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Jochan Embley

@jochanembley

Jochan Embley is a writer for IndyBest. He also reviews live music and is an eternally optimistic Aldershot Town fan

Former Olympic swimmer Mark Foster, who stands at 6ft 6in, is the face of Ted Baker's T for Tall range
Men's Clothing

12 best clothing brands for larger and taller men

USA

10 best Bluetooth speakers

Reviews

Album reviews: Brent Cobb, Simian Mobile Disco, Beach House

Fascinating and admirably ambitious: drum machines reverberate as the choir reaches feverish heights
Reviews

Simian Mobile Disco and Deep Throat Choir, review

Jannis Stürtz, co-founder of Habibi Funk
Features

The label dedicated to reissuing stereotype-busting Arab music

Future Islands performing at Brixton Academy
Reviews

Future Islands are irresistible at Brixton Academy, London - review

Gifts for him

10 best personalised gifts for him

Moving: Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie
Reviews

Mount Eerie at St John on Bethnal Green

Reviews

Moses Boyd typifies a defiantly inventive scene

Magnetic: Cap'n Jazz vocalist Tim Kinsella
Reviews

Cap'n Jazz bid farewell in a perfect storm of chaos

Tech

10 best iPhone 7 cases

Books

9 best pencil cases

Chocolate

9 best British bean-to-bar chocolate makers

Chocolate

9 best British bean-to-bar chocolate makers

Reviews

Midori Takada, Milton Court Hall, gig review

Travel Books

8 best Berlin guide books

Raucous: Brian King (left) and David Prowse of Japandroids
Reviews

Japandroids, Epic Dalston, gig review

Pretty much every one of Toledo’s guitar solos is performed with his back to the audience, crouched over by the amp, but it’s all part of the appeal
Reviews

Car Seat Headrest gig review

Pretty much every one of Toledo’s guitar solos is performed with his back to the audience, crouched over by the amp, but it’s all part of the appeal
Reviews

Car Seat Headrest gig review

The illuminated trees above the lakeside Pavilion stage at Houghton
Reviews

Houghton Festival 2017 review

Subscription Boxes

Best subscription box reviews: Beauty, food, gifts and more

Music

Houghton Festival 2017 preview

Reviews

Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Ségal gig review

Men's Clothing

9 best men’s autumn jackets

Colin Stetson performs at Jazz Cafe in London
Reviews

Colin Stetson at Jazz Cafe, London - gig review

Beat maker: Drummer Yussef Dayes played with an indefatigable vigour
Reviews

Yussef Kamaal bring the rhythm to north London

Audio

How to buy the best wireless speakers

Colin Stetson performs at Jazz Cafe in London
Reviews

Colin Stetson at Jazz Cafe, London - gig review

Beat maker: Drummer Yussef Dayes played with an indefatigable vigour
Reviews

Yussef Kamaal bring the rhythm to north London

Audio

How to buy the best wireless speakers

Travel books

7 best Barcelona guide books

Travel books

7 best Barcelona guide books

Reviews

Modern Baseball gig review

Headphones & Earphones

Which headphones should I buy?

Reviews

American Football gig review: Emo all grown up

Reviews

Julia Holter, Shepherd's Bush Empire, gig review

Reviews

Julia Holter, Shepherd's Bush Empire, gig review

Reviews

Danny Brown, Electric Brixton, gig review

Reviews

Tim Hecker, Barbican, gig review

Birthday brilliance: ‘Three Tales’, conducted by Clark Rundell at the Barbican
Reviews

Steve Reich, Barbican review

Toronto-grown musicians Chester Hansen (L) and Leland Whitty have a style that’s hard to fit into a single genre
Reviews

BadBadNotGood gig review: Rooted in jazz, but branching out

With only 36 per cent cocoa, Seed and Bean’s offering has a rich, milky flavour, and a not-overpowering coffee kick
Food & Drink

9 best organic chocolate bars

Tech

8 best tech for students

Audience reactions to the quartet's improvisations varied
Reviews

Merzbow, Balázs Pándi, Mats Gustafsson and Thurston Moore, gig review

Aziza Brahim uses the hooky grooves that define West African music and a latin fluidity
Reviews

Aziza Brahim gig review: ‘A textured and commanding voice of a people’

Big dogs: (from L-R) Zack Mykula, Steve Sladkowski, Stefan Babcock and Nestor Chumak
Reviews

PUP, The Dome, gig review: ‘Unrelentingly ferocity’

Reviews

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Cinematic and savagely beautiful

Reviews

Pixies, O2 Academy Brixton, gig review

Reviews

Pixies, O2 Academy Brixton, gig review

Reviews

Earth, Wind & Fire, The O2, gig review

Songhoy Blues are winning acclaim away from the political turmoil of their native Mali
Reviews

