Bikini Black Special are, if you didn’t know, one of Preston’s best musical hopes putting our fair city on the musical map. PR1 caught up with the band just before their record breaking set at 53 Degrees.
 When asked to describe their sound, both Paddy Green (guitars/synths/vocals) and Kim Seward (vocals) agree that “We just want to make noise. We make noisy electro rock, we like to dance around and we hope that other people want to dance around with us too!”

Sometime back in 2006, The Sunshine Underground released the most criminally underrated album of the year in the shape of ‘Raise The Alarm’.

It was a record that acted as the mid-way point between Klaxons’ nu-rave heroics and Kasabian’s lad rock psychedelia. The resulting singles found their way onto indie dance floors nationwide and saw the Leeds four-piece teeter on the brink of the mainstream.
Strange then, that three years later and we still have no new material from which to judge them on. That is until tonight. Upstairs in the …

It’s that time of the year again where deadlines are nearly all done with and there’s a lovely instalment of the student loan left to spend frivolously. Well you could do a lot worse than go to our very own 53 Degrees over May as a host of the hottest musical talent in the country are set to take the stage by storm.
Seemingly fighting an uphill struggle after the demise of much loved pop-punksters Busted, Charlie Simpson transformed himself into the frontman of ‘post-hardcore’ outfit Fightstar and has earned credibility …

After two months of auditions, UCLan’s most gifted students get a chance to show off their talents in the final of UCLan’s Got Talent.

The atmosphere in Preston’s pubs and clubs could suffer if Government plans to introduce sound control devices are sanctioned.

UCLan has become one of the most eco-friendly universities in the UK within the past twelve months according to a new green-league table. 

Both Source and 53 Degrees, the Student Union bar and club have undergone major refurbishments costing more than £80,000.
Source bar