Dixtinta

Concerts are back, don’t forget your wallet!

Even if it has been dethroned by our smartphone as the object that follows us everywhere, the wallet remains an essential accessory. And you should not overlook its importance. Like watches, pieces of jewelry or fashion accessories, wallets are one of those little everyday pleasures to which men are entitled. A wallet reveals a bit […]

Guitar Pedal and Guitar Amplifier

Amplifiers and Pedals : Two Essential Companions to Step Up your Guitar Playing

When you first started to play the guitar, you bought all the necessary accessories. But now you want to get to the next level. To step up your guitar playing, there’s only one solution: expand your collection of products for guitars and invest in a good pedal and a good amplifier. Here is how to […]

Like Clockwork

New albums to look forward to in June

After a slow couple of months in terms of big album releases, June sees things hotting up as bands start to get their new material out before they hit the festival circuit. Below is a list of all the notable album releases of June. Let me know what new album’s you’re looking forward to in […]

Festival Camping

Festival Camping Essentials : Choosing a Tent

The festival season is kicking off now, so if you haven’t already done so; order your tickets, grab your mates and get planning! With this weekend marking the official start of summer and hopefully some cloud-free weather, we thought that we’d share some festival camping advice for those of you who haven’t quite got everything […]

BBC Playlister

What exactly is BBC Playlister?

It’s been a busy day for the BBC, with the new(ish) Director General Tony Hall looking to make his mark with a raft of new digital offerings. In amongst all the announcements was a curious sounding new product/service called BBC Playlister, which comes to us heralding ‘partnerships’ with the big boys of online streaming – […]

Most streamed songs of 2011 revealed…

Remember when iTunes and then music streaming started to get popular a few years ago, and everyone was saying how this ‘internet thing’ would totally dismantle the music industry and lead to lots of old classic songs and unknown artists hitting the charts? Well, for the first time ever, The Official Charts Company has revealed […]

Glastonbury

Is Glastonbury sexist? (Infographic)

Now that the full line-up for this year’s Glastonbury Festival has been revealed, I thought it would make for an interesting study to work out exactly what it takes to be a Glastonbury headliner. I looked at all the Pyramid Stage headliners for the past 15 Glastonbury Festivals (which takes us all the way back […]