This weekend former X Factor winner Leona Lewis incited the typical knee-jerk reaction of the alternative scene for covering the tragic anthem ‘Hurt’ on live British television. Whether or not you agree with the choice to cover this song at all it’s worth looking at both how people reacted to it, why and if the cover had any merit.
Yes, I did actually say that! In the interest of balanced journalism [...]

In yet another example of the power of the people via the internet, Rage Against The Machine’s iconic 1992 protest song has reached Number one in the heady heights of the UK single Charts. For the past few weeks steam has built up behind an online campaign housed in several Facebook groups and an official [...]