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Meet The Skinner Brothers

Clarisse Cornish talked to The Skinner Brothers frontman Zac (Skinner) about social media, music and making it (and much more). The Skinner Brothers shot to...

What The Posters Say No.7 – Iconic Printworks Club May Not Close For Good

The iconic East London music venue, Printworks, may not close permanently as initially announced. The announcement that the venue was set to close its doors...

From Rags To Riches With Hackney Rapper Rimzee

Ricardo Miles, better known by his stage name Rimzee, is one of the biggest artists today in the UK rap scene. With the recent release...

Alfie Templeman Live

I travelled up from East London to catch Alfie Templeman’s recent show at The Waterfront in Norwich. That impressive voice singing popular songs such...

Roxy Brings Music To The O2

The seminal glam rockers Roxy Music ended their 50th anniversary tour at East London's O2 Arena, and I was there to see them. This was...

The Experiences of a Gig Security Worker

 Job Duties I spoke to gig door supervisor Pete Harris about his experiences working at music events in London. Describing his role at events, Pete...
Sam Ryder from Essex will be represented the UK at this weekend's Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy.

Essex’s Sam Ryder To Represent UK At Eurovision

Up and coming new singer Sam Ryder has taking the world by storm by battling through the nerves as he prepares to represent the...
The Band Bad Blessing performing at UEL

Camden Talks All Things Bad Blessings

Currently in his second year studying Music Journalism at the University of East London, Camden O’Keefe has always wanted to be part of a...
BBC Music studios moving to East London

Is East London Taking Over The Music Scene?

It seems that East London is becoming the place to be for the music scene and is trying to be the music centre of...
David Gray standing and smiling

David Gray To Take On The O2

British Singer/Songwriter David Gray will finally be taking to the stage at east London’s O2 on May 27 after a lengthy rescheduling due to...
East London Docklans, ready for a new open-air venue.

Broadwick Live Coming To East London

Broadwick Live, an event management company based in London, unveiled a brand-new open-air destination for raves, festivals and one-off events in London's Dockyards. With already...
Sam fender performing at Wembley.

Wembley Rocked By Sam Fender

Last Friday, I travelled to London to see the one and only Sam Fender perform at the sold-out Wembley Arena. The tour was to...
Alanis Morissette Album Cover

Morissette Is Coming East

Canadian-American singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette is set to hit the UK on tour for the 25th anniversary of her seminal album ‘Jagged Little Pill’. Alongside...
Royal Blood at the O2

Royal Brought The Blood

Royal Blood got the crowd going at East London's O2 arena. Ellissa Chiles was present to report on the thrilling gig.

Rapper JJ 4DP Discusses his Music and his Future

Jonathan Owusu is a 21-year-old up and coming rapper from Dagenham, East London, known by the rap name JJ 4DP (4 Da Pain). I...
Portrait of Dizzee Rascal

The Fall Of Dizzee Rascal

Most people will know of the artist Dizzee Rascal from his smash hits “Bonkers” and “Bassline Junkie”, released during the years 2009 to 2013. The...
Harry Styles Pleasing Pop Up

Harry Styles Is ‘Pleasing’ His Fans

Ellissa Chiles visited Harry Styles' pop-up shop, which took place in Shoreditch last week.
Rex Orange County Album Cover

Rex Orange County In Pop Up Shop

Elissa Chiles reports on the pop up shop, celebrating the release of Rex Orange County's new album.
Cavalcade Band

Cavalcade’s New EP Is On The Horizon

East London band Cavalcade has announced their new EP "Swallow The Weekend" will be released on 11th March via Golden Robot Records, along with a...
Jordan Stephens Rizzle Kicks

Jordan Stephens Returns Solo

Jordan Stephens is widely known for being one half of the popular duo Rizzle Kicks. The pair back in 2011 captured the hearts of...

The BRITS Returned

East London was brought alive when the BRIT Awards returned on Tuesday evening. For 2022, the music ceremony had a new host for the night....

Sour Gals Ep 2: Separating The Art From The Artist

Some say that the art is an extension of the artist and therefore what they create cannot be judged separately. So if an artist...

Bowie’s 75th Birthday Exhibition

The pop-up exhibition based on David Bowie’s career has opened on Heddon Street in London, in celebration of what would have been his 75th...

“Ghost” Announce European Tour Dates

Popular Swedish metal band, Ghost, have announced their spring “Imperatour” 2022 European tour this week supported by English rock band “Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats” and American duo “Twin Temple.”  This...

