The Vaccines have released the video for their new single ‘Teenage Icon’ – the second single to be taken from their upcoming second album The Vaccines Come Of Age. Check it out here: For me, their insistence on creating throwaway ‘indie-pop’ tunes is getting a little bit tiresome – although you can’t deny they know […]
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Listen: Earl Sweatshirt streams new mixtape ‘The Road To Doris’
Ahead of his debut album proper Doris, OFWGKTA prodigy Earl Sweatshirt has made a new mixtape available to stream/download. Titled ‘The Road To Doris’, it features previously released tracks like ‘Hive’ and ‘Whoa’ as well as a lot of previously unheard material. It serves as the ideal introduction to Earl ahead of the release of […]
Listen: Yuck – ‘Rebirth’
London shoegazers Yuck are now a three-piece following the departure of guitarist Daniel Blumberg – which is probably why this new single is called ‘Rebirth’. It picks up where their debut album left off, with lush, textured and dreamy tones recalling My Bloody Valentine. If you like ‘Rebirth’ you can download it for free from […]
Listen: Arctic Monkeys share brand new track ‘2013’
With their new album AM coming up, Arctic Monkeys have treated us all to a new non-album track. Called ‘2013’, it’s a fuzzy psychedelic track similar to ‘Do I Wanna Know?’ and features Alex ruminating on the state of society in 2013 – with the influence of technology at the forefront of his mind. Check […]
DJ Shadow announces ‘Best Of’ compilation…
Pioneering hip-hop / dance producer DJ Shadow has announced his plans to release a compilation later this year. Entitled Reconstructed: The Best Of DJ Shadow, the compilation will be released on 3 September and will feature two new songs – ‘Listen’ and ‘Won’t You Be’ – as well as career highlights (in my opinion anyway!) like […]
Interpol announce two extra dates in London and Dublin – buy tickets now
Due to the high demand for tickets when they went on sale this morning, Interpol have added a couple of extra dates to the UK and Ireland leg of their European tour next year. The band will now play two dates at London’s Roundhouse ( 6 and 7 Feb) and two dates at Dublin’s Olympia […]
Jessie Ware announces second album will be called ‘Tough Love’ and unveils artwork
Last month Jessie Ware revealed a brand new single called ‘Tough Love’, the first taken from her second album. Today she has revealed that album will also be called Tough Love, and revealed the above artwork – which has a distinct early-90’s singer-songwriter vibe. There’s no official release date for the album yet, which is […]
The Black Keys tickets go on sale tomorrow at 9am – buying guide
Earlier this week The Black Keys announced a five-date UK arena tour for February and March 2015, which will see the blues-rock duo play Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Leeds. Tickets for all five dates go on sale tomorrow morning (Friday 18 July) at 9am. Here’s the link to buy them from Ticketmaster: [box type=”info”]>>> […]
Sunn O))) and Scott Walker announce collaborative album ‘Soused’ – out September
Atmospheric drone-rock overlords Sunn O))) have long been rumoured to be following up their previous collaborative album with Ulver with another collaboration – this time with experimental musician Scott Walker. The rumours have been confirmed today with record label 4AD announcing a joint album called Soused will be released on 22 September. Apparently Sunn O))) […]
Watch: Johnny Marr – ‘New Town Velocity’ video
Johnny Marr heads home to Manchester for the video ‘New Town Velocity’ – a downbeat and melodic highlight from his excellent recent solo album The Messenger. Watch the video here: ‘New Town Velocity’ is released on 22 July as a download, and will also be available as a limited edition 7″.