7 of The Best British Albums You Might Have Missed in 2016

Let’s take a trip down memory lane, specifically to the 2016 music scene. There were a lot of earth-shattering careers that came to an end, as we lost treasured stars such as Prince and Bowie and young potential in the boys from Viola Beach. But new British talent has us …

27/10/2016

Katie Grimsditch

Magpie DVD Club: The Darkness, Slugs and more!

We’ve got some fantastic new DVDs hitting the musicMagpie Store at the moment ”“ here’s our pick this week! Slugs Back in the 70s, Steven Spielberg managed to put a whole nation off going swimming with Jaws. Director Juan Piquer Simon didn’t quite put people off gardening with 1988’s Slugs, …

23/09/2016

Chris Smith

New Releases

Magpie DVD Club: Check out this weekâ€™s DVD recommendations

Seeing as we already share some of the best new and upcoming music with our Magpie Recommends series, it only seemed right that we recommend some of our favourite DVDs coming to the musicMagpie Store soon as well! Here are our recommendations this week ”“ go check them out! Viking …

16/09/2016

Chris Smith

Magpie Recommends – Joanna Shaw Taylor, Every Time I Die, Dusky and more!

With so many new albums being released each week, it can be a risky business picking something that you know you’re going to enjoy. But don’t worry ”“ we’ve done the hard work for you! We’ve picked out 5 of the best upcoming releases from a mix of genres, so …

14/09/2016

Emma Lyskava

Magpie Recommends â€“ Die Antwoord, Warpaint, Passenger and more!

With so much music coming out every week, finding the best new albums is difficult. Luckily, we’re here to help! Every week, we recommend 5 upcoming albums to wrap your ears around. Here are this week’s picks… Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid ”“ Die Antwoord Mount Ninji and …

07/09/2016

Chris Smith

New Releases

This weekâ€™s new DVDs: Sharknado 4, Captain America: Civil War and much more!

It’s that time of the week again: a brand new batch of DVDs to sink your teeth into (well, place into your DVD player carefully and enjoy). This week’s collection features flying sharks of death, superheroes having a right old dust-up and mafia dramas, topped off with some terrifying horror …

05/09/2016

Chris Smith

Magpie Recommends: new music from Nao, Local Natives and more!

Finding great new music in the digital age is a daunting task, but we’re here to help. Every Wednesday, we recommend five amazing new releases from across genres for you to check out. Here are this week’s picks! For All We Know – Nao Nao, a trained jazz singer, has …

31/08/2016

Chris Smith

How Sharknado changed cinema forever

Every now and then, a film will come along that changes cinema as we know it. Goodfellas. The Blair Witch Project. That One With The Blue Aliens That Was Really Pretty in 3D. And now, there’s another film we can add to that list: Sharknado. Yes, Sharknado. The one with …

30/08/2016

Chris Smith

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