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29th – 31st of July sees the peaceful Peak District transform into the UK’s best medium festival of 2015. Celebrating its first official decade this year, Y Not festival has grown considerably for 2016. It currently boosts 11 stages, an extra night, over 200 acts and great food and...

The London-based soul songster is back with a mature follow-up to his debut album. Fans have had to wait four years for Michael Kiwanuka’s second album. This is partly because his debut Home Again attracted the attention of Kanye West, who invited Kiwanuka to work with him on 2013’s...

What was perhaps most remarkable about the (outrageously grand) Somerset House venue on Wednesday night was the sheer diversity of the crowd: all ages had gathered to see Courtney Barnett.  After an extraordinary 24 months, this wide-ranging fan base (from children to retirees) is a testament to Barnett’s superlative gift...

For years, Big Brother has been the queen of trashy reality TV, at the forefront of the Daily Mail gossip column and has produced some class celebrities out of the general public (Nikki Graham anyone?). However, this year, despite the best efforts of Marco Pierre White Jr., Big Brother...

Nothing’s Real is Shura’s, real name Alexandra Lilah Denton, debut album. Overall, it incorporates hazy chilled out instrumentals with dreamy, floaty electronic pop. The theme of nostalgia is prominent in the album, with an 80s influence weaved through songs such as ‘Nothing’s Real’. Shura cites Madonna as a musical...

After asking Siri ten times during the week whether or not it was going to rain, I realised no one really knew what the Glastonbury weather would be like for sure. However, one thing was always certain: there would be mud in abundance. But that did not matter as,...

California is Blink-182’s first attempt since founding member Tom DeLonge left to search for UFO’s (I kid you not, this is his official reason for quitting Blink!). It’s simply a strange album; definitely Blink, but not as you know them. Replacing DeLonge with Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba, the sound...