Drive

How Drive made movie soundtracks cool again

Since Nicolas Winding Refn’s ultra-aesthetic, ultra-violent crime-thriller Drive premiered in 2011, its cinematography and score have been subject to great praise. It was initially reviewed as one of the highest-ranked and most-featured films on critics’ top 10 lists- and this hasn’t changed. Full of action (and Ryan Gosling), the film …

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10/10/2016
Katie Grimsditch
Recommends 5th October

Magpie Recommends: Pixies, The Shires and more!

Want something new to wrap your ears around? We’re here to help! Here are some of our favourite new and upcoming albums, all of which you can find on the musicMagpie Store. Head Carrier – Pixies For better or worse, Pixies will always live in the shadow of Surfer Rosaand …

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05/10/2016
Chris Smith

Magpie Recommends: Bon Iver, Alter Bridge, Goat and more!

Looking for something new to listen to? We’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most exciting new releases hitting the musicMagpie Store over the next couple of weeks. 22, a Million ”“ Bon Iver To say 22, a Million is a little different to previous Bon Iver records …

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28/09/2016
Chris Smith

8 classic 90s albums that didn’t hit #1 in the UK

No-one can deny that the 90s were a great time for music, with countless classic albums released across loads of genres: grunge, Britpop, rap, techno and plenty more. However, that wasn’t always reflected in the charts. In fact, a lot of seminal albums didn’t even get close to the top …

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26/09/2016
Chris Smith
Recommends 21st September

Magpie Recommends: Opeth, Banks, Big Jesus and more!

Another week, another set of amazing new releases! Here are the upcoming albums we recommend wrapping your ears around this week… Sorceress ”“ Opeth Opeth’s 12th album Sorceress sees the Swedish prog-metal legends delving even deeper into their prog influences, crafting 12 awe-inspiring songs that combine melodic choruses and folk …

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21/09/2016
Chris Smith