Beady Eye single review – Bring The Light All has been quiet on the Beady Eye front ever since Liam announced the name of his new band (to a few sniggers!) back in June. That’s all changed in the past few days, though, with the launch of their website and now a free download sending…
Brandon Flowers – Flamingo The Killers main-man takes his first steps out of the comfort zone of his band with solo album Flamingo, which shows off his song-writing ability but is ultimately devoid of charm and charisma. With The Killers Brandon Flowers has made a name for himself as one of the most well-known and…
Hurts – Stay single review Now that they’ve cemented their position as everyone’s favourite 80’s electro-pop revivalists, it’s time for Hurts to roll out the big guns and make a bid for proper stardom – and they don’t come any bigger than Stay. The latest single to be taken from their debut album Happiness, Stay…
Miles Kane Inhaler – single review He’s nothing if not tenacious, Miles Kane. After twice trying, and failing, to mastermind a musical career with bands from his native Wirral (Little Flames and then the Rascals) he kept at it and finally made a name for himself as Alex Turner’s Last Shadow Puppets sidekick. Now, with…
As reported last week, London psychers TOY are returning with second album Join The Dots in December. Last week they shared the brilliant title track, and today have followed that up with a very cool animated video courtesy of celebrated artist David Chatton Barker. The single was released today as a limited edition 7″ –…
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 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…
The Flaming Lips and Tame Impala have become BFFs recently – sharing a headline tour and putting together an EP of covers of each others tracks. The EP features Tame Impala’s versions of of the Lips’ ‘Are You A Hypnotist?’ and ‘Silver Trembling Hands’, and The Flaming Lips covers of ‘Runway, Houses, City, Clouds’ and…
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…
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,…
