music

Your favourite new band – Foxygen: this year’s Tame Impala?

About this time last year Tame Impala’s psych vibes were only familiar to a small-ish band of very cool psych heads. Then came that single, the genius album and world domination, and a BlackBerry ad, followed. Another psych band who I think might just be about to take off in the same way are LA’s [...]...More

Football

Christian Benteke fancies a move to Arsenal

You have to feel sorry for Villa fans. They are in the midst of a desperate relegation battle, weren’t able to strengthen their squad in the window and now see others clubs circling like vultures around their star player. Yep, The Mirror and The Star are reporting that Christian Benteke is ready to quit Aston [...]...More

music

Joey Ramone’s unlikely record collection. Genesis? Yes? Herman’s Hermits!? Is up for sale

Joey Ramone’s personal record collection, consisting of 97 records in their original album sleeves, could be yours. Well if you choose to bid for them, that it because they are going under the hammer on February 14th with a final bid date of February 21st. The records apparently come with a letter signed by Joey’s [...]...More

Clothing, Coats & Jackets, features, Style

Style – Seven striking Fisherman Coats for landlubbers – H&M, Stutterheim, Jack Wills and more

Who would have thought that Captain Birds Eye would ever be a style role model. Well not quite but fisherman coats and jackets, which started appearing in the ranges of high end brands last year have landed on the (virtual) high street and are here to stay for 2013. I guess many of these coats [...]...More

Football

Patrick Vieira and Dennis Bergkamp on their way back to Arsenal?

Huge news for Arsenal fans. It seems that a club legend is on their way back to the club possibly to take over the youth development role that will be vacated by Liam Brady in the summer. However which legend is it? Take your pick. The Daily Mail has run with the story that seems [...]...More

Clothing, Shoes, Style

John White’s rainbow of classy Suede Brogues

John White is a heritage British brand that has been around for the best part of a century. According to its website it supplied boots to the army in WW2 and was the first British shoe company to ship its wares to New York’s Macy’s Department store. Now it is hoping to reinvent itself just [...]...More

Football

Chuba Akpom – could he be Arsenal’s long term striking solution?

Over the years the Arsenal academy has delivered some great players. Ashley Cole, Jack Wilshere, Wojciech Szczęsny, Tony Adams to name but a few. Oddly though the academy hasn’t delivered many great strikers. If you think of the cream of Arsenal’s forward talent – Ian Wright, Thierry Henry, Robin Van Persie – they have all ...More

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A fancy robe makes a man much more important…and funny

Sponsored post It’s not often that you see a fluffy, ginger-jowled, curly-haired man wearing a red, velvet robe, patterned bow tie and white button-up shirt. But it’s becoming a signature style of filthy rich men. If this style really takes off like the new Compare the Market ads, then we could be seeing more men [...]...More

pick of the blogs

England Vs Brazil pics, Samsung Galaxy S4 phone on its way and more

Dispatches from Brandish and our pals Hitchhiker Kai gives the greatest TV interview of 2013 Naples driver’s U-turn meets Monty Python (video) 10 Brilliant England versus Brazil moments England’s victory over Brazil – highlights and pics Arsenal fans – your worst nightmare may be about to come true Beatles, Led Zep, Pink Floyd. ...More

features, music

Beatles, Led Zep, Pink Floyd. Ten Classic Albums on YouTube (and not Spotify) and how they got there

Over the past year or so there has been a significant trend of full albums showing up on YouTube. There is invariably no video content – just a still of the artist and the music. The interesting part is that there are now many classic albums on YouTube a good chunk of which aren’t available [...]...More

Football

Bad news for Arsenal fans – Sebastian Squillaci could start on Saturday against Sunderland

Some rather worrying news for Arsenal fans. It seems possible that their old friend Sebastian Squillaci could start Saturday’s game against Sunderland partnering Per Mertesacker at the heart of the Arsenal defence. Sebastian Squillaci hasn’t played for Arsenal in the Premiership this season (he has played just one game in the CL against...More

Football

Etienne Capoue very much on Arsenal’s radar

It appears that Arsene Wenger hasn’t given up on the player who turned out to be his main target during the winter transfer window. The Telegraph reports that Wenger has had scouts dogging the every move of one Etienne Capoue, the powerful central midfield player who is currently at Toulouse. The Telegraph says Capoue has [...]...More

features, Gadgets, Gallery

Valentine’s Day – the stuff he actually wants. Gadgets, clothes and more

For her – It is Valentine’s Day in less than a week and your bloke is, as we speak, preparing an amazing day which involves chocolates, flowers, a candlelit meal and chapter seven of Fifty Shades of Grey. The last time this level of planning went into anything they called it D-Day.  So shouldn’t you [...]...More

Football

Man City tracking Edinson Cavani – but likely to face stiff competition

Man City will be looking for a striker to replace Mario Balotelli in the summer transfer window and it seems that their number one target is Napoli’s extraordinary Edinson Cavani, a man who has scored 27 goals in 26 appearances this season. Blues coach Angelo Gregucci recently told a Naples radio station – which was [...]...More

features, music

Scared To Get Happy – British 80s indie box set on its way (and it looks great)

There’s some serious excitement at Brandish Towers this morning about the upcoming release of a new compilation of British 80s indie bands called Scared To Get Happy. And it seems that the compilers at Cherry Red Records must have been working some serious over time for coming in June is a five CD boxed set [...]...More


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