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Sputtering their lyrics a bit too lackadaisically? Playing with too much affected shoddiness? Sauntering, sun-soaked and sleepy, through their songs? Creak, thwomp, thud, they're gone. Not caring is not cool. Caring…
The collab came following Foo Fighters stepping in for The Pretty Reckless and opening for the rock veterans in St. Louis on September 8 – something which the frontman described as “literally a dream come true” .…
The creator of the hit show Fleabag bought the property specifically for Writers' Block, a new scheme tackling class barriers in theatre. The flat will be offered to writers from disadvantaged backgrounds, who will pay…
The band breezed in to the U.K. earlier this year, playing a string of shows at Brighton’s Great Escape. A wild, gnarly experience, The Gnomes blew away the competition with their psych-infused garage-punk. New EP ‘With…
The release comes complete with an accompanying music video directed by Tom Hardiman, known for his work on the hair-raising Medusa Deluxe (2022) and Leo Reich’s comedy Literally Who Cares?! (2023). Read next The video…
It was confirmed in September that Channel 5 - officially known as just 5 since last year - would be launching new channel 5Drama which will air everything from All Creatures Great and Small to American favourites like…
Cook, anti-capitalist propaganda, fatherhood, and why Spotify is a ZIRP company. ‘ZIRP!’ is DIIV’s pop record, but it never stops sounding like DIIV. The guitars still swirl the way they always have, yet the songs are…
On the other, the second season of All's Fair is out. Truly, the lord giveth and the lord taketh away. For those of you who have blanked the first season from your mind, All's Fair is the existentially terrible offering…
City lost 1-0 at home against Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday which means Maresca's men have lost two of their last three outings in all competitions. Saturday's result has left City in second in the Premier…
It has often been adapted for live-action and animated movies in the past, though surely not on this scale, the current three-hour blockbuster being only the first half. (There are no musical numbers though.) The idea of…