N Dubz Bloke has Stuff to Say…Badly
Channel 4′s alternative Christmas message has shown itself to be an extraordinarily well thought out subversive project. In the past they have attracted Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a Muslim lady in full dress and a British soldier from the Afghanistan conflict. When they have been less serious too they have managed to pick people who had an...
Vote For The Best Record Labels
It’s the time of the year where we get nostalgic about 2010 before it’s even finished. So to indulge ourselves we’re asking who deserves to be crowned the number one independent record label of recent times. We’ve been fairly comprehensive in who you can vote for (even stretching back a bit before this year), but...
Aiden Grimshaw Fans Get Organised on Twitter
The general feeling is Aiden Grimshaw went before his time on this year’s X Factor. The most probable explanation seems to be that he appeared to be safe..so people saved their votes for later weeks. Katie Waissel’s fans on the other hand were more than aware they had to pick up the phone. Matt himself...
Morrissey Backs Johnny Marr Over David Cameron
Morrissey famously sung that he couldn’t wait until “the English are sick to death of labour and tories and spit upon the name Oliver Cromwell”. It’s obvious he’s never been shy of wading into the political argument – so what has David Cameron been thinking about telling everyone he likes The Smiths. On twitter earlier...
X Factor 2010: Dannii Minogue Becomes Nation’s Favourite Judge
Remember the days when Simon Cowell was seen as the harsh but fair judge? Remember the days when Cheryl was the nation’s sweetheart? Well X Factor 2010 has changed all that as Dannii Minogue has found herself becoming the nation’s favourite judge. We’re unashamedly part of Team Dannii, and after a bit of an unpopular...
X Factor 2010: Dannii Minogue Or The Rest? Who is the Best Judge
Dannii Minogue has been much tougher this year while Simon Cowell seems to have mellowed. Perhaps this is due to the reported warnings given to the girls before the show that they had to be tougher when judging this year. Given how quickly Mr Cowell got ride of Kate Thornton, and sacked Louis a few...
Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga and Alicia Keys Give Up Social Media
Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga and Usher have all signed up to the Digital Life Sacrifice campaign in order to raise money for Keep a Child Alive. This all kicks off on Tuesday to coincide with World Aids Day. Leigh Blake, the president of Keep a Child Alive, commented: “I have a feeling that Lady Gaga is...
Music Happens Here
Leeds College of Music has a ton of alumni who have been providing the music for some of the UK’s top artists for since the 70s – a good example is Jim Cory who have played for the likes of Jamiroquai, Mark Ronson and Corinne Bailey Rae. However, the college has been blazing a trail...
Joe McElderry – “Someone Wake Me Up” Video
Joe McElderry has released his video for his single “Someone Wake Me Up” video, an official accompaniment to the new film Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. In consequence the video doesn’t really have much for Joe to do – spliced in between clips of the movie he just sings into a...
The Beatles Songs Fail to Live Up To Commercial Hype
The Beatles have had the spotlight on them even more than usual over the last week. Firstly you have Apple coming out with what was promised to be a very special announcement. Now we’re used to the iPad or iPhone 4 given a first outing as fanboys say “oooo” and “ahhh”….me amoung them. So when...
iamamiwhoami Performs Live Concert
The iamamiwhoami project is still going on after a year with there now being nobody left in much doubt that it’s Jonna Lee heading it up. If you think that’s a rouse just have a look at the recent online concert that’ll really leave you in no doubt. The team flew out a youtube fan...
Steve Coogan is Back With Alan Partridge
While we’ve been enjoying the natural banter between Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan in The Trip, we had no idea everyone’s favourite North Nofolk DJ was back in action. Coogan has always kept an eye out for up coming comedy through his company Baby Cow, and this time he’s got Tim Key in tow. You...
