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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1012 )

• The Death of the Culture of Cool

  

  The culture of cool in the music industry is dying. Slowly, quietly, but it’s happening. Suddenly artists are focusing on social issues again and weirdness is... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• What Heavy Metal Can Teach Your Band

  

  The heavy metal underground is something that most people rarely, if ever think about. But – as touched on in my recent article here on the Century Media... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• New Look Indie Legends Bloc Party Return with Fresh Line-up, Songs and Tour Dates

  

  Ten years after their debut LP, “Silent Alarm”, shook up the indie rock world, Bloc Party have returned, with a new look, new songs and a batch of tour dates... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Reading & Leeds Festivals 2015 Preview

  

  It’s that time of year again, when the summer is gently coming to a close, and the entirety of the UK nation prepares for the August Bank Holiday; a time... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Triumph and Tribulation with Pallbearer

  

  Out of the silence lurches a melancholy chord. Then suddenly another. Their is a sense of sorrow communicated in just those few notes that has you wondering wha... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Op-Ed: On Century Media Being Bought by Sony

  

  As some of our more metal-savvy readers may know, Century Media was recently bought by Sony records for a cool $17 million. It was a deal that had been rumored... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Young Derbyshire Band Aiming to Be Next Bright Act from the East Midlands

  

  The East Midlands is a pretty fruitful region in terms of music nowadays. Leicester has Kasabian, Nottingham Jake Bugg, Indiana and Sleaford Mods, but Derby? No... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Independent Industry Figures: Andy Patterson

  

  Independent Industry Figures is a weekly column at IMP where we do a feature on a different music industry figure every week and try to better understand what... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Kevin Parker Slips into the “Currents” on New Tame Impala

  

  If you find yourself in the ceiling-staring days after a breakup you’ll probably hug tightly with both arms Tame Impala’s new album Currents. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Summer Slaughter 2015 in Philadelphia

  

  When I was first moving to America one of the things I was most curious to check out was the famed “Touring festivals” Of course now, Mayhem Fest is dead and... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Art Spaces and Your Band

  

  Ahh all ages art spaces, perhaps the most important part of any scene. While I’ve touched on some of these ideas with my previous article on punk houses, I... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Independent Music Industry Figures: James Dempsey

  Independent Industry Figures is a weekly column at IMP where we do a feature on a different music industry figure every week and try to better understand what... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• On Subgenres

  

  I’ve been interviewing bands pretty much constantly since I was about 15. One question I quickly learned not to ask was “What genre do you consider your band... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Numb Bats Play Through the Heatwave on “Bees & Trees”

  

  The music of Numb Bats is a little like surf rock, one could say, if the waves that were being surfed upon were made of grease and glue. It’s punk rock dumped i... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Wilco Casually Drops New Album, “Star Wars,” into the Web (Lucky Us)

  

  They’ve been celebrating twenty years of making music this summer with deluxe releases and discography-browsing setlists during a special anniversary tour. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Neil Young Feeding on Corporate America with “The Monsanto Years”

  

  Neil Young has kept himself busy in this post-divorce era of his career. In 2014 he released two albums, A Letter Home, a lo-fi selection of covers, and... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• 7 of 2015’s Best LPs

  

  2015 has been a blast for music thus far, with some iconic moments and performances, here’s some of the year’s choice LP’s thus far…Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• LA Rockers Secondborn Hit the Heights with Ambitious New EP

  

  American rock has been in a state of flux for a while, but with the likes of Rise Against, Thrice and Saosin come with it a banner and mark of excellence,... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Tramlines Festival Preview 2015

  

  Say the word ‘festival’ and you might think of vast green fields with a clump of stages, crumpled cans of apple cider and a pulsating, never-ending soundtrack... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• On Discipline

  

  I was taken with inspiration to write this particular article due to some ideas I think I’ve hinted at in other pieces I’ve written in recent months. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC