MUSIC FEATURES.

SXSWhatever Day 1: A Wristbandless Approach to SXSW

What does one do when one travels 4000 miles to a music festival and one does not possess a wristband for aforementioned festival. You wing it of course!

SXSW Day 3: It’s Your Funeral

Day two of SXSW. We caught Big Deal, Santigold and some other stuff.

SXSW Day 2: Checkmate

Day two of SXSW. We catch Hooray for Earth, Suckers and Future of the Left, and manage to miss pretty much everything else.

SXSW Day 1: Arrival

First day of our SXSW coverage, lots of Whiskey, a lack of time and loads of bands including This Will Destroy You, Craft Spells, Band of Skulls, Magnetix and Blondes

Video: Crystal Fighters – Plage + A Word From its Creators, Beaty Heart

The brand new video for Crystal Fighters single Plage, directed and produced by Beaty Heart. Plus we have an exclusive chat with Charlie Rotberg about the video.

COMPETITION: Win tickets to see Dauwd at Church Presents

We have two tickets to give away for CHURCH’s first birthday party at Corsica Studios.

Seven Deadly: Crap Protest Songs

There are protest songs that move people to a fundamental change of perspective, protest songs that move people to action and then there are protest songs that make you want to plug your ears with concrete. These are the Latter.

The Rehabilitation of Whitey

The story of Nathan White, AKA Whitey, and his music career is a complicated and often frustrating one. A lot of what I’ve heard and learned over the years owes a lot to hearsay and fabrication.

Mint Magazine Podcast #2: Close Encounters of the Heard Kind

This week we shoot the breeze about the evil forces of Lana Del Ray, the death of the CD and Skins (the TV show). There is also some great music in there too.