V Festival preview

The V Festival has gradually become a favourite and high-profile fixture in the summer festival calendar.  With over eighty bands spread over two sites, this year’s V looks set to be the best ever.  Here, we take a closer look at the weekend ahead. V Festival line-up As befitting a festival of V’s stature, this […]

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The September album release schedule is ridiculously good!

If you’ve been thinking recently that 2013 has been a bit underwhelming so far in terms of big new albums, then September might just put it right. Autumn is generally a good time for new albums, as bands who opted to not release new LPs before the festivals now gear up for a big release […]

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This Week’s New Single Releases (18th August 2013)

My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Alistair Griffin and Leddra Chapman feat. Grimethorpe Colliery Band – ‘The One’ Fame Academy’s Griffin teams up with newbie Leddra Chapman on this ballsy ballad. Though their voices complement each other and there’s a welcome sound from the inclusion of the Colliery […]

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Kings Of Leon release video for ‘Supersoaker’ and unveil new track ‘Wait For Me’ – check them both out here

Kings Of Leon have had a busy day today, releasing the video for Mechanical Bull lead single ‘Supersoaker’ as well as unveiling brand new track ‘Wait For Me’. When they revealed ‘Supersoaker‘ last month it seemed like Kings Of Leon were returning to their Southern-rock roots but, as ‘Wait For Me’ proves, they’re still partial […]

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This week’s new single releases (21st July 2013) – Part 1

Part one of my round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. AlunaGeorge – ‘You Know You Like It / Bad Idea’ It does feel like a real let down when you get this sort of musical sequel coming on the coat-tails of ‘Your Drums, Your Love’ and the excellent ‘Attracting […]

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Kings Of Leon announce new album ‘Mechanical Bull’

Kings Of Leon have announced their new album will be called Mechanical Bull and is due for release on 24 September. The new album will be the bands sixth, and follows 2010’s Come Around Sundown. Interesting fact: the album name follows the bands tradition of choosing five syllable titles. That’s probably not very interesting, is […]