Steve Coogan

Simon Pegg also made an appearance at Coldplay's penultimate show of their six-night Wembley Stadium run.

Nick Thorburn's list of influences for Islands‘ new album include Sparks, Ratatat, Fat Tony, Depeche Mode and more. ‘Islomania‘ is out today.

"I want to give my fans an intimate view of who I really am," says Alan. "You may think you know me, but trust me, you have no idea what goes on behind closed doors at my podcast innovation studio."

Modern Nature have an new mini-album, Annual, out in June.

Jonah says, " All and all though, it’s been a pretty great year.....I mean, for stuff coming out. Nearly everything else about this year has been TERRIBLE. But! In hindsight, it could be not so bad. For all we know, 2017 could be THE WORST year we’ve ever known...and it’s shaping up to be that way too!"

Tony Wilson, who founded Factory Records (home to Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays and more), died on this day (August 10) in 2007 and in tribute, poet Mike Garry and musician Joe Duddell have recorded a single titled "St...

Jessie Ware at Flow Fest 2014 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) We mentioned not long ago that to get tickets to Jessie Ware's upcoming tour you had to enter via a ballot on her website...

/ Rooftop Films is back with another summer-full of movies and live music under the stars. While the schedule hasn't been posted yet, the slate of films has...

The 51st New York Film Festival happens September 27 - October 13 at Lincoln Center. The main slate features 35 films, the biggest yet at the fest, and includes a lot of highly-anticipated fall releases, including the Coen Brothers' musically minded Inside Llewyn Davis (set in the early '60s Greenwich Village folk scene); Steve Coogan reprising his much loved arrogant buffoon alter ego in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa; Hayo Miyazaki's latest animated film, The Wind Also Rises; Cannes Film Fest 2013 Palme d'Or winner Blue Is the Warmest Color; Jim Jarmusch's vampire romance Only Lovers Left Alive; Spike Jonze's Her (with its Arcade Fire soundtrack); Alexander Payne's Nebraska, and lots more...