London-based collective Jungle are an exciting prospect. We know this because they made the BBC Sound of 2014 longlist and have just signed for XL – so they must be good. So far though, most of the talk about Jungle has been just that – talk. Or what these days people like to call ‘hype’…
London-based indie-fuzz revivalists Yuck returned with their second album Glow & Behold last year, following the departure of their frontman. Instead of resting on their laurels, they were straight back in the studio at the end of 2013 and have a new EP ready called ‘Southern Skies’. Today they’ve revealed the second track from the…
If I gave out some kind of award for remix of the week, then this would probably win it for the next month at least. I don’t normally feature remixes per se, as there’s so many of them flying about it would be a full-time job in itself trying to collate them all. I usually…
Black Hippy member Schoolboy Q releases his new album Oxymoron next week (preorder: Oxymoron), which is promising to be an early 2014 hip hop highlight. To further excite you ahead of the album’s release the West Coast rapper has revealed ‘Blind Threats’, which features Raekwon. Listen to the moody ‘Blind Threats’ below:
The UK Top 40 singles chart will soon incorporate data from online music streaming services, according to Radio 1’s Head of Music George Ergatoudis. Ergatoudis revealed the plans during a speech last night at the Radio Academy Playlists: What Makes a Hit in 2014? event in London. Traditionally, Radio 1 has used sales data direct…
With his solo album Everyday Robots due out in April, Damon Albarn has been steadily dripping new material out into the public domain. There’s been a live version of ‘Lonely Press Play’ doing the rounds, after the Blur/Gorillaz/lots-of-other-projects frontman debuted it at the Sundance Film Festival, and now there’s a stripped-back acoustic version of the…
Beck is back this month with his first album of recorded material in six years in the shape of Morning Phase – and he has made it available to stream in full online before its release next week. The album follows Beck’s 2008 album Modern Guilt and his 2012 sheet music release Song Reader, but…
This weekend we’ve had not one, not two but three awesome new remixes of Beyonce’s new album highlight ‘Drunk In Love’. First up, Kanye West revealed his reworking of the track on Valentine’s night – his first official new music since Yeezus. Kanye’s remix is allegedly getting its own video as well, which is expected…
Life as part of a massive rock band is filled with drama – and when you’re touring and recording with the same people all the time relationships are bound to become a bit strained at times. It’s not surprising then that some of the world’s most successful rock bands have had their fair share of…
As you’re probably aware, US pop legend Prince is currently in the middle of a string of gigs in London – but according to The Mirror, that’s not all he’s been up too while in the capital. The tabloid has been speaking to ‘sources’ who claim that Prince has signed up to headline Glastonbury while…
