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In our house, we had a French-release compilation album of his songs called ‘Le Roi Du Rock ‘n’ Roll’. As a small kid, I was obsessed with ‘Mystery Train’. The way Elvis held his guitar like a gun and the percussive way…
Game of Thrones, anyone? Now Dark Matter can be added to that list. A decade after publishing his bestselling sci-fi novel, author Blake Crouch has written an ill-advised sequel. Not in the form of a book, but as a…
With most Friday playlist updates dominated by the same big songs and returning names, we're always trying to go way beyond that to find the exciting new artists taking their first steps who we think will do amazing…
Ravangar says the track is written from the perspective of the abusive voice itself. "It’s a cautionary song," she says in a press statement. "Writing this, I wanted everyone to hear what it’s like from the outside to be…
It could never just be: musician Mykki Blanco. “I suppose the 2010s was an era of reckoning for a lot of things. But overall, I just found it to be really, really dismissive. It literally took eight years of me releasing…
Changes include revamping the look of some major stages, while other spaces, such as a campsite for over-21s, are being introduced for the first time. Organisers Festival Republic say this will take the festival "firmly…
Dawn had been convinced by Caleb and Ruby that Joe had attacked Billy from behind in a jealous rage after discovering his almost-kiss with Dawn. Billy was keen to believe it, given his lingering feelings for his ex.…
Limina was written in 2023 for the pianist Eliza McCarthy , who is a powerhouse soloist here with the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland and conductor Ryan McAdams . It's a serious piece born of a slightly playful idea.…
But this franticness can't disguise that it's a dopey and facile thriller that, despite capable performances, plumbs neither its characters' depths nor hits thematic pay dirt. It also merits a stiff investigation from…
As this wide-ranging documentary shows, that initial impression has largely been confirmed. Twenty-five years later, the events retain their power to shock, but here they're taken as the starting point for an examination…