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It’s now almost two decades on from their Mercury Prize nominated debut, a radiant indie-dance release that helped to define an era. Working as the slimmed-down two-piece of Ed Macfarlane and Edd Gibson, Friendly Fires…
Whether you’ve scrolled onto their viral folk-infused covers to hear those divinely dissonant harmonies, been entranced by their backing vocals for indie darling Lizzy McAlpine or, most recently, watched clips of them…
This is one of her more harrowing stories about a young woman (see also: The Bridge). Some will recognise this as a track on Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood's album Nancy and Lee (where the backing singing is replaced…
While researching the images people find hardest to look at, game director Emil Esov discovered he has trypophobia – a fear of clusters of small holes. Rather than tone the scary images down, he fed them straight into…
The actor, M, is joined by "a writer of some renown" and a fashion model who possesses "some vague self-absorption". A brand sponsored the affair. I spent literal hours trying to find the real-world equivalent of the…
The Guitar Hero series was put on hiatus after the release of 2015’s Guitar Hero Live but last year, original game developers revived their RedOctane studio and confirmed they were working on a brand new game . “This…
Following the release of lead single ‘DON’T BE A RUNNER’, ‘THAT KID’ proceeds with a similar sense of musical abandon – a tender, folk-infused reverie recorded in a hotel room one night on the road. “‘THAT KID’ really…
A beloved songwriter, business woman, actress, author, and humanitarian, Dolly Parton’s singular appeal saw her transcend country to become a truly global icon. Passing away at the age of 80, her loss sparked an almost…
She regularly offered her perceptive and witty insights about life, music, fame and equal rights. Here are some of her most memorable quotes from down the years: Philosophy "The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you…
One thing she never was, however, was a politician. But don't think it's because no one asked her. In 1999, during an appearance on the talk show Prime Time Country!, the singer was asked by a young woman in the audience…