Kasabian – Re-Wired review

Kasabian – Re-Wired Leicester’s finest Kasabian are releasing ‘Re-Wired’, the latest single from fourth album Velociraptor!, on 20 November. As they’re all too easily dismissed as unoriginal lad-rockers, Kasabian rarely get the credit they deserve for making absorbing and entertaining music. It may not be the most cerebral music out there, but then again it’s not […]

The Rapture Album artwork and confirm European tour…

The Rapture have released the artwork for their forthcoming album – In The Grace Of Your Love.  The album cover features a striking image of frontman Luke Jenner’s father surfing and has a classic Beach Boys feel to it. The New York three-piece dance-rock outfit returned to orignal label DFA last year and are set […]

Shangri La Jake Bugg album

The best albums out in November

Christmas is nearly upon us, which means November is the last chance for some good new albums before December brings us a shipping container full of festive albums, greatest hits, reissues and anything else that might make for a decent stocking filler. So naturally, there’s some pretty huge albums coming out in November – including […]

Richard Ashcroft

Richard Ashcroft says The Verve will not reform again

Ex-Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft has said he sees no reason why he and his ex-bandmates would decide to reform The Verve. Speaking to Shortlist magazine, Ashcroft said: “I can’t see any reason why, after headlining Glastonbury, headlining Coachella, headlining in Japan and making an album that’s better than 99 per cent of other bands’ albums, […]

MellowHigh

Album stream: MellowHigh

Odd Future members Domo Genesis, Hodgy Beats and Left Brain have a new album under their MellowHigh moniker coming out next week, and have just made it available to stream via MySpace. The album, also called MellowHigh, features guest spots from fellow Odd Future members Tyler, The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt. The album can be […]

Apollo

Listen: Disclosure Track ‘Apollo’

Disclosure have just released a brand new track called ‘Apollo’ –  their first new material since the release of Mercury Prize-nominated debut album Settle. The timing of the surprise release could be seen as an attempt to boost their exposure before the Mercury Prize ceremony this Wednesday, or as an attempt to deflect attention from […]

Foals

Watch: Foals – ‘Out Of The Woods’ video

Foals have already delivered some pretty stunning visuals to accompany Holy Fire tracks ‘Late Night’ and ‘Bad Habit’, and have continued the hot streak with the newly released video for latest single ‘Out Of The Woods’. The video follows a young woman as she gradually succumbs to some kind of paranoid breakdown in her apartment […]