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Stop splashing the energy cash

Use your gadgets’ settings to cut the bills generated by home tech

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IF YOUR budgets are being squeezed by the rapid rise in the cost of living then there are some simple tricks to cut down your monthly outgoings.

Dimming your TV screen or switching to a moneysavin­g mode on your set-top box can shave a few pence off your energy bills.

Checking your phone contract, switching broadband suppliers and even replacing bulbs with smart lighting can also help boost your account.

Here are StarTech’s top tips on how your gadgets can save you cash.

is Easy and called the band Dead Pony.

Tell us about why your new song Bullet Farm was inspired by Mad Max?

Fury Road is such a great movie and we tried to capture that in the song.

We love the aesthetic and badass-ness of that film and we tried to capture that rebellious­ness in these songs. Our dream would be to have one of our songs in a movie.

Plans for rest of the year?

More releases and gigs. After supporting Twin at the Barras in May we’re off to Brighton for the Great Escape Festival.

We have to drive from Glasgow after the gig to

Bullet Farm is out now. Dead Pony headline King Tut’s on May 7 and support Twin Atlantic next month across the UK including Glasgow Barrowland on May 12. www.facebook.com/ DeadPonyBa­nd

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TRIPLE THREAT Dead Pony’s Liam, Anna and Blair

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