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Isle of Wight Festival 2013: Sun shone on Bon Jovi despite forecasts of a wash-out
Monday 17 June 2013
The sun kept shining on revellers as they enjoyed the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival, headlined by Bon Jovi.
Video: Isle of Wight Festival bands
Monday 17 June 2013
Watch the videos below to listen to tracks from bands who played the Isle of Wight Festival this year.
And the rain poured down: Isle of Wight festival goers faced with second year of mud baths
Friday 14 June 2013
The rain poured down on the first day of the Isle of Wight 2013, but hardened festival goers remained unfazed despite the muddy conditions.
Grace Dent on TV: The Call Centre, BBC3
Friday 07 June 2013
Don’t ring us: welcome to the bellowing boss who’s hilarious as long as the joke’s not on him
The Fall: Same old Mark E Smith. But different...
Friday 17 May 2013
The Fall are back. Tim Cumming meets their unique, splenetic frontman
V Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford
Tuesday 21 August 2012
If you are expecting a deep and meaningful experience from a music festival like glastonbury or Green Man, you’re not going to find it at V.
Experts predict scorching Saturday
Friday 17 August 2012
Tomorrow could be the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures possibly hitting 32C, forecasters said today.
Album sales fall to new low as Rihanna tops UK chart despite selling less than 10,000 copies of Talk That Talk
Monday 13 August 2012
Talk That Talk, the album released by the Barbadian singer last year, returned to the number one slot with sales of just 9,578 CDs and downloads combined.
Album: Spektor, Enjoy it While it Lasts (Fiction)
Sunday 12 August 2012
Spector are the band you'd get if you fed the Killers, Keane and the Strokes into a blender. (In itself, not a terrible idea.)
Album: We Are Augustines, Rise Ye Sunken Ships (Oxcart)
Sunday 04 March 2012
Brooklyn trio We Are Augustines' debut album sounds like it's been pieced together with spare parts from various other big indie-rock bands.
The Barometer: Hooded Fang; Little Comets; Charlotte O'Connor; thenewno2; Willy Moon; Whales in Cubicles; The Staves; Chinese Christmas Card; High Highs
Friday 02 December 2011
What's hot on our playlist
Album: Hard-Fi, Killer Sounds (Necessary/Atlantic)
Friday 19 August 2011
Hard-Fi's third album certainly talks a good fight, with tracks titled "Feels Good", "Excitement" and, of course, "Killer Sounds", which perhaps reveals their ambition to become the British equivalent of The Killers.
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