The Sisters of Mercy released dates for a North American tour with Blaqk Audio coming this fall.  Presales begin Wednesday, May 8th at 10am, and will last until Thursday, May 9th at 10pm.  Tickets go on sale on Friday, May 10th at 10am.     Photo credit: Mick Burgess  Last year, the Sisters of Mercy toured 19 days in North America. They sold out shows in New York City, Los Angelas, San Fransisco, Portland, Seattle, and six other cities.  This fall, they will tour 26 shows that include stops like New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, Los Angeles’ T ..read more

There’s no hero without a villain. Doctor Who has been a staple of British sci-fi TV, dating back to its debut in 1963. With the reinvention and reintroduction of Doctor Who into contemporary modern culture in 2005, the Christopher Eccleston-led era saw the show rise through a dramatic surge in popularity.  With this widely held acceptance came a whole host of some of the scariest TV monsters’ fans had ever seen, with many able to rival current big-budget horror shows such as ‘Stranger Things’ or ‘The Last of Us’. Yet what makes a Doctor Who villain truly frightening? Some monsters are sc ..read more

Gina Zo joins the interview from the front of her car, finding spare time during a busy day filming a music video for one of her singles. A beaming smile races across her face showing her enthusiasm to discuss her passions and her band Velvet Rouge. In the past Gina has described her music as ‘gypsy soul rock and roll’ and wanted to clarify what she meant by this. “I say gypsy soul rock and roll but I don’t love to use the word gypsy anymore because I want to respect what that word really means” she begins. “For me it always meant this freeness of love and life and wanting to give music to pe ..read more

“Always two there are. No more, no less. A master and an apprentice”. Making a phenomenal debut in The Phantom Menace (1999), Darth Maul, played by Ray Park, quickly became a fan-favourite villain. Maul’s terrifying presence and chilling double-bladed red lightsaber instantly engaged children and adults worldwide, with a whole range of promotional toys, comics and stories being released. Twenty-five years on Maul continues to entertain fans with the release of his new comic ‘Darth Maul: Black, White and Red’. Following the success of similar titles such as ‘Moon Knight: Black, White & Bloo ..read more

Since emerging from relative obscurity in 2009, twenty one pilots have become arguably the biggest band in alternative emo pop. Their status as one of the mainstream’s biggest alternative voices came with the releases of ‘Vessel’ and ‘Blurryface’, both pop blockbusters in their own right. They fully realised their artistic potential on the follow-up ‘Trench’, less so with ‘Scaled and Icy’, but the skeleton clique was very much alive and well. So, now it’s 2024, and Tyler Joseph and Josh Dunn have re-emerged once again with ‘Clancy’, set for release on May 24th. Now, I’m nowhere near big enoug ..read more

Composer, producer, and visual artist Elizabeth Bernholz – aka Gazelle Twin – today shares a new EP, Black Dog Live, out now via Invada Records  The new EP features four tracks recorded live at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton on the Black Dog tour, and comes accompanied by two performances from the ACCA show.  The new EP features tracks from Gazelle Twin’s fourth studio album, the acclaimed Black Dog (2023). The album is about confronting fear – supernatural, collective, and personal.  Bernholz says, “Our performance at ..read more

Butch Vig (Garbage) and Bradley Hanan Carter talk about the creative inspirations behind 5 Billion In Diamonds, new material and more! S] Hi guys, how are you today? BV] We’re absolutely stoked about the release of “Waiting To Land.” The response has been killer. S] Talk me through the main challenges you face as multiple (busy) artists working across the world? BV] The members of 5BID are scattered across the globe, so we’re doing a ton of virtual sessions and file sharing. Nothing beats recording in the same room like we were for “Waiting to Land,” but hey, technology lets us make magic fro ..read more

As the summer movie season kicks off, David Leitch’s latest action comedy, The Fall Guy is the first to hopefully set off this blockbuster bonanza. With fan favourites Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt leading a film promised to be packed with amazing stunts, romance, and laughter, it could be just what mainstream audiences need to ease their way into this busy summer. Ryan Gosling gets dangerous as stuntman Colt Seavers. Director, David Leitch’s previous film, Bullet Train proved to be a crowd-pleasing success with audiences as the film was immensely popular and gathered quite a strong fan base ..read more

Raven Numan has released new track ‘Going Down,’ appealing to fans of the dark pop scene. The track has a grittier edge, razorblade riffs and clattering rhythms beside echoes of the greats from the 90s industrial scene. This follows Raven earning her first ever Radio 1 play from Daniel P. Carter as well as editorial coverage from Kerrang, due to her debut track ‘My Reflection.’                           Raven depicts the track, “I wrote ‘Going Down’ during an extremely dark period of my life. I was incredibly suicidal and it was ..read more

UK alt-rock group The Fever Kings have released a video for their new single ‘Nowhere To Hide.’ The bands self-titled debut EP, which the track is on, is due for release on 21st June. On the track, The Fever Kings comment, “I think to some extent, many of us carry thoughts we find difficult to silence and escape from. As much as we would love to avoid the mental strain, sometimes there is literally ‘Nowhere To Hide’, and we must face what is holding us back head on, to a point where reality begins to distort. So we wanted this song to display the discomfort of facing the darkness, as well as t ..read more