Ever wanted to pack up and hit the highway, beat style? TNS looks at some of the locations to take your own American road trip along the lines of that made by Jack Kerouac's restless hero Sal Paradise.

Butlins in Somerset once again lent itself out to a fine and eclectic array of bands to usher the indie scene into the holidays.

Though you may have thought the curtains were drawn on 2011’s festival season months ago, there is still the Nightmare Before Christmas to contend with next month.

When Anaïs Mitchell conjured up her folk opera Hadestown, she clearly made it an alluring prospect.

Review of Colin Firth's award-winning new film The King's Speech

In British history, south west England may never have seen a Scotch invasion quite the scale of that witnessed during the Bowlie 2 weekender this December.

Review of Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit's show in Bristol 09/12/10

Review of the Twilight Sad at the Fleece, Bristol

A review of Darren Hayman and the Secondary Modern's new album

Review of Joanna Newsom at Colston Hall in Bristol

Dylan Williams reviews Gods, Gangsters & Honour, four decades in the entertainment industry summed up by a suit.

It's a hard task to look back at long gone accomplishments and not want to pick them apart. It must be even tougher for an achievement spawned in adolescence, when most are too haughty to realise their proneness to errors, something Dylan Williams discovers in his review of Bret Easton Ellis' latest book, Imperial Bedrooms

You've read about Ninja Tune's steeped history and the Old Guard, but as the eclectic label turns 20, they are still constantly seeking out new recruits. Here's a run down on four promising New Ninjas joining the ranks.

Dylan Williams reviews the latest effort from The Hold Steady...

Review of the new album from Infesticons...

As they emerge into post-war fallout, Dylan Williams talks to the Infesticons about their new release...

The faceless Swedish duo jj release their second album, Dylan Williams gives his review...

Dylan Williams looks at what the Scottish rockers recent work says about them to date...