I spoke with JE, member of a new wave of heavy psychedelic spacerock band Black Space Riders from Germany. They released this year intriguing album “Refugeeum” and brand new EP “Beyond Refugeeum”. Peter Balkus: Your band Black Space Riders is based in Germany. Please tell us more about how the […]

It’s common knowledge that January is one of the most depressing months of the year. Everyone’s strapped for cash, the weather is bleak, you’re sick to death of food and you’ve had to go back to work after a nice break for Christmas and New Year. But it doesn’t all […]

Marshall Mathers LP, the one that became a classic and represented what the hip-hop / rap industry should’ve been. The genre returned to the hood, once Eminem picked up the mic. Released in 2000, MMLP introduced content that was overwhelming with controversy. It showcased conflicts conjured from his personal life […]

In 2013, I published my very first book! It was a labour of love and took me, on and off writing it, 5 years to finish and be happy with, what with doing everything else around it like acting and living! There are lots more books and idea to appear, […]

The band’s highest charting single to date, the effervescent ‘Chocolate’, has been playing on radio airwaves since early Spring. It is optimistic, youthful, cheeky – “call it a spliff…we’re never gonna quit it”, and the kind of song characterized by a damn good road-trip. It is the jewel in the […]

‘The biggest challenge for any writer is to let people know that their book exists’… This is, in my opinion, an absolute must-buy for all aspiring young writers, such as myself, who are starting out on the ladder of the writing industry and their first work is, unless they are […]

12 months ago, Formula One welcomed Mercedes, ‘The Silver Arrows’, back to the top step of the F1 Grand Prix podium as Nico Rosberg secured the first victory for the historic marque in over half a century. As F1 2013 rolls into Shanghai for the tenth year in a row, […]

In August 2011, Nas released ‘Nasty’ as the lead single for his new project Life Is Good. The track showcased a veteran rapper still hungry to demonstrate his skills; the freewheeling, hook-less virtuoso performance reminding listeners of an artist still desperate to top the classic Illmatic. Then all went quiet. Fans had to […]