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Kick Ass 2 Is Happening!

by Danny Wadeson

Universal in talks to continue the franchise. [read more]

Pepe Deluxe Announce 4th Album, Repair Giant Cave Organ, Are Brilliant.

by Danny Wadeson

Pepe Deluxe announce their fourth album including some intriguing details about the world's largest musical instrument - The Stalacpipe Organ. [read more]

Machete // New Trailer

by Danny Wadeson

BAM, there it is. Man this film is going to be awesome. You remember Grindhouse right? This was the trailer embedded in Deathproof! Anyway, to put my fever pitch excitment into some kind of perspective I called upon our trusted film writers to chime in with their thoughts... Dylan Spicer, of Film Talk fame, had this to say: "Well, it certainly looks like the original trailer! Hopefully with a cast this solid the script will match the trailer and make this a whole lot of ... (continued) [read more]
The Great Escape 2010 - Ones To Watch

by Danny Wadeson

The Great Escape always harbous some real hidden treasure. The below list of the bands that I reckon will be essential watching is by no means exhaustive, as there are so many amazing bands to check out, but it's a good starting point we hope. Below the break, after their profiles, are the details of the gigs they're playing. Essentials highlighted in bold and red! Muchuu Muchuu Myspace Muchuu somehow manage to sound innocent, heavy, knowing, a little psychedelic and... (continued) [read more]

TGE '09 - A Tiny Retrospective

by Danny Wadeson

Last years Great Escape was one of the best four days of my life quite probably. Sure, a lot of factors contributed to that but the music, the atmosphere, the people and the place definitely qualify as the deciding factors. So naturally I'm excited about TGE '10, starting up in just a few days, which naturally got me to thinking about how it will differ from last years'. Well, here are some photos from the best shows I attended a year ago for the sake of posterity. The Mo... (continued) [read more]

M.I.A - Born Free (NSFW) // New Video

by Danny Wadeson

Trust M.I.A. You 'aint never seen a music video like this before (at least, not recently...) Oh and don't try looking for it on youtube, XL Records have had it removed. M.I.A was NOT happy about it. You should probably follow her on Twitter actually, she's hilarious! [read more]
SEAMS // Nightcycles 12" Launch Party // News

by Danny Wadeson

SEAMS is celebrating the release of his debut 12" 'Nightcycles' on Tough Love Records (OUT YESTERDAY) with a free show at Pure Groovenext Monday May 3rd. Joined by friends Shells, Becoming Real and an appearance by special guest (and the quite bloody awesome) Gold Panda. Seams Music . com Seams on Myspace Header image by Sandra Croft [read more]

Deutsche BÃ¶rse Photography Prize 2010 // 405 Recommended

by Danny Wadeson

The Photographers Gallery, nestled in a little street (Ramilies) just off Oxford St, has two more weeks of the Deutsche BÃ¶rse Photography Prize 2010, featuring Anna Fox, Zoe Leonard, Sophie Ristelhueber and Donovan Wylie, and we bloody well recommend you go see it. See what's on at The Photographers' Gallery It's a bona-fide "Pick of the Week" of The Guardian, and ye olde "Critics' Choice" from Time Out. See below for a little more info, mostly cribbed from their e-mail new... (continued) [read more]

Razmataz Lorry Excitment New Single

by Danny Wadeson

Rasmataz Lorry Excitment - A Year Short On Excitement/Trials and Errors Visit Razmataz Lorry Excitement on Myspace Fake Dreams Records Here is a guy making music I had never heard of before until a brief little introduction (to the music that is) made by Fake Dreams Records. I was in for a very pleasant surprise! I urge you to check out the embedded player below for some melodic but heavy electro goodness. Official website has this to say on the forthcoming single: ... (continued) [read more]