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Straight Outta Compton

December 26, 2015 by WhoIsDhillon

There’s been various films of past musicians, from Ray starring Jamie Foxx, to Joaquin Phoenix playing Johnny Cash in Walk the Line, but none of them have ever caught my interest as Straight Outta Compton. I’ve grown up listening to rap music, but only caught the tail end of the hype. Straight Outta Compton focuses is on the infamous Niggaz With Attitude (NWA), consisting of Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Dr Dre, MC Ren and DJ Yella. Eazy-E is initially the frontman […]

Categories: Created Works, Movies, Review, Website • Tags: dj yella, dr dre, eazy-e, entertainment, ice cube, jerry heller, mc ren, movie, movie review, music, niggaz with attitude, nwa, rap, review, straight outta compton

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Kendal Calling 2015

August 9, 2015 by WhoIsDhillon

Check out the photos from the festival below!

Categories: Created Works, Photography • Tags: augustines, dance, elbow, festival, hyde and beast, inide, kaiser chiefs, kendal calling, levelers, music, rap, snoop dogg, super furry animals

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Kasier Chiefs – Thursday 5th February

February 6, 2015 by WhoIsDhillon

I got to see the Kaiser Chiefs on 5th February and write a short review for Metro Radio. Check it out below! The Kaiser Chiefs graced the Metro Radio stage last night, fresh off the back of their tour with the Foo Fighters in South America last year. Ricky Wilson, one of the judges from The Voice and lead singer, had previously likened the band to the Foo Fighters saying they “get on stage and get the audience involved and […]

Categories: Created Works, Music, Review, Website, Work • Tags: dave grohl, foo fighters, kaiser chiefs, metro radio, metro radio arena, music, review, ricky wilson

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Bombay Bicycle Club – O2 Academy 2014

December 14, 2014 by WhoIsDhillon

Bombay Bicycle Club released their 4th album earlier this year, which is much more electronic than previous editions as their sound has changed from their first album ‘I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose’ – so it was interesting to see how this would play out live on stage. They opened with songs ‘Overdone’, ‘Come To’ and a few more from the new album before moving onto ‘Lights Out, words Gone’, a personal favourite of mine. During ‘Ivy […]

Categories: Created Works, Music, Review, Website • Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, electronic, entertainment, folk, I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose, indie, music, o2 academy, review

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Kings of Leon at St James’ Park

June 1, 2014 by WhoIsDhillon

Kings of Leon headlined the first rock concert that has been held in St James’ Park for a long time, and thankfully the barmy weather remained amazing giving the bands a chance to deliver an amazing show. I missed the first two acts Twin Atlantic and The Horrors but managed to catch a small bit of White Lies. They played their well know songs ‘To Lose My Life’, ‘Farewell to the Fairground’ and ‘Death’ as well as many more tracks […]

Categories: Created Works, Movies, Music, Review, Website • Tags: indie, kings of leon, live, music, newcastle, review, rock, st james park

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Metro Radio’s Big Audition 2014

May 18, 2014 by WhoIsDhillon

10 Finalists – One Winner! The Waiters were crowned champions of the Big Audition 2014 a few weeks back and now have the opportunity to play at Metro Radio Live 2014! See the pictures of the event below. For all the images click here!

Categories: Created Works, Photography, Work • Tags: awards, big audition, entertainment, metro radio, music, the waiters

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Electric Run Lights Up the Night in Manchester!

May 11, 2014 by WhoIsDhillon

Take a light night in Manchester(a rainy one at that), add a load of different kinds of dance, EDM and house music, throw in 4,000 odd people covered in neon head to toe and tell them to run 5K. That pretty much sums up the Electric Run. What you don’t get is the crazy people jumping raving excited to run, and pumped up. You don’t really see this at normally at other runs. Something about shifting the run to a late […]

Categories: Created Works, Photography, Review, Work • Tags: electric run, electro, entertainment, Kate Lawler, manchester, music, outdoors, photography, review

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Some Summer Tunes

April 27, 2014 by WhoIsDhillon

I know the weathers been up and down the past couple of weeks (mainly down) but with summer approaching hopefully we’ll get the chance to set up a barbecue here and there. And to get the barby going you’ll need more than just some mediocre cooking skills, a massive bag of meat and some alcohol to mask the taste of burnt sausages. Here’s a list of tunes to get the party going: Nelly – Ride Wit Me (Viceroy “Jet Life” […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: daughter, electro, Hayley Williams, house, music, nelly, paramore, remix, review, rixton, summer

