I often see people complaining about the lack of real, good music around these days. I often hear people complaining that they wish they'd been born back in the 60's or 70's, so they could have seen the arrival of the likes of Hendrix, The Beatles and Clapton... I often see a lot of people ignoring a wealth of fantastic music that they're too lazy to find for themselves. How about a guy that opened shows fo ...

What I'm currently drinking to is the second record by supergroup Bad Books, simply and aptly titled (especially for this review) 'II'. When Kevin Devine joined forces with front man Andy Hull along with other members of Manchester Orchestra in 2010, their self titled debut album 'Bad Books' was loved by fans of both artists as a great collection of songs they'd wanted to hear since first word of their coll ...

Recently international wedding photographer Donal Doherty agreed to give an insight into his own photographic procedure. Below you will find Doherty' exclusive tips for all photographers. holdupnow: Digital or film - which do you prefer and why? Donal Doherty: I have always used digital, apart from once in my City and Guilds course when I had to use film. With digital I like being able to review an image on ...

More and more each day, I am being shocked. Holdupnow has officially gone international! It's astounding that a blog of this size has even been noticed here in the UK, never mind by various places across the world. This is one case in which social media has succeeded. Some of the countries that holdupnow has been viewed by include: Australia, Iceland, the Philippines and the US among others. The fact that t ...