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So, the year draws to a close and the shelves are stacked with Christmas knick-knacks. Thankfully though, in singles corner business carries on as usual. Admittedly these tracks are unlikely to be Christmas number one, but they’ll be far more entertaining than whatever rubbish is thrown at us by the X-Factor camp. THE LITTLE PHILISTINES [...]

It’s a problem that many independent bands face at the moment; you’ve got the songs, you’ve got the fanbase and you’ve got the drive – you’re just too skint to hit the road in a giant tour bus on a Led-Zeppelin-esque 50 date world tour! But why let this ongoing credit crunch stand in the [...]

Manchester trio Delphic have chosen ‘Doubt’ as the first single to be taken from their debut album ‘Acolyte’ which will be released 11th January 2010. It will be available digitally on 3rd January and physically from 4th January. LIVE DATES: December 08 – Academy, Manchester 11 – Koko, London 12 – The Royal, Derby 13 [...]

We start this edition of Videodrome with perhaps our favourite band of the last year, Twin Atlantic. This is the promo for their latest single What Is Light, Where Is Laughter and it perfectly captures their frenetic music and powerful lyrics. Next up we’ve got a clip from this years winner of the Best Actress [...]

As I first listened to Timshel’s EP “The Vagabond Cain” all I could hear was a bizarre Pearl Jam cover band who have decided to write their own material, however after listening a few times I came to realise this wasn’t the case at all. The mixture of classic rock and grunge along with an [...]

East London’s finest Richard Kylea Cowie aka Wiley has taken the E3 music scene from an underground phenomenon to full mainstream success. Along the way, he’s produced and / or mentored most of the scene’s biggest names including Dizzee Rascal, Tinchy Stryder, Chipmunk and JME. Now the groundbreaking MC, producer and mad genius returns with [...]

Marina and the Diamonds, AKA Greek/Welsh 24 year old Marina Diamandis, is proud to announce the release of her debut album ‘The Family Jewels’ on February 15th through 679/Atlantic Records. The album will be preceded by the release of her new single ‘Hollywood’, out 1st February. What a whirlwind 2009 has been for Ms. Diamond! [...]

Hennessy Keane are a duo from Hampshire which I originally found difficult to believe considering their obvious West American country influence. The band formed just over a year ago yet have that successful experienced country sound. The boys obviously have raw talent and this calming album doesn’t fail to show this. Lyrics on some tracks [...]

‘Theories of Dr. Lovelock’ is a collection of very catchy rock songs from The Chemists and considering it’s their debut album it is rather impressive. Actor Richard E Grant immediately captures your attention when opening the album with his ominous vocals, and The Chemists quite successfully keep a hold of it throughout the CD. Their [...]