Review: Gomorrah
Based on Roberto Saviano’s bestselling exposé of the Camorra (the Neapolitan mafia), Gomorrah uncompromisingly depicts the interwoven lives of five…
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…
Review: Simon Peggs It
‘Haven’t our boys come a long way’? Ricky Gervais is currently testing his acting chops over in the US to…
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.
Curtis stars reborn
This week Richard Curtis favourites adopt roles not normally associated with the British stars. Writer Luc Besson’s new film Taken…
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…