Hip hop trailblazers De La Soul have announced their entire back catalogue will be made available for fans to download for free from their website for a limited period this weekend. Band member Posdnuous told Rolling Stone today: It’s about allowing our fans who have been looking and trying to get a hold of our…
For some reason today has seen three brilliant cover versions emerge from three of the most exciting new acts around. Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES came out firing with a great cover of Arctic Monkeys’ AM track ‘Do I Wanna Know?‘ during an appearance on Australian radio. Check it out:
For some people tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, but for Lady Gaga fans tomorrow is the final chance to grab a ticket to see their hero’s artRAVE tour in the UK. Due to such high demand when tickets for Gaga’s four UK dates this autumn went on sale last week, an extra date at London’s O2…
Apparently we’re still a long way away from a new Radiohead album, but the band have been busy in other areas – including making an app called PolyFauna, which is available to download here: iOS and Android The app is a bit of a strange beast, and doesn’t seem to do a lot – you just…
Klaxons raised a few eyebrows last week with the big reveal of their pop-tastic ‘comeback’ single ‘There Is No Other Time‘. As revealed last week, Klaxons have been working with a range of different producers for their upcoming third album. ‘There Is No Other Time’ was produced by Radio 1 favourites Gorgon City, and other…
Temples – Sun Structures {rating} Buy: Sun Structures I first featured Kettering-based psych-rockers Temples in May last year, after they had just signed to Heavenly and were releasing the very brilliant ‘Colours To Life’ as a single. Many expected their debut album to drop in 2013, as the ‘neo-psych’ movement was gathering pace, but the…
If you’re a musician on the move, then the chances are you’ve already got a laptop or tablet PC ready to go. However, to connect your guitar or keyboard, you’re going to need a suitable interface. Today, we’re going to take a look at what we think are the best value interfaces available on the…
Criminally underrated US pop-soul-funk sensation Janelle Monae is set for a quick-fire three-date UK tour this May, and tickets go on sale at 9am tomorrow morning (Friday 7 February). Here’s the link to buy tickets from Ticketmaster
Doves front-man Jimi Goodwin is gearing up to the release of his first solo album Odludek next month, and has just released a promo video for the albums lead single ‘Oh! Whiskey’. Fittingly for such a calm and reflective song, the video is pretty low-key and features Jimi in contemplative mood overlooking a river.
Everyone’s favourite rap album is turning 20 in 2014, and to celebrate the milestone it’s getting the ‘deluxe reissue’ treatment. In case you didn’t know, you’re favourite rap album is Nas’ epochal, seminal, classic 1994 debut album Illmatic. Well it should be anyway, according to those in the know on these things.
