http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/features/ en kev@thebeatsurrender.co.uk Copyright 2008 2008-05-05T16:29:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/features/ Downloads are on the increase with people downloading more and more legal and illegal tracks by the day, iPods are a common necessity these days in the same way that everyone having a TV and a toilet that doesn’t involve you trecking down the garden are as well. This has opened… 2008-05-05T16:29:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/features/ They say that time flies when you are having fun and that’s certainly never been truer than here at The Beat Surrender. Amazingly it’s five years since we started our website, originally designed as a one pager to advertise our first club night at Bradford University.… 2008-04-21T14:37:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/features/ Previously unreleased footage from the legendary Teenage Cancer Trust benefit shows at the Royal Albert Hall are now available on DVD. Packed with performances that capture the spirit of this unique event, including one-off collaborations between Noel Gallagher and Paul… 2008-04-07T12:40:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/features/ Could Eurovision be good? I know what you are thinking but think about this for a minute and suspend all common sense and put those prejudices to one side…could it actually be good? We are just 61 days and counting now until the 53rd Eurovision song contest and I can tell you now… 2008-03-24T20:48:01+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/features/ A lot of the younger people reading this feature won’t remember this and probably don’t believe it, but years ago the NME used to be a good read, informative and more than anything cutting edge. Two real things have happened though to spoil the NME. The first thing… 2008-03-10T14:30:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/features/ The Brits. An easy target these days? Well yes but easy targets are given that title for a reason- so ready, aim, fire. The Brit Awards in the mid nineties – (before Noel Gallagher brazenly and foolishly declared that there were 6 people in the room changing the world, meaning… 2008-02-25T13:19:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/features/ The Brit Awards always throws up contentious choices and opens up debate, both with the nominations and the actual winners once they are announced. So I’m going to bravely throw my hat into the ring and not only predict who I think will win it and no doubt get them all wrong, but also… 2008-02-11T12:57:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/features/ The UK festival circuit has a new kid on the block in 2008, as Gatecrasher join the fray with a two dayer in Northamptonshire. Not wanting to do things by half, it promises a stellar line up to make it the biggest ever electronic music event in this country. The Summer Sound System… 2008-01-29T14:28:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/features/ It’s time to wipe away the doom and gloom of being back at work / school / university and start to look to the future with a bit of optimism, because looking at things we have plenty of musical reasons to be cheerful this year, we have in fact 36 for you! If you are looking for debut… 2008-01-14T15:43:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/features/ The Academy Music Group (AMG) looks set to kick start 2008 with plans to open three new venues, two in the North of England and the South coast development of the Hippodrome in Brighton. Having built a reputation for converting listed buildings and former music venues that had… 2008-01-14T15:23:00+00:00