You may never have heard of the Gävle Goat before, but in the north eastern Swedish city of Gävle, he’s a pretty big deal. Since 1966, and each year since in the castle square of the city, officials erect a 40-foot straw version of the traditional Swedish Yule Goat. One version – built by an association [...]

Las Vegas synth-poppers have released the latest in their line of Christmas singles, ‘The Cowboys Christmas Ball”, which you can watch below. Following on from previous festive efforts, such as ‘A Great Big Sled’, ‘Boots’ and ‘Don’t Shoot Me Santa’, ‘The Cowboys Christmas Ball’ is the sixth consecutive single and once again all proceeds go [...]

Ah, the joys of family photograph time, and the joys of family photographs with pets… The good people at awkwardfamilypetphotos.com have been uploading mirthful muts and comedy cats for a while, we have picked our favourite of the bunch and created, just for you, a lovely musical montage… check it out HERE (Flash required!) Words by Nesbitt Riley

For many of us the financial fuck fest that this country got itself into seemed like something only rich people should worry about, but this week the worm finally turned and it’s educations turn to bend over and take a veritable goosing. This year universities received a 23% increase in new applicants. Coupled with the crippling [...]

Moments before my chat with You Me At Six drummer, Dan Flint, a Tweet appears on my timeline from DanMEATSIX announcing ‘I always forget to breathe when doing phone interviews’. Fearful of the potential casualty I may have on my hands I ask him about it and he tells me ‘I’m not great on the [...]