The Vaccines are back with a taster of what to expect from their new album The Vaccines Come of Age (expected release date 3rd September). The famous tones of front man Justin Young make this instantly recognisable as a track from The Vaccines. His confident articulation in the song emphasises his now famous reputation as a crowd-pleasing…
We all witnessed the emergence of that parody of Ke$ha’s ‘Tik Tok’ back in 2009. Never did I think that this small three piece gimmick-rap band from South East London would make their own TV programme for E4. Made up of Stefan Abingdon, Dru Wakely and Ashley Horne, The Midnight Beast have made the rare transition…
After the massive success of ‘We Are Young’ you would expect their album to be full of songs of a similar vain. I’m afraid to say the album Some Nights is ‘sometimes’ odd, dull and not all that ‘fun’. Some Nights starts with a lengthy intro. Listening to it is an uncomfortable experience to say the least.…
All Time Low are back with a brand new single after their 4th studio album Dirty Work was released in 2011. The track titled ‘The Reckless and The Brave’ was released on June 1st 2012 and available to download for free to those that tweeted the track to their followers. It’s a promising sign for…
Over the past few weeks Radio1 have well and truly dominated Hackney. With the Olympics just around the corner, Radio1’s Hackney Weekend kicked off the London Festival with more than a bang. As well as this, behind the scenes ambassadors such as Plan B, Labrinth and Leona Lewis have been running ‘The Hackney Academy’ for…
This year the weather meant that Beach Break Live was set to be a wash-out. Realistically what more should we expect from the British Summer? With roughly 500 people leaving by the Friday night of the festival due to severely adverse weather conditions (gale force winds and torrential rain) it’s a surprise that the festival…
This weekend hosts the ‘biggest event in Radio 1’s history’ at the Hackney Marshes in West London. Some of the world’s biggest names in music will be taking to one of six stages across Saturday 23rd June and Sunday 24th June 2012. Despite the line-up looking like a pick’n’mix of the stations playlists, it is…
Anyone wanting to be catapulted back to the early ’00s simply had to pop down to The Talking Heads to see the legendary Wheatus and the originator of ‘post-punk laptop rap’ MC Lars. Everyone’s heard ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ and often mistaken Wheatus for Weezer; someone even shouted for them to play ‘Beverly Hills’ during the set, but many…
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs release their debut album just in time for summer. But will it be a dance record to stand the test of time?
What to expect from the UK’s biggest student festival this summer.
Everyone knows the story of Oliver so going to see the musical led not only to high expectations but also led to seeing how Lionel Bart‘s original story would be transformed onto the stage by Cameron Mackintosh. Would it bring anything new and exciting to the narrative? Or would it prove to be another bland…
The challenge to end all challenges; a diary of the quest for a Gold Card.
After the success of ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ everyone must be wondering whether Belgian-Australian Gotye is just another one hit wonder here in the UK. Having been around for a significant amount of time, and with three albums under his belt, it’s surprising that it’s taken this long for a song to break…
The Maccabees return with the second single from the long awaited third album Given to the Wild. ‘Went Away’ appears to me as a very natural second single. It has the pace of first single ‘Pelican’ whilst incorporating Orlando Weeks’ haunting vocals on the lulls. The guitar riffs and chant-like backing vocals help to build up the…