The legendary DJ, record producer and journalist, John Peel single handily introduced thousands of people to the most cutting edge music that many of the most avid music fans may have only have stumbled upon much later, if at all. Now for the first time one of the most celebrated and important archives in modern [...]
The Soulful Singer Songwriter Josh Kumra came to our attention after he co-wrote and featured on Wretch 32’s #1 smash hit single ‘Don’t Go’ last summer and then more recently offering a free download of his track 'Call Off The Search' feat Maiday - a previous Single of the week for us in February this [...]
Firstly, I am going to start with this, a line up that speaks for itself... Taking place over the Diamond Jubilee bank holiday weekend on Saturday 2nd June, Field Day, curated by the innovative promoters Eat Your Own Ears, Bugged Out!, Bleed and Lanzarote, will be returning to Victoria Park for its sixth year. Renowned [...]
Who doesn’t love springtime in the city, countryside, coastal village, or any other place, come to think of it ? All around, forest paths, city parks and sidewalk boulevards are bursting with fresh life, but for those of you in need of further reasons to feel good about the month of May, then go grab [...]
How is it that good and bad news are so often inseparable? Could it be impermanence? Interdependence? Cosmic equilibrium? I’ll leave it up to you to ponder the mysteries of life and just give it to you straight. The good news is that this time around it’s a bumper edition of I Heart Music with [...]
The godfather of independent film, Robert Redford, finally brought Sundance film and music festival to the UK, four dates dedicated to cutting edge films and music left me struggling to make a decision. ‘Shut Up And Play The Hits’ documenting the farewell show at a sold out Madison Square Garden’s from disco-punk pioneers, LCD Soundsystem [...]
The fourth and final installment of our festival calendar guiding you through a huge selection of summer festivals right here in the UK, brings us into August and September. For the final months it’s hard to ignore the line up at Reading and Leeds (click here to see full line up) in a Glastonbury free [...]
When I arrived at Rough Trade East at 7:20am on Saturday morning, I was feeling confident the queue would be 30 strong max… little did I know. I can’t confirm this but it did appear one very enthusiastic person was carrying a tent on their back… Pete Townshend’s release of Quadrophenia Demos part 2 on [...]
It’s so long since Jai Paul’s Blistering debut single, BTSTU, propelled him onto myriad 1 to watch out for lists, that we’d almost given up on him. But his joyous new single Jasmine is such a tantalizing slice of underwater echo-pop that we’ve forgiven his lack of productivity and re-stamped him as 1 to Watch [...]
WHAT IS YARD LIFE? First and foremost Yard Life is a non profit FREE festival helping to raise money for an incredibly worthy charity very close to the the organiser hearts, MS Research. Taking place on the 5th May in the breathtaking St John at Hackney church, the stunning yard and gardens will play host [...]
