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Fontaines D.C. Have Made Their Darkest Album Yet, and It’s the Easiest to Love
It’s strange that Fontaines D.C.’s most accessible album yet is their darkest. Maybe that says more about the world.

Album Reviews
It’s strange that Fontaines D.C.’s most accessible album yet is their darkest. Maybe that says more about the world.

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Where does the band name Arctic Monkeys come from? I asked Dan this question years ago and he answered as if it was common knowledge. It’s only until today that I’ve realised it’s not. Let’s crack on. “It was Jamie’s fault, he came up with it and he’s never even told us why. If h

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A tale of violence, politics, and the fiery implosion of a once-perfect dream. Hehey!

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I was 23, living in Berlin at the time. I’d flown home to Yorkshire for two reasons: to try and save a relationship, and to attend Tramlines Festival in Sheffield. The former endeavour went tits up, naturally, and as a consequence I spent much of the festival desperately putting

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Winter is upon us and that means one thing: weird temperatures. It’s a silly myth that winter is cold. You do not spend the majority of your time in winter in Britain feeling cold. Winter temperatures across this odd collection of islands are split down the middle, a 50/50 split
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Getdown Services call themselves “Britain’s best band,” and honestly, after last night, I’m not arguing. The Minehead-born, Bristol-based lads turned Camden’s Electric Ballroom into a sweaty, chaotic sermon of sarcasm, funk, and full-throttle weirdness. The kind of gig where you

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I’m not the only one. I know I’m not because I’ve Googled it before. Interstellar is the most spellbinding voodoo ever created. Interstellar can change a man. Numerous messages, lessons, and inspirations in this film keep your whole body tensed for its nearly 3-hour runtime. The

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“H… Hi, I don’t suppose you’ve got any unused guestlist tickets going?” “Erm, no. Sorry” “Ah, okay… Not even for four good-looking people like us?” “What?” “Don’t worry.” It was the 3rd of August, and four of us were feeling the overbearing weight of missing out on Oasis tickets.

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Y Not Festival 2025 just wrapped up what organisers are calling their best ever edition - and frankly, with The Wombats , The Prodigy , Courteeners and Madness headlining, it's hard to argue. The four-day Peak District party saw 20,000 punters singing along to everything from ind
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Jamie Cullum, Trevor Nelson and Anna Lapwood are headlining this year's Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall – a month-long festive extravaganza that's bringing everything from jazz to The Nutcracker to South Ken. The 2025 programme kicks off properly mental. We're talking Grammy-n
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Kula Shaker are back with their eighth album 'Wormslayer' , dropping January 30th 2026. But it's their new single 'Good Money' that's causing the real stir. The video is entirely AI-generated. By monkeys?! 😂 As frontman Crispian Mills explains: "Our last video was all in camera,
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For years, you’ve been telling anyone who would listen (and many who wouldn’t) that you can totally hear the difference between compressed audio and the pure, unadulterated sound of lossless. Well, congratulations, you magnificent audiophile, your moment has arrived. Spotify has
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Punk duo The Molotovs gate-crashed Coldplay's Wembley shows this week, playing surprise sets for stadium crowds on the Music Venue Trust stage next to the main arena. The 17 and 19-year-old brother and sister duo, Mathew and Issey Carts, have already clocked up over 600 gigs desp
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Brother-and-sister duo The Molotovs are gunning for their third consecutive UK No. 1 physical single with ' Rhythm Of Yourself ' and they've announced their biggest headline show yet at Camden's iconic Electric Ballroom. Matt and Issey Carts have already conquered the physical si
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Pynch have shared their latest single ' How You Love Someone ', a dreamy, lo-fi dissection of modern love that showcases the more introspective side of their sound. The track serves as another preview of their upcoming album Beauti
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Jon Bon Jovi's vocal cord surgery nearly killed his career. So he did what any rock legend would do and called in every favour he had. And it must have been a lot of favours. FOREVER (Legendary Edition) , dropping 24 October, featuring collaborations with Bruce Springsteen, Avril
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We’ve all been there. The post-breakup doomscroll. You see a photo of your old friends, all smiles, and the penny drops. You’ve been quietly shut out. And the video encapsulates this. London’s Vegas Water Taxi have turned that gut-punch into a gently devastating new tune, ‘chatea
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The Cribs are back. After five years away, the Jarman brothers have announced their new album, Selling A Vibe , dropping on 9th January 2026. They’ve shared the lead single, ‘Summer Seizures’ , to kick things off. But this isn't just another album cycle. This is the sound of a ba
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Daffo has just dropped 'Dagger Song', and it's the kind of track that hits you right in the chest. The latest single from Gabi Gamberg's upcoming debut album Where The Earth Bends (out 26th September via Concord Records) is raw, honest, and utterly compelling. Dagger Song has tha
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Australian punk legends These New South Whales have just unleashed their most urgent track yet. 'INSTINCT' hits like a brick through a window – all raw vocals, pounding bass, and zero fucks given. The song's message is brutally simple: "Listen to your instinct / Fuck what the res