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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....

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'); It might have escaped your notice – she’s not making a big deal of putting it out there – but Miley Cyrus has grown up. She hasn’t been Hannah Montana for some time now, but she isn’t even...

What 'house music' has become over the past few years really has been a convoluted affair. With genre off-shoots still falling under the 'house' moniker (dubstep, dance, EDM, even electro-pop etc), it's become increasingly hard to identify what exactly should be classed as 'house'...

"I’m not ashamed of all of my mistakes, cause through the cold I kept the fire burning," Kylie Minogue sings on latest single Into The Blue. Could this be a reference to her almost forgotten indie years? Since her return the dancefloor in 2000,...

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: 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: 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'); It must be surreal for 25-year old Alexa Goddard - still yet to release her debut studio album, the Hampshire lass has quickly amassed a strong following, no bigger however than Jay Z and his Roc Nation label,...

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...

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'); Of all the oddballs that have genuinely believed they have The X Factor; the Jedwards and Wagners and Goldies, Lucy Spraggan was probably the most bizarre. A talented, guitar-playing songwriter, who had already independently released her debut album;...