GIG: THE VACCINES

Alix

The Vaccines triumphantly returned to Blackburn's King Hall this weekend, more than making amends for a cancelled gig back in January. On that occasion a broken barrier put an end to an energetic performance from band and crowd alike. It would be saf...

SELF-PORTRAIT GALLERY

Alix

Have you ever tried to draw a picture of yourself? Not easy is it? And if you're more accustomed to picking up a guitar than a paintbrush, my guesses are it's going to look like a 5 year old has attempted to do it - have you ever seen the original ly...

RETROGAMING: SPEED-RUNNING

Over the next few months, we will be inviting the fantastic people at SuperMegaStore to write about their very favourite retro videogames moments. This time around, we have Retrogaming: Speed-Running. More specifically, how the N64 has enjoyed a revi

WHO SHE? PLAYLIST

Alix

With the release of The Lumineers' third album, aptly titled III, and the recent promo videos for Gloria and Donna amongst others, we took it upon ourselves to create a playlist of songs with girls names in the title. It's as simple as that. But rath

THE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF EZRA MAAS

With the release of his fantastic debut book, The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas we asked author Daniel James for a playlist of tunes to accompany the novel and he duly obliged with a fucking belter. It's a wonderful piece of investigative journ

TOP 10 GAME BOY GAMES

Alix

The Top 10 Game Boy Games but why I hear you say? In last week's episode of The Retro Hour podcast the picture above was highlighted as a triumph for the retrogaming community! Quite rightly so, it's great to see two stars (Scarlett Johansson & C

THE RETRO HOUR – THE INTERVIEW

Alix

As part of our retrogaming interests nothing keeps us better informed (and that Nintendo vs. Sega fire in our belly burning) quite like The Retro Hour podcast, hosted by Ravi Abbott and Dan Wood. We caught up with the guys ahead of their appearance a

CODY SMYTH – THE INTERVIEW

Alix

Here at The Journalix Towers, we're all huge fans of The Strokes. I mean, who isn't?! Many people claim they define an era but for us they define rock n roll. The music is so special and those images of the boys in New York at the turn of the century...

GIG: SHADOWPARTY

Alix

Now it is officially Springtime and despite what you read in the papers, life goes on. And if you enjoy your music - there's plenty to be excited about right now. For ShadowParty were in town on Thursday. SUPERGROUP Made up of members from Devo and

THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING

Alix

This is a kids film that adults will love. It is full on, with great traditions, a great baddie, it is loud and it is scary, The Kid Who Would Be King is so much fun! Set in suburbia where the world around normal life is under threat. We see newspa