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29 January 2016

Sia - This Is Acting (2016)

Australian chart-topper Sia created controversy last year, as her 'Elastic Heart' music video featured Shia Labeouf dancing with 12-year old Maddie Zieger (who's appeared in future Sia videos) and they're tussling in a cage fight, causing outrage and for people to feel that it was crossing boundaries of what's appropriate. You may be surprised to hear this, but Sia's back with her seventh (yes seventh) album This Is Acting, and it's been highly anticipated since her recent hits and 2014's 1000 Forms of Fear.


27 January 2016

Featured Artist - Bernelie

South-African native Bernelie has been gaining a sizeable fanbase after posting short videos of her singing on Instagram. This ultimately lead to Bernelie releasing her first single and music video 'Mystical Colours', embedded below.

22 January 2016

ROAM - Backbone (2016)

Having formed in 2012, being from the UK seaside town of Eastbourne and performing Punk Rock are what makes up ROAM, as well as two EPs and they're now their long-awaited debut, Backbone to that list.

21 January 2016

Weatherstate - Dumbstruck EP (2016)

Bristol punk-rockers Weatherstate aren't newbies to the scene. All the members have played in different bands at some point, for a few years. They released their first EP Dead Ends in 2014, and since have appeared in magazines like Kerrang! and Rocksound promoting their new release Dumbstruck.

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20 January 2016

Featured Artist - Sophia Grayce

17 year-old Sophia Grayce is an actress and model as well as a singer. She's made covers on YouTube of some of the most popular songs in the past few years, from artists including Hozier and Lady Antebellum. She's going to be releasing some self-written and recorded tracks soon, under the genres of Country/Pop/Rock. I can't wait to see what she has in store.

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15 January 2016

Sam Outlaw - Angeleno (2016)

Using his mothers' maiden name, Sam Outlaw has only been on the Country scene since 2014. He's had a lot of 60s and 70s Country influences from the radio, which then inspired his sound and releases. After releasing his EP in 2014 and performing at California's Coachella festival, he's worked with some legendary producers including Roots legend Ry Cooder to record and perfect his debut album Angeleno, released today.

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13 January 2016

Featured Artist - Grizfolk

American Alt-Rockers Grizfolk may be a new name to your ears, but they've been around since 2012. Signed to Virgin Records, the band who were formally Griz Adams changed their name to Grizfolk  after their demo went viral and released their first EP From The Spark in 2014.

11 January 2016

SourcedBox, the new healthy way to eat snacks

I'm currently having a change of lifestyle, and so need healthy but yet tasty snacks. When I heard that SourcedBox was happening, it sounded perfect. You pay £18.95 a month for a box and get 10-15 really healthy snacks delivered to your door.

8 January 2016

Rachel Platten - Wildfire (2016)

You must have been living in a hole to not have heard Rachel Platten's international top 10 song of last summer, 'Fight Song'. But you may be surprised to learn that you've probably heard her voice before, as her previous singles have been used in a lot of TV shows, including Pretty Little Liars and ABC Family's Jane By Design. Her newest album Wildfire is more anticipated to-date and has a lot of expectation tied to it due to 'Fight Song' being such a huge success.

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6 January 2016

Featured Artist - Olivver The Kid

Former drummer of Alt-rock band The Neighbourhood, Bryan Sammis has one hell of a CV, with Billboard-topping singles and even a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. But since leaving the band, he's chosen to go solo as Olivver The Kid and release 2 EPs, the most recent of which being The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
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4 January 2016

What I Got For Christmas + January Sales Bargains + A Little Announcement

Wanted to start this post with an announcement - I'm up for a UK Blog Award this year, and I would love it if you voted for me. You can vote by clicking the 'Vote Now' tab in the sidebar of my blog or by clicking here, I really appreciate it. Anyway, on with the post.

Christmas 2015 was an awesome one for me. Even though it didn't quite go to plan, my family and I still had a wonderful time. I got lots of lovely presents, some of which were complete surprises - I've listed and photographed them below. I've also added what I purchased in the January sales too, so you can take a read and see my bargains.
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