Production trio Factory Floor have revealed ‘Turn It Up’ will be the next single taken from their self-titled debut album – released in September on DFA. If any track could be described as a typical Factory Floor it’s the album opener ‘Turn It Up’, with it’s house beats blending with post-punk influences. They’ve released a […]
Category: Single Reviews
This Week’s New Single Releases (24th November 2013)
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Afrojack feat. Spree Wilson – ‘The Spark’ First on the list this week is a lyrically uplifting track with a positive message, though one that is wrapped up in a typical sounding 2013 dance rnb track. That said the ‘Gym Class Heroes’-esque […]
Listen: Warpaint debut new track ‘Keep It Healthy’ during BBC 6 Music session
With their self-titled second album due out in January, Warpaint were in the BBC Maida Vale studio earlier in the week talking to Steve Lamacq and performing a few tracks. As well as the new albums lead track ‘Love Is To Die‘ the band played ‘Composure’ from their first album and debuted the brand new […]
EP stream: QOTSA release acoustic EP ‘Like Cologne’
Queens Of The Stone Age have made a special three-track EP available to stream via Spotify. Recorded during their show at the Cologne Kulturkirche Köln on September 4, ‘…Like Clockwork’ features stripped back versions of ‘Long Slow Goodbye’ (taken from their 2005 album Lullabies To Paralyze, ‘Vampyre Of Time And Memory’ and ‘I Sat By […]
Listen: U2 reveal new track ‘Ordinary Love’
Things are starting to move in the world of U2 – who are expected to return next spring with a new album. Before that, they have a song included on the soundtrack for upcoming Nelson Mandela biopic ‘Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom’. The track, called ‘Ordinary Love’, is set to be released on 29 November […]
Watch: Broken Bells – ‘Holding On For Life’ video
You may remember superstar duo Broken Bells released Part One of a short film to promote new album After The Disco last month – starring Kate Mara and Anton Yelchin as a couple of sci-fi star-crossed lovers. Today they have revealed the follow-up video for the album’s lead single ‘Holding On For Life’, which picks […]
Watch: Arcade Fire reveal new video for ‘Afterlife’
Arcade Fire aren’t doing anything by halves as they continue to push new album Reflektor down our throats, and have today revealed another video for album track ‘Afterlife’. To be fair though, the new video is pretty impressive. Directed by Emily Kai Bock it’s a stylish and powerful exploration of people’s dreams and inner psyche. […]
Watch: Bob Dylan releases interactive video for ‘Like A Rolling Stone’
Everyone is making interactive videos these days, and today Bob Dylan joined the party with a video for his almost 50 year old classic ‘Like A Rolling Stone’. Typically for Dylan, his effort – made in conjunction with Interlude – pretty much destroys the competition and provides a new benchmark for innovative interactive videos. The […]
Watch: Beady Eye – ‘Soul Love’ video
I don’t quite know why but it’s somehow comforting to know that Beady Eye are still out there bobbing along, touring and releasing singles. The next release from their Dave Sitek-produced second album BE is a double-A side of ‘Soul Love’ and ‘Iz Rite’, which is out on 25 November. Today the band have released […]
This Week’s New Single Releases (17th November 2013)
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Bastille – ‘Of The Night’ From the freshly released deluxe edition of their debut album, ‘Of Their Night’ starts off as a dark version of the dance classic ‘Rhythm Is A Dancer’, one of my personal favourites of all time growing up as […]