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Hate them or love them (we're still yet to find anyone who hates them), you'd be hard-pressed to find someone without a Morcheeba reference to some kind of musical memory. For early 30-Brits, the Channel 4 reality show Shipwrecked was the first time many had...

Gorgon City certainly have come a long way in their short (yet, successful) career, and with their debut album Sirens dropping last autumn, it seemed inevitable that they'd have to eventually take the record on the road. However, could a full-scale tour have been...

Words by: Mari Louise Healy / Gigslutz.co.uk Follow @gigslutz_ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); After a temporary rift (3 years is short compared to a Gallagher bust-up) the familial Followill clan are back with their sixth album Mechanical Bull. It’s a return to Kings of Leon form with lashings...

Words by: Bizu Yaregal Follow @Bensue !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); London experienced a double-dose of happiness this week as Pharrell Williams brought his Dear G I R L tour to The O2 arena for two back to back nights, signifying the hitmaker's first ever solo headline shows (Williams...

Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Should Directioners be worried? A quick look at a brief history of boybands shows that, for many, album #3 can be their last... until the reunion of course. Like Take That and *N Sync (who called it a...

Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); With a list of featuring artists that could rival the latest NOW compilation, Dizzee Rascal’s fifth album (aptly titled The Fifth) emphasises the fact that the one-time face of (what are generally considered), underground genres, has no...

There are times, understandably rare, when the release of a new album is considered an event more than anything else. Justin Timberlake's return to music is one of those times.It's been almost 7 years since Timberlake's previous solo effort, the anthemic 'FutureSex/LoveSounds' was released....

Almost five years after the announcement of her false retirement (much earlier than acts like Cher pretend to not perform again, but gaining a little more attention) Lily Allen returns with Sheezus, her third studio album and the follow up to 2009’s #1, triple-platinum...

Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); As one of the Sounds Of 2013, Angel Haze was clearly eager for Dirty Gold - her debut album, following EPs, mix tapes and appearances as a featured artist – to be released during her year. So much...

Scottish synth-trio Chvrches (pronounced 'Churches', to make things clearer) have had a pretty good year by all accounts. After coming fifth in BBC's 'Sound of 2013'm the group released their Recover EP to a fairly strong response, whilst also embarking on a fairly broad...