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

BEING FRANK SIDEBOTTOM

Chris Sievey. You may not have heard of this incredibly artistic, talented individual. But he, was Frank Sidebottom. And we think you need to know all about him. Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story gives us everything. Cataloguing his life and wor

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

STEVE BAYLEY: THE INTERVIEW

Alix

A couple of years ago we felt the need to tweet a song from The Open, an indie band with a Liverpudlian-sound. Curiously a band none of us had ever seen play live but we all adored the only 2 albums they had released; debut The Silent Hours in 2004 a...

“I THINK I’M GONNA BE SAD”… BUT AM I?

Joni

It wasn't the opening line I was expecting. When the opening riff to 'Ticket to Ride' plays, it immediately puts a smile on my face, I know it's The Beatles. I know it's played in the skiing scene in Help!, I know it's one of John's songs and I can l...

JULIA LENNON

John Lennon was just 17 years old when his mother died. He had suffered a difficult childhood, and was raised predominantly by his Aunt Mimi, as his mother Julia struggled with the responsibility of being a single parent (his father was away a...

WORKING TITLES AND CODE NAMES

Alix

So I've just had a quick game on my Project Café (gotta catch them all!) and now I'm rewatching Blue Harvest for the thousandth time (it's the best in the saga) but what the hell am I talking about I hear you cry?! Well, these are working titles of c...

THE BEATLES – #30DAYSONGCHALLENGE

Joni

There is currently a trend on Twitter which is all about selecting a different song each day that satisfies a certain criteria. Being such big fans of The Beatles (didn't you know?), Joni has set himself the strict challenge of only selecting from th...

POP ICON: MUHAMMAD ALI

Well the world says goodbye to yet another icon, Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) - not only a great sporting icon but one of the greatest men that ever lived. In his own words to a press-packed boxing gym: "I'm young, I'm handsome, I'm fast, I'm pret...

IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO TODAY…

We've previously done playlists at the end of the year celebrating our favourite tunes of the past 12 months but this time we've decided mid-year we'd go back a bit further. Just because time moves on doesn't mean music turns bad like a rotten apple....