Songhoy Blues, gig review

Dynamic duo: Gabriela Quintero and Rodrigo Sanchez
Reviews

Rodrigo y Gabriela, Under the Bridge, gig review

Seminal: Bernard Sumner of New Order at the Royal Albert Hall
Reviews

New Order, gig review

Seminal: Bernard Sumner of New Order at the Royal Albert Hall
Reviews

New Order, gig review

Tech

January sales: The best tech deals

Christmas

7 best last-minute gifts

Gifts for him

8 best men's Christmas jumpers

IndyBest

7 best record storage

IndyBest

10 best Fairtrade chocolate

IndyBest

10 best iPhone 6s cases

Fashion & Beauty

11 best men's wool scarves

Home & Garden

9 best Father’s Day gifts under £50

Home & Garden

9 best Father’s Day gifts under £50

Fashion & Beauty

8 best swimming trunks

Fashion & Beauty

8 best swimming trunks

Fashion & Beauty

8 best swimming trunks

UK Politics

Where are Ed Miliband, Nigel Farage and David Cameron in the latest

On the campaign trail: Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech in Weaver Vale, Cheshire
UK Politics

How many seats will Conservatives win in 2015? Examining the safe Tory

A polling station in South Shields
UK Politics

Am I registered to vote in the General Election? How to find out if

A polling station in South Shields
UK Politics

Am I registered to vote in the General Election? How to find out if

A polling station in South Shields
UK Politics

Am I registered to vote in the General Election? How to find out if

Health News

A quarter of people with Parkinson's have symptoms 'mistaken for

The e-cigarette market is rapidly expanding
Health News

Vaping could be more dangerous than we think, scientists warn

The e-cigarette market is rapidly expanding
Health News

Vaping could be more dangerous than we think, scientists warn

'Misled': Which? said that bundled tariffs are leading to customers overpaying
Home News

Mobile phone users wasting £335m a year on handsets they have already

Crime

Four suspected race hate crimes reported on railways everyday in 2014

British Citizen Awards
News

The British Citizen Awards are returning for a second year

British Citizen Awards
News

The British Citizen Awards are returning for a second year

Home News

Awards honour the inspirational

Home News

Awards honour the inspirational

Charlie Austin heads in his third goal to win the game for QPR
Premier League

Arsenal vs QPR: Arsene Wenger hails Rangers star man Charlie Austin's

Director Ben Steele filmed 'Hunted' in 2013
News

Rory Peck Award goes to film-maker who followed Russian anti-gay

British Citizen Awards
british citizen awards

British Citizen Awards: Spotlight on ordinary people doing the

British Citizen Awards
british citizen awards

British Citizen Awards: Spotlight on ordinary people doing the

Brendan Rodgers and Mario Balotelli at Liverpool’s training ground yesterday
Premier League

Mario Balotelli: Liverpool striker denies having sex hours before

Duncan Slater travelled with Prince Harry to the South Pole
News

New citizenship awards celebrate 'ordinary people'

David Cameron on the campaign trail with Conservative candidate Maria Hutchings ahead of the Eastleigh by-election earlier this year. Hutchings came third in the vote
UK Politics

Conservatives are selecting fewer women in winnable seats than in 2010

Brendan Rodgers and Mario Balotelli at Liverpool’s training ground yesterday
Premier League

Mario Balotelli: Liverpool striker denies having sex hours before

Duncan Slater travelled with Prince Harry to the South Pole
News

New citizenship awards celebrate 'ordinary people'

David Cameron on the campaign trail with Conservative candidate Maria Hutchings ahead of the Eastleigh by-election earlier this year. Hutchings came third in the vote
UK Politics

Conservatives are selecting fewer women in winnable seats than in 2010

The highly controversial video to Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” features multiple nude female models
Tech

Cameron plans age-rating system for graphic online music videos

Michael Farmer, a hedge fund manager and Tory party treasurer, was the party’s third biggest donor over the past four months
UK Politics

City banker made a peer by PM had given £300,000 to Tories two months

Boris Johnson has intensified pressure on David Cameron over Europe as he prepared to launch his bid to return to Westminster at next year’s general election
UK Politics

Boris burnishes leadership credentials with tough talk on EU

Tourists on the promenade at Magaluf beach in Majorca risk upsetting the locals by wearing beachwear when not on the sand
News & Advice

What not to wear: Foreign Office issues advice on local customs

Boris Johnson in London following his confirmation that 'in all probability' he will seek to stand at the general election
UK Politics

Boris Johnson eyes return to Parliament, in spite of breaking ‘two

Rolf Harris arriving with daughter Bindi (left), wife Alwen and niece Jenny at Southwark Crown Court on 30 June 2014. He was convicted of 12 counts of indecent assault between 1968 and 1986
Crime

Rolf Harris guilty: Veteran entertainer 'attacked a high-profile TV

Rolf Harris' own self-portrait, shown on television in 2001
Crime

Rolf Harris guilty: More women come forward with abuse allegations

One hundred years of age and a great-great-grandmother, Dolly, from Wendover, Buckinghamshire, is known as the “oldest barmaid in the world”. She has been pulling pints at the Red Lion Hotel for 75 years and still does three shifts a week. Dolly says she
News

Happy List 2014: Dolly Saville, legendary barmaid

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