London Poems: High Street Haiku
Poetic comment on the plight of HMV and Blockbuster.
Poetic comment on the plight of HMV and Blockbuster.
A pack of memorable woofsters.
Get nostalgic for old time record shopping
Last night, the Borderline hosted XFM’s Best New Bands of 2011. But who came out on top?
Is Chilly Gonzales the Next Big Thing? This eccentric rapper-turned-pianist may well just be…
The alt-girl choir headlined the Borderline on Saturday as part of the HMV Next Big Thing 2011 series of gigs.
Catch new bands for 2011, with three bands for £10 at venues across London from next week.
You’re not supposed to give zombies names. It makes it easier to aim for their heads. But this one is called ‘Colin’, and you just can’t help to not want to kill him. Colin shows a unique perspective of what life is like for a …
Image / id-iom We rather suspect that the one-time scourge of American decency never recovered from being skewered by that brilliantly emasculating Onion article a few years ago. Still, the former shock-rocker continues to pump out albums, and to celebrate the release of his new …
Quick! Put down your sandwich, run to HMV Oxford Street and keep an eye out for some bearded scruff behind the counter, because it’s likely to be Jarvis Cocker, man and legend. Instead of doing some incredibly boring signing event (queue, what’s your name, scribble, …
The Astoria and Metro are dead, but long live the HMV Apollo. HMV are buying 50% of the Hammersmith venue, and others, in a deal worth around £20m. The Apollo will experience yet another branding-based name change (previously Carling/Labatt’s) to “HMV”, as will the Forum …