Tag Archives: Arctic Monkeys

15 Great British Tribute Band Names, And One We Made Up

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 15th, 2013

There’s a definite knack to naming a tribute band: Ideally you’d want a devilishly-clever pun on the band’s name (or at a push, their most famous song or album title), but it has to be one that also explains that ...

Glastonbury Announces Line-Up with Major Headliners

By Brigid Brown | Posted on March 27th, 2013

The Rolling Stones in London in July. (Ian West, Press Association/AP Images)

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger hinted back in January that he may be heading to Glastonbury music festival but wouldn’t commit to it 100 percent as he didn’t want to disappoint. Well, no disappointment here.

The London Games Opening Ceremony: Recap

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 27th, 2012

Note: please don’t read this unless you’re sure you don’t want to see the opening ceremony in full, we’d hate to ruin the surprises in store.

10 Greatest British Tracks of 2011

By staff | Posted on December 19th, 2011

As the sun sets on another year, and the bloggers post their final compilations, attempting to make sense of quite a disparate musical landscape, the Anglophenia music obsessives have been busy in conference, trying to work out who ...

Five Songwriters Who Deserve The Comic Book Treatment

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 5th, 2011

This November, at the Tucson Comic-Con, a new comic will be launched, called Unite and Take Over: Comic Book Stories Inspired by The Smiths. It’s the 78-page brainchild of publisher Shawn Demumbrum, who brought in artists like ...

News Roundup: The Beckhams’ Golden Tribute to Harper, Pete Doherty and Carla Bruni Pal Up, and Helen ‘Body of the Year’ Mirren

By staff | Posted on August 1st, 2011

Y’know that family who’ve just had a new baby and they’re so smitten they can’t stop recording every aspect of their child’s growth? And changing their Facebook profile picture to a picture of the baby?