Top 50 Christmas Songs – Part 2 (40-31)

It’s time to put your Santa hat back on, reach for the crackers and Mistletoe, and prepare to “Step Into Christmas” with Philip Lickley’s next ten super seasonal songs – keep your eyes peeled for Part 3 coming soon! See Part 1 here. 40. The Wombats – Is This Christmas? (2008) The Wombats aren’t known […]

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This week’s new singles – 19 May (part 2)

Single Releases – 19 May (Part 2) Part 2 of this week’s new single releases, reviewed by Phil Lickley. Click here for Part 1 Naughty Boy Feat. Sam Smith – ‘La La La’ [rating:3.5/5] The second single from his ‘Hotel Cabana’ album is definitely one of the best songs of the week. With a hooky […]

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Top 10 rock band beers

With the new digital age seeming to take more and more out of a rock bands earning potential, many are looking into new ways to make money – I think business people call it ‘diversifying income streams’, or something. Strangely enough, one of the most popular ‘extra-curricular’ activities for bands at the minute is to […]

Download 2014

Status Quo confirmed for Download 2014

Oh dear. Not three weeks ago a wrote a piece questioning whether the Download Festival had lost it’s edge, thanks to a tired-looking and unimaginative roster of headliners that includes Aerosmith, Linkin Park and Avenged Sevenfold alongside other over-the-hill acts like The Offspring. Now they’ve well and truly confirmed themselves as a pretty irrelevant festival […]

Top 100 Songs of 2012 – part 3

Part 3 of Philip Lickley’s personal list of the best songs of 2012. If you would like to contribute to All-Noise, get in touch on [email protected] Top 100 Songs of 2012 – Part 3 It’s time to break into the top fifty of my favourite 100 songs of the last twelve months… 50. Status Quo […]