Out of the shadows: Sia wows Concorde2
Masked by relative obscurity at an undersold Concorde 2 venue, Sia Furler is perhaps best known for vocal contributions for…
All hail Yo! Majesty
Female, Christian and homosexual, Yo! Majesty manage to tick almost all of the unlikely-to-be-in-a-rap-group boxes. But loud and proud, the…
Album Review: Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul
The flurry of promotion and anticipation accompanying the release of their seventh studio album has bolstered Oasis to ‘super-group’ status…
Metro Area – Fabric43 (Fabric 591)
This album is another excellent example of Fabric’s ability to turn out dynamic albums with some of the best music…
Introducing… Team Waterpolo
Synth-tastic indie-pop supremos Team Waterpolo – ‘the most exciting thing to happen in Preston since the industrial revolution’ – have…
What’s not to Lykke?
Swedish songstress enchants at Concorde 2 Lykke Li, Swedish pop sensation, emerges for our interview like a sleepy elfin princess.…
Glasvegas – Glasvegas (Sony BMG)
It’s commendable that Glasvegas don’t shy away from contemporary issues. Rather, their bittersweet lyrics cut straight to the grim violence…
Miley Cyrus – Breakout (Polydor)
As the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus and star of Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana, it was, perhaps, inevitable…
Mystery Jets talk war, murder and the credit crunch
‘I heard 2009 is going to be the year of New Rave. It’s catchy. Old rave isn’t good.’ You heard…
In pictures: Technical staff strike over pensions
Staff and students marched through campus.
Kings of Leon – Only by the Night (Sony BMG)
It’s hard to think of a more highly anticipated album to come out this year than Only by the Night…
Brighton Live
You know freshers season has dawned when you get loads of free stuff by accident. A case in point was…
The Streets – Everything is Borrowed (sixsevenine)
In stark contrast to Only by the Night, it is unlikely that many people will have been awaiting the latest…
Badgering about at Beachdown 2008
As a young festival-goer raised on the battery eggs of festivals such as Reading and V, the inaugural Beachdown Festival…