Founding member of The Velvet Underground, successful solo star and all-round legend Lou Reed has sadly passed away today aged 71. The cause of death has not yet been released, but Reed was known to be suffering from ill health following a liver transplant earlier this year. During his 50-year career, Reed was at the…
It looks like yesterday’s poster of The Reflektors playing Blackpool in November wasn’t a one-off, but part of a set of dates Arcade Fire are playing in the UK next month. A ‘treasure hunt’ has been sparked across the UK to find similar posters, and so far we’ve had confirmation that The Reflektors will be…
If you’ve been keeping up with Arcade Fire’s relentless publicity campaign for new album Reflektor, you’ll know that they have been playing a lot of gigs as The Reflektors. So far there’s been no official word on if and when they might be playing any UK dates, but it looks like an eagle-eyed Twitter user…
If you have a Daft Punk fanatic in the family and are struggling for Christmas present ideas for them, then struggle no more! The French electro duo have announced details of a very smart looking boxset of their recent fourth album Random Access Memories, which is crammed full of goodies and is set to hit…
YouTube, that giant video sharing website owned by Google, is reportedly working on a subscription service that may be ready before Christmas. The service is being designed with mobile use very much at the forefront – which basically means Google wants to use as much of the video and music content it has to drive…
Twitter’s #music app looks to be on the verge of shutdown just six months after it was released to much fanfare. Early reviews of the service were not very favourable, and it looks like Twitter #music has failed to capture the imagination of users – with Twitter chiefs now apparently looking to shut-down the service….
With the winner of this years Mercury Music Prize Album Of The Year set to be announced next week, it seems like a good time to check in with the bookies and see who the smart money is on to take home the £20,000 winners cheque. When the nominees were announced last month it seemed…
Time for another roundup of exciting new music we can’t get enough of at the minute. If you know any cool new bands that deserve more attention let us know in the comments at the bottom or send your new music tips to submissions@all-noise.co.uk Wolf Alice – ‘She’ North London natives Wolf Alice are NME’s…
For a band as successful and important as Led Zep, it’s almost unthinkable that there is still some unheard material knocking about that hasn’t at least made its way on to bootlegs. But apparently Robert Plant has unearthed some unreleased tapes and wants to release them as soon as possible. The only stumbling block to…
Both Metallica and Manic Street Preachers have been talking about playing Glastonbury next year. Rumours about who may or may not be playing next years Worthy Farm festival have been swirling since Michael Eavis’ tantalising revelation that he already has the headliners lined up – and all three of them have never played the festival…
