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- News
Oasis’ Noel Gallagher Joins Forces with Gibson for Limited-Edition Les Paul™ Standard to Celebrate Live ’25 Tour
Alexandra Shipp and Nick Stahl on Revenge Thriller ‘Violent Ends’: Love, Loyalty and the Cost of Violence
Stylish spy thriller ‘Reflection in a Dead Diamond’ lands on Shudder this December
‘Fackham Hall’ First Trailer Parodies the Pomp and Pretence of the British Period Drama
Oday Rasheed and Jess Jacobs Interview: Connection in a World of Welcome and Exclusion in ‘If You See Something’
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘FRANKENSTEIN’ Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Reverent Gothic Adaptation Delivers a Powerful Lament on Hubris-Fuelled Ambition
Film Review: ‘Shelby Oaks’ – Chris Stuckmann’s Ambitious, Unnerving Found-Footage Hybrid Marks a Confident Directorial Debut
‘Tron: Ares Review’ – A Neon-Charged Colossus, Yet Failing to Connect with the Code That Made the Grid Glow
‘The Smashing Machine’ Movie Review: A Monumental, Uncompromising Portrait of the Price Paid for Glory
‘Bone Lake’ Review: A Savage Tangle of Seduction, Betrayal, and the Brutality of Modern Romance
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Alexandra Shipp and Nick Stahl on Revenge Thriller ‘Violent Ends’: Love, Loyalty and the Cost of Violence
Oday Rasheed and Jess Jacobs Interview: Connection in a World of Welcome and Exclusion in ‘If You See Something’
Adam Bakri on ‘If You See Something’: Exploring the Ultimate Struggle Between Rejection and Acceptance
Anchoring the Terror: Camille Sullivan on Bringing Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks to Authentic, Anxiety-Inducing Life
“Fandom today borders on the religious — and that’s both beautiful and terrifying”: Joey Batey on debut novel ‘It’s Not a Cult’, creativity, and the cost of being seen
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #25
Pearce Macca on The Clause’s Explosive Debut, Victim of a Casual Thing: An Honest Portrait of Youth and Struggle
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #24
The Subways: 20 Years from ‘Young for Eternity’ to ‘When I’m With You’ – Billy Lunn Interview
Album Review: The Clause – ‘Victim of a Casual Thing’: A Bold, Eclectic Debut With an Unshakable Sense of Purpose
- Music Interviews
Pearce Macca on The Clause’s Explosive Debut, Victim of a Casual Thing: An Honest Portrait of Youth and Struggle
The Subways: 20 Years from ‘Young for Eternity’ to ‘When I’m With You’ – Billy Lunn Interview
Interview: Duncan Lloyd Unwinds New Album ‘Unwound’ – A Cathartic Rebellion Against Snack Culture
From Wigan to the World: The Lilacs’ Ollie Anglesea Talks New EP ‘The 395 (To Forever)’
INTERVIEW: The ‘KOKO’ Mojo, According to Lottery Winners’ Thom Rylance Prior to Fourth Album Release
- Features
Reimagining the ’80s: 10 Movies That Could Shine with a 2020s Twist
Unhinged, Unpolished, Unforgettable: 10 Wild ’70s and ’80s Cult Horror B-Movies Time Refuses to Tame
Rick Moranis and Mel Brooks Reunite as Long-Awaited Spaceballs Sequel Begins Filming
Escape Reality: The Most Thrilling Horror Movies That Will Help You Forget the World’s Woes!
