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Saturday, July 09, 2016

Franz Ferdinand: Walk away, walk away

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Nick McCarthy, who was with Franz Ferdinand before anyone had heard of them, and was still with them now people don't remember them, has...

Bring Me The Horizon, and peel me a grape

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What would the festival season be without a few squabbles round the back of the VIP area? So lets drop by Spain's Resurrection Fest - ...
Tuesday, July 05, 2016

In these strange times, we need Lily Allen

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Long-term readers of No Rock will know that I've never been Lily Allen's biggest fan. But we live in strange days, and she's pre...
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Saturday, July 02, 2016

Steve Brookstein joins the Brexit debate

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Sorry, Steve, did you have something to say? The irony is Conservative women have less hang ups about sex than Labour women. Generally spe...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Funkobit: Bernie Worrell

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Bernie Worrell, co-founder of Funkadelic and Parliament, has died . As The Guardian's obituary observes, in effect he was paid in expo...

Leave will screw the music industry, too

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While as a nation we try to come to terms with just how self-defeating half of our compatriots are, you might be wondering what it means for...
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Saturday, June 18, 2016

Half Man Half Biscuit: Ride away

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This may be the best thing You And Yours has ever broadcast: A Half Man Half Biscuit cycle trip

Blissobit: Prince Be

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Attrell Cordes, better known as PM Dawn's Prince Be, has died. A Facebook post from Doc G confirmed the news earlier today: Prince...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

EMI: Hands handed arse; tries to save face

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It's been a while since we heard about Guy Hands, the man who borrowed large sums of cash to buy EMI and then discovered he wasn't v...

To be alive at this time

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Fighting for scraps on the edge of fame : Real Housewives Of Cheshire star Dawn Ward found guilty of assaulting pop star Sinitta Justice ha...

This week just gone

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Last week, these releases intrigued us: Tegan And Sara - Love You To Death Download Love You To Death Ladyhawke - Wild Things Download ...
Thursday, June 09, 2016

Wouldn't Quadrophenia 2 just be Octophenia?

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It's not often you find yourself agreeing wholeheartedly with The Who, but their reaction to the plans for a sequel to Quadrophenia are ...
Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Spotify: An upside-down pyramid

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Digital Music News report on the proportion of users who Spotify rely on : 90% of Spotify’s Revenue Comes from 30% Of Its Users This, surel...
Sunday, June 05, 2016

This week just gone

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The most-read May stories: 1. Eurovision: Liveblog 2. Russia don't like the Eurovision result 3. Eurovision: Tumblr speaks 4. Azeai...
Friday, June 03, 2016

It turns out there is one piece of London property with affordable rents

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There's cutting a deal, and there's cutting a deal : #NowReading some unbelievable stuff about The Brixton Academy. pic.twitter.c...
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Thursday, June 02, 2016

Miley Cyrus: If you have tears, prepare to shed them now

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Poor Carl McCoid. He used to like Miley Cyrus. He used to like her a lot. So much so, he got 29 Miley Cyrus tattoos, all over his body. ...

Bpop rearranges line-up

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The troubled BPop live event - the gig encouraging people to vote leave in this month's referendum - has struggled with a line up after ...

Krist Novoselic has made his presidential choice

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Krist Novoselic - very much the other one out of Nirvana - has decided he's going to through his weight behind the Libertarian candidate...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Where is Robbie Williams playing these days?

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I suppose if you're Robbie Williams, you'd be lucky to get a gig anywhere these days, but what a surprise to discover him headlining...

Harry Styles: This is probably a better review than they realise

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"How is Harry Style's acting?" "Well, his haircut is fabulous."
Sunday, May 22, 2016

Apparently it was the FA Cup Final yesterday

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When did we start having people pop up to sing the national anthem at sporting events? It seems that's a thing now; and yesterday at Wem...

This week just gone

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We've been on holiday and not updating these on Sunday mornings for a short while - this was the most recent collection of then-new rele...
Monday, May 16, 2016

Eurovision 2016: Russia aren't happy

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The victory for Ukraine at Eurovision on Saturday night hasn't gone down well everywhere. And by "everywhere", I mean "at...
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Azealia Banks issues half-apology written by her PR team

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You'll recall that last time we came across Azealia Banks, the Zac Goldsmith of pop had taken to Twitter to call Zayn Malik a "curr...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

Eurovision 2016: Tumblr speaks

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http://amywiliams.tumblr.com/post/144390517611/welovesandalwood-idgafoskitten-so-far
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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Eurovision 2016: The liveblog

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It's that time of the year again, with an additional element for the liveblog in 2016: I'm jetlagged to hell. We've already had ...
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Do you know the way to Knotty Ash?

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The Dionne Warwick biopic sounds like it might be, erm, singular : [It was] announced at a Cannes Film Festival press conference this morni...

The passing of the days is captured in art

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From the equally soon-to-be-gone Our Valued Customers :

Twittergem: Spandau Ballet

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They don't do it while you wait; it's stictly an Only When You Leave business. Possibly the best business pun ever. Gold. pic.twitt...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Yacht: coming last in the boat race

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Surely the weakest link in Yacht's tiresome sex tape hoax was the fundamental problem that - for their story to have worked - you would...
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