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‘I had to watch it with my therapist’: when real-life horrors get turned into TV
From The Shrink Next Door to Dr Death, true-crime podcasts are being snapped up for TV. But how does it really feel when your worst nightmare becomes a bingewatch?
Issy Sampson
05, Nov, 2021 @1:00 PM
This week’s tracks: Blackstarkids, Justin Bieber, Natalie Imbruglia
We’ve got a refreshing blast of hip-hop pop, an overdue return to form for the Bieber, and an ample application of sauciness
Issy Sampson
03, Sep, 2021 @10:00 AM
Alien invasion: why a galaxy of musicians are turning to space for inspiration
Influenced by everything from declassified UFO files to Elon Musk, the likes of Grimes, Doja Cat and Demi Lovato are taking off into another realm
Issy Sampson
06, Jul, 2021 @8:00 AM
Keep calm and Corrie on: which is soap’s unluckiest family?
From the Platts to the Dingles, soapland is awash with cursed families marked by everything from illness to large sinkholes
Issy Sampson
28, Jun, 2021 @12:00 PM
All the small things: how Blink 182’s Travis Barker became the most influential person in music
From Lil Wayne to Willow Smith, the pop-punk drummer is making his mark across the musical landscape – is it more than mere nostalgia?
Issy Sampson
21, May, 2021 @12:00 PM
This week’s new tracks: Lauren Aquilina, Paris Texas, The Offspring
This week we’ve got euphoric yet bitter pop, a deadpan broody banger, and some swing with a side of casual sexism
Issy Sampson
30, Apr, 2021 @10:00 AM
Tracks of the week reviewed: Cardi B, Finneas, and Foo Fighters
This week we’ve got mega-smut sex trap, big-band mum-pop and safe, reliable stadium rock
Issy Sampson
19, Feb, 2021 @11:00 AM
Try before you binge! How to find your new favourite TV show
It’s not always best to begin at the beginning: from Mad Men to Seinfeld here are the later episodes you should watch first
Kathryn Bromwich, Michael Cragg, Joel Golby, Stuart Heritage, Ammar Kalia, Ellen E Jones, Gwilym Mumford, Issy Sampson, Jack Seale and Graeme Virtue
30, Jan, 2021 @8:00 AM
Pan pipes, Wienerlied, whale song: what old-time TikTok trend is next?
After the viral success of sea shanties, a Mongolian throat singing collab with Megan Thee Stallion could be on the horizon
Issy Sampson
29, Jan, 2021 @1:00 PM
Tracks of the week reviewed: Enny, Georgia, Yungblud
This week we’ve got a laidback R&B throwback, a soulless rework of a classic, and a Billy Idol (ask your dad) tribute act
Issy Sampson
18, Dec, 2020 @11:00 AM
Tracks of the week reviewed: Royal Blood, Jorja Smith, Fearne Cotton
This week we’ve got a four-to-the-floor banger, a wavy R&B burner, and a ... a ... WTF is it?
Issy Sampson
09, Oct, 2020 @10:00 AM
Total legend: does Mariah Carey really not ‘do stairs’?
No pop star inspires more rampant rumours. As the diva drops a tell-all memoir, we separate fact from fabulous fiction
Issy Sampson
06, Oct, 2020 @8:00 AM
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