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Fall Out Boy with special guests Pretty Reckless

March 23, 2014 by WhoIsDhillon

Fall Out Boy has been touring Europe since 28th Feb promoting their newish album Save Rock & Roll which came out last year in April. The album was recorded in secrecy after many reformation attempts during the bands hiatus, and has since gained many positive reviews while also hitting number one in the US – the bands second album to do so. The night kicked off with support act Pretty Reckless, with lead singer Taylor Momsen psyching the fans up […]

Categories: Created Works, Music, Review • Tags: fall out boy, indie, music, newcastle, Pete Wentz, pretty reckless, review, rock, save rock and roll, Taylor Momsen

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A few things I’ve forgotten to blog about over the past months…

December 31, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

Well as the year has been wrapping up a lot of things have happened. Firstly I got the chance to hang out backstage and see everyone from Example to Little Mix. Artists can be so different when they’re off the mic! I also was asked to film hundreds of elves passing a toy from one end of the Millennium Bridge to the other all in support of Cash for Kids! The elf costumes didn’t end there, as other supporters were […]

Categories: Created Works, Images, Photography, Website, Work • Tags: d3200, electro, entertainment, example, gateshead, indie, little mix, metro radio, Metro Radio Live, mtv, music, neon jungle, newcastle, nikon, outdoors, photography, remix, review

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North Road

December 1, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

I got the chance to film an acoustic band from the Durham in the North East. North Road is comprised of three members, Jack Robinson, Josh Henderson & Charlie Griffiths. They cover a range of instruments but primarily use acoustic, mainly guitars, their vocals and a Cajon drum. North Road was formed in the summer of 2012 as all three of them studied for a diploma in Music at New College Durham. Prior to becoming North Road they played music individually and often […]

Categories: Music, Photography, Website, Work • Tags: acoustic, acoustic band, cash for kids, Charlie Griffiths, d3200, d7100, entertainment, guitar, indie, Josh Henderson, metro radio, mtv, music, New College Durham, nikon, north road, photography, remix, sunderland, the North East, whoisdhillon

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30 Seconds to Mars with You Me at Six

November 19, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

You Me At Six opened the night to warm at the crowd. They got everyone raising their fists and screaming with popular songs like Underdog and Bite My Tongue. Josh Franceschi, the lead singer and frontman encouraged people to mosh as much as they could, crowd surf, and basically be as maniac as they could. This was a sign of things to come. Jared Leto opened 30 Seconds to Mars by slowly descending onto the stage from a small platform, […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website, Work • Tags: 30 seconds to mars, 30secondstomars, entertainment, indie, jared leto, Josh Franceschi, metro radio arena, mtv, music, newcastle, review, rock, shannon leto, thirty seconds to mars, thirtysecondstomars, Tomo Miličević

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Northern Pride Uk

July 23, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

Northern Pride Uk is a festival that provides a strong and positive voice for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transexual community. On Saturday the 20th it was held in Newcastle Upon Tyne at Exhibition Park, and for a festival that was free, it was easily in the category of something that people should pay to see! Acts included headliner Amelia Lily, Toyah, Katrina of the Waves and Gaynor from Metro Radio. Every act put on an amazing performance, with a […]

Categories: Created Works, Music, Photography, Review • Tags: amelia lily, entertainment, exhibition park, festival, miss rory, music, newcastle, northern pride, northern pride uk, outdoors, photography, pride, review, whoisdhillon

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Songs to chill out to over Summer!

July 13, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

No Diggity was a classic R & B track by Blackstreet way back in 1996. It was the track that many people grooved to when R & B was ‘in’. Now Alice Jemima, a 19 year old singer songwriter from Newton Abbot, Devon has given a fresh take on it. Her version is more chilled with a rich tone that anyone can relax to during this hot summer. To me its got the same kind of vibe heard in The XX. […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: alice jemima, blackstreet, computer magic, daft punk, daughter, don't speak, electro, eminem, get lucky, glitch, indie, justice, mtv, music, no doubt, postal service, remix, review, summer, the xx

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A Few Songs That You Should Definitely Check Out….

