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Yesterday felt like playing a game of cat-and-mouse with Arcade Fire. No sooner had a new radio rip of new Reflektor track ‘Afterlife’ popped up on Soundcloud (after its premiere on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show) it was getting taken down again. After embedding three new versions that quickly got taken down, I gave up […]
If you only live once, why do we keep doing the same shit? With that, the firebrand that is MIA not only effortlessly dismisses Drake and his ‘YOLO’ nonsense but also well and truly announces herself back on the scene. Her new album Matangi is out in a couple of weeks, and ‘Y.A.L.A.’ (You Always […]
All the talk from Alex Turner about Arctic Monkeys’ new album AM was concerned with how it’s their ‘first studio album’, in terms of actually producing their sound rather than just recording themselves playing live. While that is all evident in the finished album, it’s still the warmly crafted song-writing that shines through – which […]
Irish post-punk-pop quartet The Cast Of Cheers have announced that the third single from their debut album Family will be ‘Trucks At Night’. Following in the wake of previous singles ‘Animals’ and ‘Human Elevator’, ‘Trucks At Night’ is another infectious and attention-grabbing slice of jagged pop. Listen to it below and let me know what […]
It must be nice coming from Las Vegas – as well as the obvious advantages of never being far from a good night out etc…, it means you’ve got the perfect location for a music video on your doorstep. The Killers take full advantage of their hometown in the video for new single ‘Shot At […]
In one way or another Arcade Fire have unveiled about half of their upcoming Reflektor album – as well as the recent fan-videos they played a load of songs on a US TV special to add to the release of the title track and lead single. What we’ve been lacking from them so far though […]
Jake Bugg has released the video for new single ‘Slumville Sunrise’ – the latest to be taken from his upcoming second album Shangri La. The video was directed by famed director and fellow East Midlander Shane Meadows, and features Jake Bugg on the run after nicking a diamond ring from a jewellers – while wearing […]
Everyone’s ‘favourite new band’ Palma Violets have released the video for new track ‘Last Of The Summer Wine’ today. The video, which sees the boys messing about in the rain, can be seen below: ‘Last Of The Summer Wine’ is released this week as part of a double A-side debut single release along with ‘Best […]
If you hadn’t noticed, Arcade Fire have got a new album coming out soon. This weekend, they played a couple of small and widely over-subscribed gigs in Brooklyn (tickets were changing hands for about $2,000!) and were going by the name of The Reflektors. During the shows they played a host of tracks from their […]
Crystal Castles have debuted a new track from their forthcoming third album III at a gig in Denver’s Ogden Theatre earlier this week. Watch the audience member-filmed video of new song ‘Telepath’ below: ‘Telepath’ follows previous III releases ‘Plague’ and ‘Wrath Of God’, and like those two tunes it sounds absolutely brilliant! Crystal Castles announced earlier […]