Sunshine Playroom

The third series of the Sarah Silverman Program started earlier this month in the States, and to coincide with that comes her first cd on March 2nd, a soundtrack to the show containing music from all three seasons. From Our Rears To Your Ears contains ninety nine tracks, including the songs Cookie Party, Poop Song, [...]

Music streaming service we7 have recently launched an ad-free subscription service, offering unlimited music on your PC. And for a limited period you can subscribe to it for only £3.99 a month (it will usually be offered at £4.99). For this you get their usual great service, but will never have to look at or [...]

Tony – London Serial Killer is the debut film from Gerard Johnson that opens in cinemas on February 5th, and gets a dvd release a few days later on February 8th. Starring newcomer Peter Ferdinando, the film is dark thriller that tells the story of a week in the life of misfit Tony, an unemployable [...]

When Edward Barton first appeared back in 1984 on Channel 4′s The Tube performing a song called I’ve Got No Chicken But I’ve Got Five Wooden Chairs playing the guitar with a wooden spoon, I’d never seen anything like it, to say the least. Neither had many other people I think, and ever since he’s [...]

Dubstar were a British pop group that first hit the charts in 1995, going on to release three albums before calling it a day. The band comprised of Sarah Blackwood (Vocals), Steve Hillier (Keyboards) and Chris Wilkie (Guitar), blending pop melodies with thoughtful, clever lyrics. I finally got around to purchasing their last album Make [...]

Spotify released their music streaming service app for the iPhone a while ago, and I thought it was about time I tested it out to see exactly what it offers. Whilst the app itself is available free from the iTunes store, to actually use it you need to sign up for Spotify‘s premium service at [...]

As The X Factor draws to a close tonight, Amazon are offering some free downloads of other music artists that are expected to be big in 2010. Full tracks from Eliza Doolittle, Local Natives, Little Comets, Lissie and Ghostape, and are now available for a limited period from the Amazon MP3 store. If you’ve never [...]

Portishead have released a brand new track exclusively for Amnesty International called Chase The Tear. Available as an exclusive download from online store 7digital with all proceeds going to Amnesty, the new song is the band’s first new material since their last album Third in 2008. To accompany the new song, the band have also [...]

Duran Duran offshoot, Arcadia, will see their album So Red The Rose re-released in expanded form including a bonus disc and DVD, early next year. Due to be released on January 25th (according to Amazon), the collector’s edition will feature 19 bonus tracks and a DVD of all their music videos from the period, in [...]

When Echo & The Bunnymen appeared on 1986′s Old Grey Whistle Test – Rock Around The Clock marathon, they had just come through turbulent times. The year before, drummer Pete De Freitas had left the band and disappeared to America on a journey of self discovery, only to return to the fold shortly before broadcast. [...]