Nialler9 — Andrea and Niall discuss the furore around Versatile, the Dublin comedy rap duo who sold out a show at the 3Arena this coming November. We discuss their attempts at satire, stereotypes, misogyny, whether they represent Irish hip-hop or are just Yout... more info

Stereogum — A whole mess of great hardcore bands come from Texas. The state is home to Judiciary, whose Surface Noise is probably still my favorite hardcore album of the year. And we can also thank Texas for Power Trip, Glue, Skourge, Vaaska, and the recently ... more info

Sky News — A newly discovered Iron Age farmstead is among a number of archaeological sites revealed in aerial photographs of parched landscapes in Wales. more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - In a darkened gallery of the British Museum, where spotlights catch the intricate swirling decoration of Celtic Iron Age metalwork, visitors are confronted by a face from another world. more info

The Independent — It is a three-act, musical history of Britain featuring songs about a nomadic Neolithic settler, Christian monks and an Iron Age blacksmith - the “concept album” is making a comeback with the surprise chart success of the latest release from Ian ... more info

Guardian Music — Holkham, NorfolkLike life, it begins in darkness. Invited to enter a black box by an "angel", I wait for "the way", which I have been told will reveal itself. A groaning rises beyond the blackness before a door opens on what looks like a pagan ritual... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG DOWNLOAD: Ancient VVisdom - "Alter Reality" (MP3) Ancient VVisdom contains ex-members of Iron Age and Integrity, and it's hard not to hear some of that lineage, but Ancient VVisdom string together apocalyptic and gothic folk passages with some... more info

Impose Magazine — There needs to be some form of proper mediation between artist and listener, a barometer of taste and decency to give us something to dream on or at least bump on a portable media player. There is hope for pop music, this article will prove, but I ju... more info

Guardian Music — Radio 1 Teen Awards | Wallace & Gromit's World Of Invention | Edwardian Farm | Ancient Worlds | My Sex Robot | The English Surgeon: StoryvilleRadio 1 Teen Awards7pm, BBC3Radio 1's Fearne Cotton and Nick Grimshaw present the first BBC Radio 1 Teen Awa... more info

Metalsucks — Last night at NYC’s Mercury Lounge, after Earthless tore my face open (psychedelically speaking) and I spent the entire duration of Iron Age’s set talking shit at the bar trying to wingman one of the dudes in Priestess with a kinda lame chick, Di... more info