We know the news at the moment can be enough to make anyone consider building an underground intruder protected bunker, so that's why we're here to offer a little oasis of positivity in the desert of headline generating chaos. This is The Good News Week, our weekly round up of some of the most inspiring … Continue reading The Good News Week (13/03/2019)
The wait was finally over this week. Channel 4's biggest new sitcom of last year and our TV Show of the Year in our 2018 End of Year Prizes, Derry Girls returned for its long awaited second series. And to celebrate, we decided (based on a Twitter poll we conducted all of two weeks ago) … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 2×01: ‘Across The Barricade’
ARTIST: Alphabeat SONG: Shadows SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's funny really, how cyclical things are in pop. When I first laid eyes on Alphabeat back in 2008 (God that seems further back than I thought) they came along at just the right time. Dullard landfill indie bands like Razorlight … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Alphabeat – ‘Shadows’
Welcome to another installment of The Story of Pop: 1999, our weekly look back to the UK chart hits of 20 years ago. And it seems quite fitting that this week, with Red Nose Day for Comic Relief just around the corner again next Friday, that we profile one of its former fundraising hits... It … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 10)
A brand new week, a brand new month - all that's missing is some brand new laughs. Thankfully, we're here to give you our round up of the funniest Tweets we've seen in the last seven days with #TweetHeeHee. Let the LOL times commence... NO ATOMS, NO KITTENS ETC Want proof of why it's good … Continue reading #TweetHeeHee (04/03/2019)
ARTIST: Emma Bunton SONG: Baby Please Don't Stop SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? If you read this here corner of the interweb with any regularity, you'll know a couple of things. Mainly, we love us a good girl group. And perhaps even more so than that, we love us a … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Emma Bunton – ‘Baby Please Don’t Stop’
Sometimes to understand pop now, you need to look back at what it was then. Or so a wise man once wrote. This is The Story of Pop: 1999, and time once again to bring you another huge UK chart hit from exactly 20 years ago. This week: the 19th top 40 single from some … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 9)
