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After famously delaying a solo career for about 30 years after the demise of The Smiths, Johnny Marr has announced the release of his second less than 18 months after the first one. The new album is called Playland and will be released on 6 October. It follows Marr’s debut solo album The Messenger which […]
The Thurlow sisters, Hannah and Colette, have released the first taste of their second 2:54 album in the form of new single ‘Orion’. The new album is the follow-up to their brilliant 2012 self-titled debut album. There’s no album title or official release date yet, all we know is that the album will be out […]
Kanye West has a big cover piece in this months GQ, which has been published online today. As you would expect with a Kanye interview, it features a lot of choice quotes ranging from his child, his marriage, Jay Z etc. etc… What i’m most interested in is the news of his next album – […]
A week after the big reveal of his superb comeback single ‘Don’t You Find’, full details of Jamie T’s new album have been revealed via an iTunes listing: Carry On the Grudge – Jamie T The album is called Carry On The Grudge and features the above artwork. It will be released on 6 October […]
Kasabian’s stellar year will continue with a headline slot at this years iTunes Festival at London’s Roundhouse. The Leicester band, who have a number one album, a huge homecoming show, a Glastonbury headline slot and a sold-out UK tour to their name so far in 2014, will play the iTunes Festival on 5 September. Joining […]
Vinyl sales are booming. According to the British Phonographic Industry (or BPI for short), sales of vinyl records hit their highest level last year since 1997. Over 780,000 vinyls were sold in 2013 – which was double the amount sold in 2012 and over 270% more than were sold five years ago. If the trend continues at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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”]>>> […]
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))) […]