As the UK clears up from the grip of the August riots, Reverend And The Makers have released a new track entitled Riot that sums things up pretty well we reckon. Lead singer Jon McClure writes: “I watched the events unfolding on the news the other night the same as everyone else and was gutted [...]

You hear much piffle these days about ladies ruling pop and blokes being rubbish at it, but there have always been brilliant female artists and none more so than Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand and Doris Day, who are all releasing new albums in the next few weeks. Hands up who thinks Cher Lloyd will still [...]

Looks like all is not well in the royal kingdom of Leon. After describing themselves as “utterly depressed”, the quartet have cancelled their US tour following their abruptly halted performance in Texas at the weekend, when singer Caleb Followill left the stage to be sick and never came back. The frontman initially claimed sickness, then [...]

Amy Winehouse’s death last weekend was hugely saddening, but also massively predictable. The enigmatic star was a crack addict and an alcoholic and whether you’re famous or not, these two are quite often a deadly combination. What’s shocked me the most since her death was how shocked people seem to be by it – as [...]

I walk into lead singer Dan Gillespie-Sells’ converted public house which he now calls home and there’s chaos all around. In amongst the recording equipment on the ground floor – which was once the bar, the kitchen where the drinks used to be served – are a film crew, there to record an acoustic session [...]

What better way to celebrate that blob of yellow in the sky (you remember it) than with music and song? None is the answer. At Somerset House, they take summer and song extremely seriously – so much so that they’ve lined up a string of artists to play in the courtyard of the historic London [...]

With the release of AC/DC’s Live At River Plate DVD, the band’s Brian Johnson and Angus Young discuss the recording.

Camden Crawl, London, April 30th-May 1st An uber-windy Camden Town ignited the 2011 festival season this weekend, with acts old and new being thrown into the Crawl tombola and spat out around 50 venues across Camden and Kentish Town. Hot tips, stalwarts, comedy and crowds all mingled to create a buzzing 48 hours in North [...]

After the torrid excitement of the Eurovision Song Contest and Brighton’s Great Escape festival over the weekend, we didn’t think there was much that would pique our interest musically today – but we were wrong. Because today news has reached that one of our very favourite bands are releasing a new album – Atmosphere’s The [...]

There are tons of festivals to go to these days, so if you haven’t already bought your Glastonbury ticket, don’t panic. Take your pick from oodles of other combustions of music, booze & love taking place all around the UK and mainland Europe where you can bask in the happy glow of guitars, tambourines and [...]