Author: Howell Davies


  • Mercury Music Prize nominees Everything Everything have been added to the line up of Brighton’s The Great Escape Festival. This year’s festival will take place over 30 venues in the city from the 16th-18th May, with over 350 bands and artists set to perform. It is now internationally recognised as the leading new music festival…

  • Following a short-lived reunion to celebrate their ten year anniversary, Girls Aloud have finally called it a day.

  • An act of vandalism in one of Southampton’s most loved venues is another problem for the Joiners, following its very public recent financial difficulties. The incident happened yesterday evening (14th March), and venue owner Pat told The Edge: “We had five acts on last night. We had a lot of young girls in, and one…

  • Azealia Banks is in the news every day and it’s never for anything good. This weekend alone she called The Stone Roses “saggy white n*ggas” and badmouthed Rita Ora calling her “Rihanna’s understudy.” This stirs lots of people up too – what right has SHE got, saying all this stuff about other musicians and celebrities…

  • None of Rudimental’s recent releases have quite had the same ‘oomph’ as their very own summer anthem ‘Feel The Love’. The euphoric chorus and saxophones aplenty caused the track to go to number 1 last year, and bagged the London four-piece a Brit award nomination. Since then ‘Not Giving In’ had a video which was…

  • The Brit Awards are always interesting, whether it’s Adele’s unforgettable performance of ‘Someone Like You’ or the train-wreck year when the Osbourne family presented. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show which is sure to be entertaining. We’ll be bringing you all of the information including the performances from One Direction, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake and…

  • We’ve trawled through content from around the world to give you ten of the best Harlem Shake videos, the latest viral phenomenon.

  • Canadian duo Tegan and Sara have altered their sound a little for their latest release ‘Closer’ with a riff which is bouncy enough to be reminiscent of The Buggles’ ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’. Taken from their seventh studio album Heartthrob, it brims with gushing synths and steady drum beats which are certainly enough to…

  • Jameela Jamil is one of the youngest and coolest presenters around, from being a model, to hosting Channel 4’s T4, and currently presenting BBC Radio 1’s chart show. We caught up with her –  dressed in a fur coat (which included a hood, with ears!) – before her DJ gig at The Cube on Friday…

  • Electronic producer James Blake has premiered a brand new song on Zane Lowe’s weeknight BBC Radio 1 show, and announced a new album. ‘Retrograde’ is the first single to be taken from Blake’s sophomore record, entitled Overgrown, which will be released on April 8th in the UK. On the show, Blake discussed the progression of his…

  • An all-singing-all-dancing musical extravaganza sees Beyoncé reunite with Destiny’s Child and perform some of her greatest hits at the Superbowl 2013 in New Orleans.

  • Will Wiley Turn Up?

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    Past events and the artist’s attitude may leave the first Cube night of the year in jeopardy.

  • UPDATE: More physical tickets are available from 7pm at Joiners after the online ticket fiasco last night.

  • Following the unveiling of Tom Odell as winner of the 2013 Critics’ Choice Award a few weeks ago, and the news that Damien Hirst has designed this year’s BRIT statues, nominations couldn’t be far away. The nomination event was held in London this evening, presented by Nick Grimshaw, with performances from Jessie Ware and Tom…