Tom Odell – Long Way Down Album Review

Tom Odell shot into the limelight winning the Critic’s Choice Award at the Brits, which boasts previous winners including Florence and the Machine, Emeli Sande and Adele. His highly anticipated début album, Long Way Down, was released on the 24^th June and went straight to number 1 on the UK album chart.

Jay Z – Magna Carta…Holy Grail Album Review

With all the talk of Beyonce popping out Blue Ivy and Jay Z becoming a dad, some people may have overlooked the fact that he also made something else this year. The release of his 12^th studio album, grandiosely named, Magna Carta…Holy Grail has been pinned as one of the hip-hop events of 2013. So does it live up to the hype?

One aspect of the album that is hard not to notice, right from the beginning, is Jay Z’s willingness to collaborate with an array of other megastars from the pop and hip hop music world. In fact, the album begins with the soulful voice of Justin Timberlake. The eager Jay Z fan has to wait around 1 minute and 30 seconds into the first track to hear Jay Z at all! Other tracks feature artists such as Rick Ross, Frank Ocean and, of course, Shawn Carter’s baby-mama herself, Beyoncé.

Arcane Roots – Blood and Chemistry: Album Review

This year saw the release of Arcane Roots début album Blood and Chemistry. 

At this point some people may be saying, ‘so freakin’ what?’ or ‘who the heck are Arcane Roots?’ (Editor: haha I love this guy’s attempt at not swearing). If you find yourself asking these questions, then thank the rock gods you stumbled across this article.

Arcane Roots use a unique blend of alternative indie and progressive math rock to create a powerful and diverse sound. Blood and Chemistry takes you on a mind-blowingly unpredictable journey through face-melting riffs into sweeping ballad-like interludes and then back again. Rarely has an album had such an impact upon me personally and I dare you not to love it! 

GTA V: What You Can Expect

Rockstar Games have finally announced the release date for the latest instalment in the Grand Theft Auto franchise. 

The trailer made the internet go pop for a bit last week and you couldn't look at a digital screen without the thing jumping up at you in some form. So now the hype and hysteria has settled down a little let’s have a look at what we can expect.

If you have just got back from throwing rocks at people in Egypt here is the trailer.

What a trailer! Some of the footage in this new trailer is truly jaw dropping. The extensive detail in Rockstar’s re-imagining of southern California looks incredibly impressive and diverse.

The main difference between GTA V and previous Grand Theft Auto adventures is that the storylines of three separate, playable characters are intertwined. This is a very exciting prospect for GTA fans and the trailer shows how smoothly these different viewpoints will work together as one. Not only will you be able to switch between (or drop in unannounced on) protagonists whilst they are on different sides of the map, you will be able to take part in tasks with all three, switching viewpoints within the mission.