The BRITs Are Coming To The East

Hot off the heels of the MOBOs music fans won't have to wait too long for the beloved BRIT Awards to return. The iconic...
Amy Exhibition

Amy: Beyond The Stage

The Amy Winehouse exhibition “Amy: Beyond the Stage” at the Design Museum will make you feel all types of emotions about the London icon. The...
Courteeners

Courteeners Tear Up The Stage

Courteeners played the 'Whites Of Their Eyes' tour to a sold-out Brixton Academy last Friday night, the first time the band have been back...
Damon Albarn

A Date With Albarn And A Piano

Popular 90’s Essex singer Damon Albarn, well known for being a Blur and Gorillaz icon, has announced he will be doing a special and...

Brixton To Host NME Awards In 2022

The BandLabs NME awards are set to take place on Wednesday 2nd March 2022 at London’s O2 Brixton Academy, with special performances from Sam...
Amy Winehouse Exhibition

Winehouse Exhibition In The West

A huge retrospective of the late soul singer Amy Winehouse is set to be opening at the Design Museum in Kensington, London this weekend,...
Elephant Tree Band

Elephant Tree Branch Into Hackney

The London band, Elephant Tree, consisting of members Jack Townley (Guitar and Vocals), Peter Holland (Bass and Vocals), Riley MacIntyre (Sitar and Vocals) and Sam Hart (Percussion)...
Beyond the Grave

Head Beyond The Grave

Beyond the Grave festival is back this year with Desecration and Monument Of Misanthropy headlining the Friday and Saturday. The New Cross Inn will be...
All Points East

All Points East Returns In 2022

The All Points East Festival will return in 2022 and the first wave of artists set to perform have been announced. Set to take place...

Dappy’s Tour Hits The Electric In Brixton

On Thursday the 10th November British rapper and songwriter Dappy performed the London leg of his ‘Duki Playground Tour 2021’ at Electric Brixton. With surprise...
HONNE album cover for what would you do

HONNE’s New Album Answers Age-Old Question

HONNE released their new album last month under the backdrop of a world attempting to recover from a disastrous global pandemic. Let’s Just Say The...
Professor Green

Professor Green Returns

East London rapper, Stephen Manderson AKA Professor Green, has announced he will be hitting the road again with a brand-new tour in 2022 to...

The Lottery Winners Bring The House Down At Oslo Hackney

Forming in 2008, the indie-pop band, The Lottery Winners, consisting of Thom Rylance, Robert Lally, Katie Lloyd, and Joe Singleton took to the stage...

Kasabian’s Triumphant Return

After the departure of Tom Meighan, Kasabian's original frontman and lead vocalist – no one knew what the future held for the dance-rockers band. But...
ABBA Voyage

ABBA Are Back

Pop sensations ABBA, made up of members Benny Anderson, Björn Ulvaenos, Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyndstag, will be reuniting for the first time since...
Ice Nine Kills

Hooray For Horrorwood

October is the season to be scared and Ice Nine Kills are determined to chill you to the bones with their new album. In 2018,...
Batrat UEL band

Live Music Returns To UEL Campus 

The UEL student underground bar was alive with the sound of live music as music students were given the chance to perform original material and...
Batrat UEL band

Batrat Interview : Getting To Know New UEL Rock Band

Members of Batrat talk about their first performance together at the Live Thursday event in the UEL Student Union bar.   Batrat is a group...

James Jozef Bandanas – Bringing Colour Back To London One Bandana At A Time

The United Kingdom has been in and out of a national lockdown due to the coronavirus https://soundcloud.com/user-289674070/james-jozef-bandanas-interview   for over a year now. Many people have lost...

Dagenham and Redbridge Star Continues To Bridge The Gap Between Music, Culture And Sport

It’s fair to say many of us had envisioned ourselves growing up and either becoming a professional musician or sportsperson but multi-talented, Matt Robinson...

South London Rapper Deeply Mourned

The loss of South London rapper Cadet provoked outpourings of grief on social media, and led to a tribute event in Hyde Park on the...

Bezel’s Time To Shine

At a time when Grime has been dominating the UK urban scene, many of us are hoping to hear a new sound, that embraces...

Drake’s Plan

Drake's new video "God's Plan" has got us all feeling a tad emotional. The video was shot in Miami, and starts off with some...

Let’s Make Music

Imagine speed dating but with a twist, where instead of getting a date you get the opportunity to make music instead. Well this is what...

Krept, Konan and the Kids

Hip-hop stars Krept and Konan are the proud founders of the Positive Direction Foundation (PDF), which has been set up to tour schools offering...

All Really Points East!

The organisers behind the world famous Coachella are launching a new festival in London’s Victoria Park in May 2018. Opening with a three-day festival headlined...

Excelling At Music Awards

Excel London is the venue for the BBC Music Awards ceremony which will take place on 12 December this year. Hosted by Fearne Cotton...

Bastille Storm The Heights

Playing the O2 to promote their second album Wild World, around 9pm Bastille came out to a rapturous welcome - made all the more...

Some Like It Rough

Rough Trade. A beacon for the young hipsters and old nostalgics. An institution for the more reckless parts of English music, yet with enough...