June 11, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

It has been a while since I came across a songs that worthy to put on repeat. Daft Punks ‘Get Lucky’ was great, but has been heard everywhere so I wanted to find something that wasn’t getting the playback it deserved (I sound like a hipster!). The first song that has to mentioned is by Roxie LS, a singer songwriter based in London who I can barely find anything about other than she likes surfing. Every link to information about […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Bombs Away & Komes Remix, Calvin Harris, chilled, dance, Dirtyphonics, edm, electro, electronica, ellie goulding, entertainment, Giraffage, great gatsby, indie, lana del rey, mtv, music, Myndset, remix, review, roxie ls

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The Most Anticipated Release of the Year? Daft Punk!

May 14, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

The French duo Daft Punk have finally got around to creating their fourth album. We’re not including the Tron: Legacy soundtrack, since it was a soundtrack with various short bits of music that were amazing but….no. Random Access Memories, which is set for UK release on the 20 May, has been in the works possibly since 2008 while they were also creating the Tron: Legacy score (one of the songs does sound a lot like something from Tron). The album […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: 70s, 80s, daft punk, dance, duo, electro, entertainment, french, giorgio, giorgio moroder, groovy rhythm, house, mtv, music, old school, pharrell, pharrell williams, random access memories, retro, review

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Q and A with Chris Pegg, Steve and Karen!

May 7, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

Well today was a bit of an odd day. It started with a casting for a casino commercial. I can’t remember the name of the company but fingers crossed! I had to give a serious pose while I contemplated red or black, and then portray some fake excitement. The best part of the day though was a Q and A session with Metroradio Steve and Karen, who present the largest breakfast show in the North East. The purpose of the session was to […]

Categories: Created Works, Photography, Website, Work • Tags: bauer media, breakfast show, chris pegg, d3200, entertainment, gateshead, karen, media, metroradio, music, radio, steve, steve and karen, television

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A little late to the Daft Punk party

May 1, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

Daft Punk are finally back to give us some new music for a proper album rather than a soundtrack, not that I’m saying the Tron soundtrack was poor, quite the contrary. I enjoyed it most when driving through snowy conditions while epic music boomed out the speakers amplifying the dreary conditions. They’re latest track, Get Lucky, is the first off they’re upcoming fourth album Random Access Memories. The album is to be released on 17 May, and judging from the […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: 70s, daft punk, dance, electro, funk, get lucky, Michael jackson, mtv, music, nerd, pharrell, pharrell williams, remix, review, soul

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Creating Something from Nothing

April 14, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

A few days ago I was browsing the web going through my feeds when I came across a video on Fail Blog. The video was less of a fail and way more of a win. Where as normal videos were of people falling over, typical mishaps and shenanigans, this was of stop motion on another level. I can’t remember the name of the creator since I’m typing this away from any Internet connection to find out, but what they had […]

Categories: Movies, Website • Tags: animation, disney, entertainment, google, hyperlapse, music, nature, outdoors, panoramic, photography, pogo, remix, short, short film, stop motion, street fighter, timelapse, video

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David Bowie and his big surprise.

January 10, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

David Robert Jones, or David Bowie as he’s known, is making a comeback. The 70s music sensation has released his new single ‘Where are we now?’ to much celebration. David Bowie first set the world alight in the 70s. Born in 1947 in Brixton, London, and raised by mum Margaret Mary and dad Haywood Stenton, Bowie was considered an adequate choir singer with above average musical ability. After many attempts to break in to the pop industry, Bowie’s success came […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: 70s, 80s, berlin, britrock, daily telegraph, david bowie, entertainment, glam rock, jonathan ross, kiss, minimalist, mtv, music, neil mccormick, nostalgia, queen, rock, the next day, twisted sister, video, where are we now?, ziggy stardust

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Straight Outta Compton

Kendal Calling 2015

Kasier Chiefs – Thursday 5th February

Bombay Bicycle Club – O2 Academy 2014

Kings of Leon at St James’ Park

Metro Radio’s Big Audition 2014

Electric Run Lights Up the Night in Manchester!

Some Summer Tunes

Fall Out Boy with special guests Pretty Reckless

A few things I’ve forgotten to blog about over the past months…

North Road

30 Seconds to Mars with You Me at Six

Northern Pride Uk

Songs to chill out to over Summer!

A Few Songs That You Should Definitely Check Out….

The Most Anticipated Release of the Year? Daft Punk!

Q and A with Chris Pegg, Steve and Karen!

A little late to the Daft Punk party

Creating Something from Nothing

David Bowie and his big surprise.