TV adverts have come a long way in recent years, particularly when it comes to their use of music. Gone are the days when a humble commercial “jingle” might suffice: these days, quality music is king. That’s why the likes of Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Blur, Oasis, Madonna, Pixies (with help from Phoebe…
Joining NME‘s Zoom window from his sun-soaked LA apartment is a smiling John Famiglietti, co-founder of industrial noise rock upstarts, HEALTH. Having just returned from a well-attended UK tour, it’s a rare moment of downtime for the group’s noise-making maestro. “Sorry man, I’m just in the process of transferring everything over to my new Mac,…
One of the most prolific artists of our generation, we had the pleasure of catching up with the Lord of the Logos himself, Christophe Szpajdel. Not only giving us a breakdown of some of the most iconic works of his past, he also gives us a behind the scenes look at his current and most…
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This week’s new heavy metal releases include straight ahead Frank Sinatra covers, flamingo worship, uncle rock, aunt rock, and more! To the metals… Best – Justitia Genre: Death metalOrigin: Aarhus, DenmarkLabel: Century Media Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Buy now from Century Media Getting this week started with some rowdy death metal. This EP comes…
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There are no referees in Mario Strikers: Battle League FootballThank God. Within minutes I had performed a flying kick on every single opponent in the face, and in learning about the Hyper Strike, set fire to an entire team of Blue Yoshi’s who ran around screaming while their Boom-Boom goalkeeper tried to steadfastly hold his…
“P .”rotect and Survive” is a term well known to those growing up in 1970s Britain. A public information campaign with a particular focus on nuclear conflict, its logo of a family of four is seared into memory for many. The link between British atomic culture and “Protect and Survive” is inseparable, which is why…
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Love or loathe ’em, Kiss have achieved the career longevity that almost every other musical act in existence would kill for. There would be very few people in the Western world who wouldn’t have some semblance of knowledge of the four makeup clad, superhero-cum-rockstars. Their success is not only from their initial huge popularity in…
The Quarry screams ultra-confident teen horror. Often quite literally… In fact, a number of times in 50 minutes or so in this playable slice of action near the start of this upcoming horror game. Reassuringly, going hands-on is like tumbling into a perfect Friday night horror movie. Oh look, you’re surrounded by gently objectionable but…
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In a world so hyper-fixed on celebrity culture, it’s inevitable that, when you gain any type of influence, people expect to have full access to you every day. And with social media making the idea of celebrity even more frivolous with the introduction of influencers and micro-influencers, this has naturally translated into the music world….
For such a pretty game, Out There: Oceans Of Time makes it hard to enjoy sightseeing. An adventure game with roguelike elements, the spacefaring game is about cruising the galaxy and picking up the pieces of a major accident that occurs at the beginning of your journey. Out There plays like fellow sci-fi roguelike Faster…
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