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Iconic photographer David Bailey is set to showcase over 250 hand-picked prints at The National Portrait Gallery next month. The collection 'Baileys Stardust' will feature a range of subjects captured throughout film, music, literature, design and art; proving an apt portrait of a career spanning over 50 years. Miss this, miss out people. The exhibition…

2014 makes way for more exciting up and comings bands and with those who have been giving us chills throughout 2013 we are sure there are set for bigger things and we think this lot will be on your radar big time this year. Our top five 'Ones to Watch' for 2014 ladies and gents...…

The Cheap Thrills have left a firm stamp on Liverpool's music scene by combining scallyish guitars with a scouse accent in the brash exciting formula of The Libertines. Following the haunting tones of 'Serfdom' and the caginess of 'You Cry', the boys are back with a new single 'Open Eyes'. We caught up to see…

TOY took to describing their debut album with one rather nifty word; 'miasma', meaning an unhealthy air or atmosphere. Well we're quite glad to say that not much has changed with follow up 'Join The Dots'. As a matter of fact it drifts all the way through seven minute opener 'Conductor' like a star-trek episode…

This year The Courteeners have taken the excellence of third album 'Anna' to crowds at Glastonbury, Finsbury Park and The Castlefield Bowl. Eager to treat us some more, a December UK tour looms and we are as excited as anyone, we caught up with frontman and wordsmith Liam Fray to discuss this and more.  Hi…

It's only a matter of time until Alex Turner and his sharply dressed entourage punch well above arena level. Two colossal shows at Finsbury Park next May (23rd/24th) with Tame Impala, Miles Kane and Royal Blood called in for support duties. The venue, Finsbury park has housed many historic moments, Jimi Hendrix burned his guitar…

Catfish and the Bottlemen are boisterous, urgent and damn right exciting. With a debut album lurking on the fringes of the future, we caught up with frontman Van to discuss being a test-tube baby, near death experiences and well, a bit of music. Hi there Van, so you've recently rounded off a UK tour, how…

2013 has muscled up many bands who have grabbed us by the scruff of the neck, one of these has been Southampton pair Dolomite Minor. We thought best to sit down with the guys and discuss their year and the future. It's all been happening for Dolomite Minor in recent months, exciting times right? MAX:…

STATIC RELEASE OCT 14TH, COLUMBIA RECORDS There's been many changes since Cults assembled their debut album in 2011, the main one being a relationship split. Needless to say the tension between Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin has brilliantly simmered it's way through onto follow-up 'Static', producing a sharp new carnation of the band with a…

BRISTOL TRINITY CHURCH NOVEMBER 2013 Dressed in black shirts buttoned all the way up, Savages arrive announcing a wall of cold distortion. We're met with stabbing eye-contact as the cagey guitar of 'I Am Here' grapples it's way through the sold-out crowd like a bitchy hello, very much setting the tone of things to come.…

Washed out have unveiled a new video for latest single 'All I Know'. Opening with fuzzy home-video footage that continues to be dotted throughout, the visuals reveal an intimate portrait of Ernest Greene's life on the road. Produced by Urban Outfitters, the narrative takes a nail-biting twist following a spontaneous trip to LA. 'All I…

CORSICANA LEMONADE RELEASED: 29TH OCTOBER, 2013 Screw beating around the bush, White Denim's 5th album Corsicana Lemonade throws you straight into their vivid new world. 'At Night in Dreams' lumps around in the manner of a sexy Zeppelin jam and also hints that White Denim are nostalgically swooning back toward the 70's. The self-titled 'Corsicana…