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• Watch: Warpaint – ‘Disco//Very – Keep It Healthy’ Official Video

  

  Been waiting restlessly for the first music videos to surface from Warpaint’s second album? You’re in luck, because a DOUBLE one has just been released.One... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: How To Dress Well – Repeat Pleasure

  So, How To Dress Well has a new album coming out in June and obviously that’s really great news. It’s going to be called What Is This Heart? and is available... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Interview: Callum Pickard

  

  We caught up with Coventry based singer-songwriter Callum Pickard, who’s just released his debut EP, to talk influences and his plans for the future. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review: Young Fathers – Dead

  

  There’s nothing more intriguing than a diamond in the rough, a record that feels raw and embryonic, bright eyed and full of promise. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: The Horrors – I See You

  

  The Horrors have announced details of their upcoming album whilst releasing a new track, titled ‘I See You’.So what do we know? Well, the new album will be... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: Warpaint – Radio 1 Session with Zane Lowe

  

  Warpaint visited Radio 1′s Zane Lowe at London’s legendary Maida Vale studios the other day – the outcome is unsurprisingly spectacular. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: Ghostpoet – For You, Thank You, Repeat (Demo)

  

  Ghostpoet has released a free-to-listen demo titled ‘For You, Thank You, Repeat’ onto his SoundCloud.Commenting on the track, Ghostpoet (real name Obaro Ejimiwe... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: Young Fathers – ‘Get Up’

  

  Hey world – Britain has some exciting news for you .We may be currently slow-clapping our Winter Olympic hopefuls who are finishing far away from respectable... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Watch: Maleficent ‘Dream’ Trailer

  

  This little Raccoon could not be more excited for Disney’s new take on the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ story, that was until I saw the latest trailer. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Raccoontroducing//Interview: Lyndsey Craig

  

  Lyndsey Craig is an up and coming singer-songwriter currently living in Linlithgow but plying her musical trade in Edinburgh. Thomas Brent  caught up with her... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Feature: A Preemptive Eulogy of the iPod

  

  Growing up in the nineties and experiencing the perpetual turbulence of being a teenager in the noughties had its fair share of ups (Power Rangers, Tamagotchi,... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review: Fidlar – Fidlar

  Fidlar, or for those in the know “fuck it dog, life’s a risk”, are the type of band that could not suit their name more perfectly if they tried. It’s all very... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: Banks – Brain

  It’s been about 5 minutes since Banks exploded into everyone’s consciousness, featuring in the BBC’s much talked about Sound of 2014 Shortlist and landing... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review: 12 Years A Slave

  I’ve found most of my favourite art is uncomfortable. Not just when consuming it; in terms of the challenge in comprehending something dense, but also from the... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Watch: Four Tet Makes a Beat in 10 Minutes

  One of the UK’s finest beatsmiths, Kieran ‘Four Tet’ Hebden took on dontwatchthat.tv’s ‘Beat This’ challenge, the premise of which is to make a beat from scratc... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Review: American Hustle

  

  Big wigs, big 70s detail, big running time, but is American Hustle the big success that the nominations suggest?American Hustle is David O. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Interview//Feature – The Tin Music and Arts

  

  2014 promises to be a challenging year for the UK arts scene due to Government cuts, and in truth there’s a struggle due to the disproportional focus on London. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• 2013: The Tracks We Loved

  That’s right, it’s the end of the year and we just couldn’t resist. Beginning our look back over 2013, here we have our favourite tracks of the last 12 months. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Interview – Eatliz

  

  When you think of Israel you’ll be forgiven for not immediately thinking of the country’s musical output, barring of course Eurovision entries. Eatliz are... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Watch: Childish Gambino – 3005

  After a steady few months of Soundcloud releases,  cryptic Twitter codewords and much discussion over online leaks; Childish Gambino’s Because The Internet is... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT