Brace yourselves for the first ever feature-length horror film to be shot entirely on an iPhone when Hooked Up arrives on DVD from April 27th, 2015, courtesy of Signature Entertainment.

Following in the dark and twisted footsteps of found-footage classics like The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity, the horrors of Hooked Up are delivered through the iPhones of Tonio (Jonah Ehrenreich) and Peter (Stephen Ohl), two young Americans who travel to Barcelona to party and meet women. When Tonio and Peter befriend the flirtatious Noemi and Katia on their first night out partying, they escort them back to the house where things take an unexpected turn. The boys become trapped in the house and soon realise that the girls have a very different kind of party in mind - one the guests don't get to leave...

Director Pablo Larcuen (Orphan, Non-Stop) turns the found footage genre on its head in much the same way as distant cousin VHS did. Destined to become a cult favourite and arriving on a huge wave of anticipation amongst genre and tech fans, Hooked Up brings an age-old tale of terror firmly and horrifyingly into the present.

TMR TV is a brand new web-based hard rock TV channel created by the founder of TheMidlandsRocks.com, Peter Keevil.

Recapturing the heyday of MTV-style shows, TMR TV is all about the music, with a presenter introducing the latest video releases as well as news and views from the rock and metal scene.

Following its recent launch with Betsson flagship show 'Keevil's Killer Cuts' (a weekly 20-minute vodcast bringing you the hottest classic, hard, stoner, and blues-based rock music) there are additional programmes planned. All shows are filmed at Billibee Creative Studios in Birmingham and produced by David Billingham for TMR TV.

Peter said, “It’s something I’ve always wanted to explore whilst running TheMidlandsRocks.com as it’s a natural extension of the written word. I’ve now hooked up with an awesome videographer in David Billingham and we have great fun throwing together a weekly vodcast. We hope people enjoy it and also discover some excellent music.”

In the summer of 2013, Hastings based three-piece, Star Scream, released their debut album 'Sexploitation' to glowing reviews. They have now released the video to their upcoming single from that album; 'Death Shower Scene'.

They say of it; "Welcome to our stomping, throbbing attack on a world of manufactured pop pap and over-hyped ‘next big thing’ acts, seeing us re-enact infamous untimely deaths associated with rockstars."

You can read EGL Magazine's review of their album 'Sexploitation' here, and you can pre-order the 'Death Shower Scene' single, due for release on February 16th, at starscreammusic.bandcamp.com/album/death-shower-scene

As has been expected for some time, the official news has come that Alt-Fest is cancelled.

In a lengthy and detailed statement on the Alt-Fest Facebook page, organisers Dominic and Missy Void have explained all of the elements that have led to this decision.

They state that despite their best efforts, "this week [they] ran out of time to raise all the required funds that were needed upfront of the festival." They go on to explain that they have "been contending with a costing error made and ultimately poor advice in the early stages by a company who were supposed to help [them] work out what the festival would cost to put on." It always was a hugely ambitious project, with the kind of line-up you would expect to see at a well established event, not a fledgling one.

What it comes down to, is that they simply sold less tickets than they expected to, and just 3,000 more would have tipped them over the break-even line. They say "We had exhausted all options but please know that we did everything within our power to make this happen", and "We feel we have let the alternative community down, this saddens us immensely".

While they are receiving a lot of support and good wishes, there is also an inevitable backlash which will likely prove very difficult for them to recover from, both personally and professionally. You can read the statement in its entirety here: facebook.com/AlternativeFest/posts/419443814860053

The five-day alternative music festival, Alt-Fest, appears that it may have been cancelled with just a couple of weeks to go. The crowd funded project, boasting headliners VNV Nation, The Cult and Marilyn Manson, along with a host of other huge names, is a hugely exciting and ambitious project.

Rumours began yesterday when a small number of the booked acts posted on social media that they had received emails stating that the event had been cancelled. Rumours have been spreading and gaining momentum since.

The Facebook event page for Marilyn Manson's appearance at the festival was changed to read as Cancelled, although his website left the event open on the tour page for some time longer. Combichrist have also stated that they have been told the event is off. Although the majority of the acts are still in the dark.

There has been no official response from the organisers, and they have closed down threads about the rumours from the forums on the Alt-Fest website. Regardless of the truth of the rumours, the damage to the festival's reputation may well be irreversible already.

We're keeping an eye out for official news...

LondonEdge trade show are just 8 weeks away from their very first satellite show in Berlin. Running over the 8th & 9th of July in the Adagio venue near Potsdamer Platz in central Berlin, it will see a key selection of LondonEdge brands showcase their wares in Berlin for the very first time.

There will be around 35 brands exhibiting their amazing alternative, cult-led collections to the Berlin audience, including clothing, footwear, jewellery & accessories collections from ever creative & diverse exhibitors that pay homage to authentic retrospective styles, punk, street, goth, cyber, nu-goth, tattoo, piercing & vintage influences.

Adagio is in the heart of the city, decorated in the style of a medieval palace. It is one of the most popular nightlife hot spots in Berlin. Just minutes from the world famous Kurfürstendamm with countless shops, restaurants, bars & hotels and the centre of West Berlin making LondonEdge Berlin both accessible and focal.

Find out more at londonedge.com

Eccentric and theatrical alternative band Bad Pollyanna have announced that they will be supporting William Control on his UK and Europe 'The Punishment Tour' this August. Bad Pollyanna are joined by fellow support act Ashestoangels, who they have only just finished touring with.

In addition to standard tickets, VIP passes are on offer for a select number of shows. These passes will get holders entry into the show, entry into the soundcheck and a super special/super secret merch package which will not be available for general sale.

In the meantime, Bad Pollyanna are working on some big projects this month, including their collaboration with Illamasqua on a project for The Sophie Lancaster Foundation.

Female-fronted hard rock band Mongrel have signed a deal with independent New Jersey record label Unable Records ahead of the June release of their upcoming EP, 'Evolution'.

The release will be accompanied by a number of release-party live dates through May and June (where hard-copies of the CD will be available), and Mongrel will be running an i-Tunes exclusive pre-release starting May 20th, with a full release on June 3rd.

In addition, the video for the new song 'Oxygen Mask' taken from the new CD is in the editing stage, and planned for a release to coincide with the EP.

Italian singer and songwriter Katya Sanna has released a video for her track 'La Linio De La Konstelacioj', taken from her December 2013 album 'La Via Delle Stelle'. You can read EGL Magazine's review of the album here.