Melt! Festival 2016’s Lineup Just Got Even Bigger

Second wave of acts for 2016 announced: Tame Impala Jean Michel Jarre Deichkind Modeselektor (DJ Set) Floating Points (Live) Motor City Drum Ensemble Bob Moses The Black Madonna

Also confirmed: Acid Arab | Andy C | Circa Waves | Digitalism … Read More

Common People Announce Big Top Line-ups

GRAB YOUR DANCING SHOES! COMMON PEOPLE’S BIG TOP LINE-UP REVEALED

 FEATURING:

KURUPT FM / HOSPITALITY TAKEOVER / DAVID RODIGAN MBE PRESENTS RAM JAM / 99 SOULS & MANY MORE

Revealing a gargantuan cavalcade of delicious music for your … Read More

Songs Of Separation – Live @ Cornerstone Arts Centre

Friday 22nd January, Oxfordshire

The joyous and moving collaboration Songs of Separation combines ten of England and Scotland’s most well known female contemporary folk artists: Eliza Carthy, Rowan Rheingans, Karine Polwart, Hannah Read, Mary Macmaster, Jenn Butterworth, Kate Young, Hannah … Read More

IGGY POP – Gardenia

I lived for a short time with Iggy Pop’s guitar maker and I learnt something from all the sordid tales of savage debauchery: Iggy never slows down. At 68 years old you might expect the spindled rocker to take a break … Read More

Coheed and Cambria – Live @ SO36 Berlin

Wednesday 27th January, Berlin

I’ve been a fan of Coheed and Cambria since the beginning. Their first three records remain in constant rotation – especially their excellent second album, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3. And although I’m … Read More

Steven Wilson – Live @ Hammersmith Apollo

Wednesday 27th January, London

As previously noted on this website, Steven Wilson is not a man who does things by halves. The ambition and consistent output of his music would put the most tenacious of artists to shame and … Read More

GRAND BLUE HERON – Hatch

Hatch is a debut album for the Belgian band Grand Blue Heron, which was formed two years ago. Nevertheless, the band members are not newcomers in the music industry: each of them was involved into different music projects for more … Read More

AAA Music Approved: Ed Tullett

Who are you and where are you from?

Ed Tullett, born in Oxford, currently living near Brighton.

What inspired you to get into music?

The sound for this record came from writing ‘Malignant’, the lead single. I’d flirted with electronic … Read More

AAA Music Approved: LewRey

Who are you and where are you from?

Lewis: I  am a classically trained grade 8 pianist with also a grade 8 on the saxophone. I studied for the best part of a decade at Leeds College of Music with … Read More

How Music Can Impact Online Gaming

The evolution of online gaming, including playing on online casinos such as Casino Netbet, offers a new and interesting intersection of online media and music. Physical casinos can use music to influence players’ experience of the game, for example through … Read More