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ALBUM REVIEW: Manic Street Preachers ‘Futurology’

Rating: Last year Manic Street Preachers were taking a solemn approach to their past with the angst-ridden ‘Rewind The Film’ which took them back to Thatcher-era Blackwood, full of social decay and backwards politics. However less than a year later…

INTERVIEW: Radkey

Following their energetic and spirited performance at Calling Festival on Clapham Common, Matt Tarr and Rachael Tarr caught up with Isaiah Radkey, bassist and backing vocalist of the Missouri punk three piece, Radkey to discuss their live set, musical influences…

The Libertines LIVE @ Hyde Park 05.07.14

Rating: Hyde Park last night was graced by The Libertines as they continued their second reunion together. Following on from their two intimate warm up shows in Glasgow last weekend they performed in front of 60,000 at Hyde Park and boy they…

Jack White LIVE @ Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith 03.07.14

Rating: Jack White is a man of many faces. From the fresh-faced early days of the White Stripes and the infamous Alicia Keys/James Bond/‘Zorro on doughnuts’ phase (thanks for that one, Noel Gallagher), to the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather,…

Arcade Fire LIVE @ Hyde Park 3.7.14

Rating: “I don’t get what the hype’s all about” mutters my friend as we are making our way to Hyde Park for her first ever Arcade Fire show. Indeed, if one’s sole knowledge of the Montreal indie act consists of…

COMPETITION: Win tickets to Beat-Herder festival!

We’ve got MORE festival competitions for you! This week we have two pairs of tickets to give away to the awesome Beat-Herder festival. The festival sold out this week but two lucky winners will still have the opportunity to go…

Hop Farm Music Festival: 10 unmissable acts

Hop Farm Music Festival 4-6 July, Paddock Wood, Kent. After last year´s cancellation, the festival that defends no sponsorship/no branding and embraces musical diversity is back with an eclectic line-up and some unmissable acts. Here are our ten acts you must not…

WATCH: New Order showcase new track ‘Plastic’

New Order unveiled a brand spanking new track titled, ‘Plastic’ at their gig in Chicago yesterday (July 1). Earlier this year frontman Bernard Sumner had admitted that the band had been writing some new material, which first came to fruition…