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  • Unstable roof sparks evacuation of Southampton club Roxx

    Live music venue Roxx was evacuated this evening following reports that the ground floor ceiling had collapsed.

  • Freshers’ Ball: An interview with Ms. Dynamite

    Chatting to Howell Davies, Ms. Dynamite announces plans to release an EP and an album in 2014.

  • Review: Homeland (Series 3, Episode 1)

    After a powerful climax to season two of Homeland, with the death of 219 people in a terrorist attack at Langley, viewers would expect an equally dramatic and tantalizing start to season three. However, ‘Tin Man Is Down’ was a disappointing follow on from such an impressive closing episode. Viewers were edged in too gently […]

  • Review: Dexter Series 8

    With seven series in the can and a slowly vanishing sense of wonder, everybody’s favourite blood-spatter analyst turned serial killer was just about ready to hang up his knives. The eighth and final season of the once darkly hilarious detective drama promised to be a grand finale to the mad little life of Dexter Morgan, […]

  • Darkside – Paper Trails

    “Paper Trails” is a cerebrally seductive offering from Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington, it will feature on their forthcoming LP Psychic, which can be streamed in full here. The track sees a contemplative Jaar croon in an introspective and lugubrious manner over Harrington’s adroit instrumentation. The two artists truly bring out a scintillating quality in each other […]

  • Panic! at the Disco – Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die

    Panic! at the Disco’s latest effort is nothing in comparison to their stunning debut, but still worth a listen.

  • Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience: Part 2 of 2

    Shell Hinds takes a look at the second part of Justin Timberlake’s musical extravaganza.

  • Blood Orange – ‘Chamakay’

    Cat Olley reviews the new Blood Orange track.

  • Arcade Fire – ‘Reflektor’

    ‘Reflektor’ is the lead single from Arcade Fire’s upcoming album of the same name and the fourth album of their discography, it is produced by former LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy. As lead singles go, it’s hard to imagine something much better than this. The bass and percussion in the introduction have a chilled, […]

  • ‘We streaked through a lecture naked’: An interview with Chris Stark

    Matt Timmiss caught up with Radio 1 DJ Chris Stark before his set at the final Welcome Party.

  • BluChristmas #17: Gladiator (2000)

    Last year marked 100 years of Universal Pictures. It’s an achievement worth celebrating, and Universal did it in style. In 2012  they released a number of sumptuously packaged new editions of their finest work, restoring the films themselves in stunning 1080p high definition. This beautiful ‘digi-book’ edition of Gladiator is one of my favourite of […]

  • The Wombats unveil new single

    The Wombats return with new single, ‘Your Body is a Weapon’.

  • Blood, meth and tears: The end of Breaking Bad

    *This is a spoiler heavy review of the final episode of Breaking Bad* It’s done. Finished. Breaking Bad is no more. It has been a massive part of my life this summer and, having timed it pretty well, I jumped on the bandwagon at just the right time. On Sunday (in the US, Monday for […]

  • Haim – Days are Gone

    With the 90’s seeming an age ago and many female musicians choosing to go unisex or solo, the days of girl bands appear long gone. Yet LA sister trio Haim have been making waves in recent years with impressive songs like ‘Falling’ and entertaining performances at Glastonbury and Reading. Finally the record their fans have […]