Last night, the sublime, goth-punk Alkaline Trio returned to the stage at Manchester Academy and proceeded to blow the crowd away with an awesome set which, perhaps surprisingly, focused on the “classics” rather than their more recent material. Opening with a storming rendtion of “This Addiction” the title track to their latest album, followed by […]

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Anyone who knows me knows that (in my head at least) I am the illegitimate love child of Tim Burton. I own all of his films and have collected memorabilia relating to his work for a number of years. Hell I even liked Planet Of The Apes (well at least until the ending). A trip […]

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“Dan Le Sac, Scroobius Pip! Fixing hip-hop as best we can!” A bold statement or genuine belief? Last night the bearded saviour of UK hip-hop took the stage at The Cockpit in Leeds and put on a blistering performance that puts many, more popular artists to shame. The bunker-like “pit” was indeed the perfect venue […]

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On reflection and after several discussions with friends (stand up Mr Rob Reed) I feel I may have been overly critical of James Cameron’s latest epic Avatar. I stand by my belief that it was certainly not the best film of the year (The Hurt Locker being a worthy winner of that title) and that […]

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