UP DJ SETS, LIVE PODCASTS, COMEDY AND MORE Packed District X line up announced, with DJ sets from The Blackout, Nova Twins, Zoe London, Daniel P Carter, Wargasm, Alyx Holcombe and more Live podcasts…

INTERVIEW: The Bodysnatchers Rhoda Dakar speaks!

INTERVIEW: The Bodysnatchers Rhoda Dakar speaks!

Following a run of outstanding and acclaimed singles, on 26 May Sunday Best recordings will release Version Girl, Rhoda Dakar’s first album in five years. Version Girl’s title is derived from Dandy Livingstone’s ‘Version Girl’, a song partly used as…

NEWS: blur - NEW ALBUM COMING 21 JULY

NEWS: blur – NEW ALBUM COMING 21 JULY

blur will release their first album in 8 years, titled The Ballad of Darren and comprising 10 new tracks, on 21st July on Parlophone. First track ‘The Narcissist’ is out now, watch visualiser here: Produced by James Ford and recorded at Studio 13, London and Devon, The Ballad…

REVIEW: Corduory Men Of The Cloth mini album

NEWS: Corduroy – Men Of The Cloth mini album

Corduroy Men of The Cloth New mini-album recorded to mark the 30th Anniversary of the band’s debut album out 14 July Recorded last year to mark the 30th Anniversary of their debut Dad Man Cat – and 1993’s follow up,…

INTERVIEW: Gary Crowley's Punk & New Wave Vol. 2

INTERVIEW: Gary Crowley’s Punk & New Wave Vol. 2

The Peter Pan of broadcasting, Gary Crowley, has a rich history of releasing sensational compilations featuring bands that have graced the tapestry of 40 odd years of being at the forefront of everything hip and happening whilst spinning vinyl to…

REVIEW: Paul Weller Magic: A Journal of Song

REVIEW: Paul Weller Magic: A Journal of Song

Pulling a couple of paragraphs from the dictionary concerning the word Magic; ‘the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces’, ‘having or apparently having supernatural powers’, ‘wonderful; exciting’. With these fortune teller thoughts in mind the…

NEWS: Download Festival sells out in record time

NEWS: Download Festival sells out in record time

#DL20 8-11 JUNE 2023 DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL SELLS OUT IN RECORD TIME 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION EVENT BECOMES HOTTEST TICKET IN HISTORY OF THE FESTIVAL Download Festival 2023 breaks record this summer with weekend, day and camping tickets now completely sold out…