Talk to the Dummy: Lionsgate to Reboot Anthony Hopkins’ Creepy Ventriloquist Classic ‘MAGIC’
- Books
Beyond Victor’s Lab: 12 Novels That Resurrect Shelleyan Monsters and Their Terrifying Toll in Celebration of Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN
Children’s Booker Prize Launched to Spark New Generation of Readers as Reading for Pleasure Hits Record Low
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
“Fandom today borders on the religious — and that’s both beautiful and terrifying”: Joey Batey on debut novel ‘It’s Not a Cult’, creativity, and the cost of being seen
‘Cathedral of the Drowned’ Interview: Nathan Ballingrud on Moon-Spun Nightmares, Centipede Bishops and Lunar Gothic Dread
- Author Interviews
“Fandom today borders on the religious — and that’s both beautiful and terrifying”: Joey Batey on debut novel ‘It’s Not a Cult’, creativity, and the cost of being seen
‘Cathedral of the Drowned’ Interview: Nathan Ballingrud on Moon-Spun Nightmares, Centipede Bishops and Lunar Gothic Dread
Author Interview: The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale – Genre-Bending Stories and Timeless Fears
Neil McRobert Interview: Meet the Author Turning Northern Folklore into Haunting, Heartfelt Horror with ‘GOOD BOY’
Brian Asman Interview: ‘Man, F*ck This House’ Returns with 6 New Nightmares That Hit Uncomfortably Close to Home
- Book Reviews
‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre’ Book Review: A Retirement Home Slasher that Finds Life and Tenacity in the Shadow of Death
Chilling Reads Ahead: CinemaChords’ Top 10 Most Anticipated Horror Novels for July 2025
Chilling Reads Ahead: CinemaChords’ Top 10 Most Anticipated Horror Novels for 2025
“EVERYTHING THE DARKNESS EATS” Book Review: A Poignantly Provocative Supernatural Shocker
“SECLUDED CABIN SLEEPS SIX” Book Review: A refreshingly inventive twist on familiar thriller trappings
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After years of speculation, whispers, and wild fan theories, Oasis finally came back to rock stadiums across the world with their Live ’25 Tour...
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A new week brings another batch of fresh discoveries — and once again, your sharp recommendations have helped shape a Noteworthy Nods playlist well...
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After ten long years away, The Enemy are back where they belong — on the road, packing out venues and with a brand new...
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This Friday, October 31, Violent Ends — a hard-hitting, Southern-set revenge thriller from writer-director John-Michael Powell (The Send-off) — arrives in cinemas, courtesy of...
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In a bold, high-octane reimagining of Stephen King’s 1982 dystopian novel, The Running Man is set to return to the big screen, directed by...
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Thursday has come around already, so here we go again with another bumper crop of brand new releases that have been brought to our...
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Whilst it feels like it was only just yesterday, it’s already been just shy of six years since the release of Shed Seven’s fifth...
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It’s Thursday once again and that time of the week in which we share what have become our most listened-to tunes over the past...
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Ash have sucker punched fans in the best possible way today, treating them to brand new single ‘Like A God’ barely a month after...
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Following 2021’s critically acclaimed debut LP ‘Thanks for Coming’, Princess Goes (formerly Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum) – the brooding, electronic project of...
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Another Thursday can only mean one thing: it’s that time of the week when we bring you another batch of Noteworthy Nods; our fresh...
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Following the success of their brilliant fifth studio album, 2017’s “Instant Pleasures,” it was only a matter of time before York-based rockers, Shed Seven...
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The Rifles frontman Joel Stoker has today confirmed the imminent release of his debut solo album ‘The Undertow’ this coming 1 September via Cooking Vinyl. In...
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Liverpool four-piece Courting have just dropped new single ‘Flex’ (available here); their first release since the release of their genre-defining debut LP last September....
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Another Thursday, another Noteworthy Nods round-up: Our regular weekly digest of fresh new releases that instantly pricked up our ears no sooner had they...
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After chancing upon a ‘Learn the Guitar in Three Chords’ book at home in his prime, strumming his his way through “Johnny B Good”...
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So here we go again with another set of ‘Noteworthy Nods’; our weekly rundown of the best new music releases we’ve had blasting out...
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Circa Waves have today announced they will be embarking on a special UK tour, with a portion of the proceeds going to local foodbanks...
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Brace yourselves for an even bigger Boo this year as alt-pop rockers The Boo Radleys have dropped their fittingly titled new studio album, ‘Eight,’...
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We’re only halfway through the year but there’s no denying that 2023 has already delivered a bounty of bangers, all of which we’ve shared...
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Renowned actor and musician Kiefer Sutherland is all set to retrun to the UK this July building on the success of of ‘Bloor Street’,...
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The Far North have dropped a brand-new single, ‘Home Sweet Home,’ marking the first track to be released from the band’s latest EP, ‘Songs...