Listen: Frank Ocean – ‘Sweet Life’

Odd Future singer Frank Ocean is fast becoming a bit huge, fitting nicely in his own niche between the two worlds of RnB and hip-hop. His profile was also helped recently by ‘coming out’ on his blog – leading to the predictable commentary about being gay in hip-hop etc… etc… Unsurprisingly, Ocean has quickly gone […]

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Watch: Bishop Nehru and DOOM reveal first NehruvianDOOM track ‘Darkness’

The much-talked about collaborative album between bright new NY rapper Bishop Nehru and underground hip-hop heavyweight DOOM (formerly MF DOOM) has finally become a reality, with the duo sharing the video for the albums first track ‘Darkness’. ‘Darkness’ features some trademark DOOM production techniques, with a dark brooding atmosphere punctuated with blaring horns, while Nehru […]

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Manic Street Preachers hint at new single to be premiered tomorrow (8 July)

Welsh rock legends Manic Street Preachers have hinted on Twitter that they could be unveiling some new music tomorrow, saying: Manics fans might want to listen to 6music monday morning-xxx — ManicStreetPreachers (@Manics) July 6, 2013 The Manics have been busy in the studio recording a new album, which is thought to have the working […]

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Album review: Jay-Z – ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’

Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail {rating} Buy: Magna Carta… Holy Grail If you’ve been following Jay-Z’s publicity campaign for this album you’ll know he’s big on establishing ‘new rules’ for the music industry. As well as helping to align this release with Kanye’s ‘challenging’ Yeezus, these ‘new rules’ also amount to him selling off […]

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Listen: Alt-J reveal new single ‘Left Hand Free’

After announcing their second album This Is All Yours last month and revealing the new Miley-sampling track ‘Hunger Of The Pine’, Alt-J have today revealed the first single proper from the album. The single is called ‘Left Hand Free’ and is available as a free download for those that preorder the album. Listen to ‘Left Hand […]

This weeks single releases – 8 July

Single Reviews – 8 July Philip Lickley takes a look at the coming weeks new single releases. If you would like to contribute to All-Noise, get in touch at [email protected]. Adam Lambert – Never Close Our Eyes [rating:2.5/5] Buy: Never Close Our Eyes Mixing in more indie stylings with the bass from Britney’s ’Toxic’, at […]

M.I.A. ‘/\/\/\Y/\’ – Album Review

In the five years since she released her debut album ‘Arular’, Mathangi ‘Maya’ Arulpragasam has gradually carved a niche for herself as the music scene’s foremost political artist.  To be fair, though, she hasn’t got much mainstream competition for that particular title, unless I’m missing the subtle socio-political subtext in the works of Katy Perry […]