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X-Factor Has the X-Factor
Why, oh why, do we need to go out this weekend when we have this TV delight on at home? This is entertainment if ever there was. If the bars and the restaurants are empty on Saturday night - love it or loathe it - this is why. The X-Factor. more >>
Bankers Rock For Charity
This Thursday at the Islington O2 Academy, three bands will perform to benefit the Egmont Trust. And chances are you used to work with at least one of the finance professionals gearing up to grace the stage. more >>
Five Albums that Rock Now
Don't worry if you've lost the new music plot again. HITC Life's resident reader-writer-muso, Lucho Payne, will get you up to speed with reviews of Kasabian, Gossip, The Dead Weather, Muse, and Mumford & Sons. more >>
O'death at the 100
My quest for good value live music took me to the 100 Club to see a band with a fascinating billing: "Expect five guys with maybe three shirts between them…they weld together bluegrass, country, folk and punk…howling and stomping…into an unholy spiritual throw-down." more >>
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1 Year Ago
- The Black Keys at Brixton Academy
I saw The Black Keys at the Astoria and they were excellent, so when I found out they'd be playing at the Brixton Academy, I bought tickets immediately. But as the band only has 2 members - Dan on guitar and vocals, Patrick on drums - I wondered how their minimalist set-up would translate to the much larger venue. more >> - Kings of Leon (c. 2008)
- From Wharf Rockin' to Hall Rockin'
- Coldplay is Living La Vida (Loca)
2 Years Ago
- Law By Day, Hip-Hop by Night
Nick is a lawyer by day and hip-hop artist Yungun (aka Essa) by night. Wondering how that works? So were we. We were also wondering how he got Guru from Gang Starr on his latest track... more >> - A View into the Life of Siouxsie
- Warning: This Career May Cause Death
- Newton Faulkner & the Album Chart
The Dead Weather is Fine
Jack White. Is there anything he can't do? Not content with just fronting The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, running his own record company, and writing Bond themes, he has now formed an alternative rock supergroup called The Dead Weather. more >>
Mr Wonderful, Live
It's a Bank Holiday Monday evening and the Barbican Hall is jumping. People screaming, stomping their feet, clapping their hands, attempting to one last time lure their idol back on to the stage - but to no avail. And yet only happy faces exit the hall. They had been fed well enough by Mr Wonderful. more >>
New Music - Get This
Does your iPod need refreshing? Check out what reader-writer Lucho Payne (our resident muso) has to say about some recent albums he finds rather good. more >>
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