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The Manchester based band have a fantastic sound, a bracing listen that is invigorating and inspired. A run of singles – such as ‘GUNMAN CORNER’ – epitomise their maverick aesthetic, blending live breakbeats, barbed…
Read moreThis time, the comeback is permanent - and has been seven years in the making. "It started in 2019 when [head of continuing drama] Kate Oates originally approached me about coming back for a block that involved Sean…
Read moreSometimes, an eagerness to be seen and understood can have the opposite effect – you can be so transparent that you end up invisible.” She added that as a teenager she took a personality test in which participants…
Read moreIts lyrics circle a restless boredom and draw on the life of former MLB player Joe Sprinz. The band said the song is “an attempt to explain a certain malaise or boredom that I was feeling at the time, and the sort of…
Read more"spells in my living room" combines piano singer-songwriter cadences with dark pop textures. Its lyrics use witchy spells and sorcery as a metaphor for the commonplace rituals that people use to get through the day.…
Read moreOver the past few weeks Robb, alongside Jowita Przystał have found themselves climbing up the leaderboard , but last week's Jive saw the pair awarded just 19 points. With Halloween week bringing another test on the…
Read moreReleased earlier this month, Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a fast and furious sci-fi game that hurtles you around alien planets in a variety of spaceships. Win and you’ll climb the ranks of The Galactic League, an…
Read moreIn her closing speech at London's Southwark Crown Court on Friday, prosecutor Reil Karmy-Jones KC said the women had "nothing to gain" from coming forward apart from "some closure". Speaking for the defence, Polly Dyer…
Read moreIn the 1970s and 80s, while North American comedy fans worshipped at the altar of Saturday Night Live, the comedy nerds loved SCTV. The Canadian sketch show was weird. It was dark. It was multilayered and years ahead of…
Read moreThe record arrived today (October 30) without any prior announcement, marking Fowler’s first solo release outside of his role with the band. Advertisement Described as an intimate collection of songs that the guitarist…
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