Nova Twins are as DIY a band as they come. Since their inception in 2014, they’ve made a name for themselves as a duo who push boundaries, take risks and defy genre conventions, with a range of influences spanning New York Dolls, NERD and Talking Heads. Vocalist / guitarist Amy Love and bassist Georgia South…
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You don’t have to be Kate Bush’s current accountant to know that pop music operates in cycles. For an industry that is so self-conscious about trends, the whole machine sputters and dies without a constant spirit of change in the air. British guitar music in particular has seen it all over the decades: it’s a…
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The survival genre has sunk its fangs into Steam for years, but last month’s vampire-themed smash hit V Rising may have taken one of the bloodiest bites yet. It took just one week in Early Access for this survival game to sell a million copies, and that number has now more than doubled. Speaking to…
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Lights out and away we go because Codemasters’ increasingly-reliable Formula 1 simulator is back for another year. Following publisher and sports game titan EA’s acquisition of the studio in 2021, the series has enjoyed higher production values and refined racing mechanics, as the studio gets closer to perfecting that F1 feel. The brilliance of F1…
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“It’s easy to feel insecure around art and its appreciation, “writes Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry, in his book Playing to the Gallery, “As though we cannot enjoy certain artworks if we don’t have a lot of historical knowledge. But if there’s one message that I want you to take away, it’s that anybody can…
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This year’s Glastonbury Festival represents a significant milestone in getting back to where we once belonged. And festival bosses Michael and Emily Eavis certainly rise to the occasion, laying on the youngest-ever headliner in Gen-Z icon Billie Eilish and the oldest-ever headline in Sir Paul McCartney; a pandemic-delayed 50th birthday bash for the greatest music…
And we’re back! After a prolonged absence, Glastonbury Festival kicked off yesterday (June 22) welcoming punters back to Worthy Farm for the first time since 2019. This year’s headliners Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar will entertain the 200,000 punters who made the trip to Somerset, alongside Sam Fender, Olivia Rodrigo, Megan Thee Stallion,…
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Sonic Origins has one question it needs to answer, is classic Sonic still worth it? The short answer is: yes if you’ve never played the games, and probably not if you have. READ MORE: ‘Spyro the Dragon’, PlayStation, and The Police: The unlikely story behind a PlayStation classic If you know these titles like the…
Ata briefing led by Niantic CEO John Hanke and live game director Michael Steranka this evening (June 22), three brand new Ultra Beasts have been announced, with each one exclusively available at a corresponding in-person event this summer for Pokémon Go Fest. Pokémon Go launched back in 2016 and saw huge crowds of people flooding…
Caleb Landry Jones isn’t an actor who blends into the background. That’s not a tactful way of calling him a scenery-chewer – something he certainly isn’t – just an acknowledgment of the unique, slightly creepy quality he’s brought to a memorable run of supporting roles. “Fucking genius” is how he describes Jordan Peele’s script for…
