Hit makers The XX, Two Door Cinema Club, Primal Scream, Editors and Bombay Bicycle Club have put together their ultimate playlists to help raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Syria as part of Oxfam’s Love Syria campaign. The Spotify playlists will be released on the countdown to next weekend’s Glastonbury festival. Music fans are… Continue reading Stars share their playlists for Oxfam’s Love Syria campaign 2013
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Youth Music Theatre UK’s course for Young Writers and Composers
Would you like to be the next Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim? Youth Music Theatre UK (YMT) have an incredibly exciting opportunity for young people (aged 16-23) who are passionate about writing and/or composing. Their week-long Young Writers and Composers Course is led by Olivier Award winning script-writer Stephen Clark (Martin Guerre, Zorro, Love… Continue reading Youth Music Theatre UK’s course for Young Writers and Composers
REVIEW: Mark Owen – The Art Of Doing Nothing
The Art Of Doing Nothing by Mark Owen is the singer/songwriter’s fourth solo album and his first since Take That reunited in 2006. The album is bound to attract a lot of attention based on Take That’s monumental success in recent years and so I was looking forward to seeing for myself whether it could… Continue reading REVIEW: Mark Owen – The Art Of Doing Nothing
REVIEW: The 1975 – Oran Mor, Glasgow
The 1975 Oran Mor, Glasgow, 27/5/13 As a band, there must be nothing scarier than facing a sell-out crowd when you know that a fairly decent proportion are there for one song and one song only. This would be a fairly accurate description of Macclesfield’s lads’ The 1975’s situation on their current tour, as new… Continue reading REVIEW: The 1975 – Oran Mor, Glasgow
Summer Album Must Haves 2013
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories We’ve been obsessing over Get Lucky since it was first played on the radio and it is definitely our Summer anthem here in Source HQ. With their new album, Random Access Memories, Daft Punk have returned to the music scene after an eight year hiatus and we can’t wait… Continue reading Summer Album Must Haves 2013
REVIEW: Noah and the Whale – Heart of Nowhere
Can you believe that Noah and the Whale’s first hit single ‘Five Years Time’ was released six whole years ago? We know, it’s making us feel old too. Putting our feelings of old age aside, Noah and the Whale are back with their fourth studio album, Heart of Nowhere, and it’s a good one. The band… Continue reading REVIEW: Noah and the Whale – Heart of Nowhere
REVIEW: OneRepublic – Native
OneRepublic’s third album ‘Native’ has been on the scene for just over a month now, but having just got my hands on it I’ve decided to do a little review for you guys. OneRepublic were one of my first profile songs on good ol’ MySpace back in the day and so I have a massive soft… Continue reading REVIEW: OneRepublic – Native
INTERVIEW: Glasvegas
World Record Store Day is a celebration of independent record stores in the UK and America. On Saturday 20 April, Glasgow’s very own independent music retailer Love Music celebrated World Record Store day with over 400 new record releases and a free gig with live music from some of Scotland’s finest. These included the cover… Continue reading INTERVIEW: Glasvegas
Meeting Mr Murs…
From X Factor runner up to one of the most-loved faces in Britain – Olly Murs is living the dream. We caught up with the hardest-working man in the world of pop… When Olly Murs came runner up in 2009’s X Factor, many thought it’d be the last we’d see of the tight-trousered cheeky… Continue reading Meeting Mr Murs…