We all know by now that Arcade Fire’s very highly anticipated new album is called Reflektor and will be a double album featuring 13 tracks. Today it appears that the French Amazon has let slip the full tracklisting of the album before the Canadian band had a chance to reveal it themselves – probably in…
More brand spanking new music for you to get into in this latest New Music Roundup. Let me know your favourite in the comments below… Tourist – ‘Together’ ‘Together’ is the bouncy lead track from Brighton producer Tourist’s new ‘Patterns’ EP, which is out on 2 December. It makes for a very exciting preview of…
As a collective, and record label, Odd Future is most associated with new-wave hip hop and rap from the likes of Tyler, The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Hodgy Beats and Domo Genesis. The production duo known as The Internet are their unsung heroes though. Their debut album, 2011’s Purple Naked Ladies marked them out as experimental…
Kanye West hasn’t done too much publicity work for his latest album Yeezus, especially not in this country, but he’s turning up a notch this week. He performed three tracks on last nights full Later… With Jools Holland show – watch ‘Bound 2’, ‘New Slaves’ and ‘Blood On The Leaves’ below: Next week, Zane Lowe…
Kings Of Leon have just made their new album Mechanical Bull available to stream online via iTunes. The album is the bands sixth studio album and will be released officially on 24 September via RCA Records. The band have previously said the album sounds more ‘youthful’ than previous albums and is similar in style to…
The Killers have just announced they will release a greatest hits compilation on 11 November. Called Direct Hits, the album will feature material from the Las Vegas bands four studio albums as well as a couple of new songs. One of those new songs – ‘Shot At The Night’ – was produced by M83’s Anthony…
The rumour mill is once again aflutter with suggestions that Oasis are set for a glory-grabbing 2014 reunion. Despite Noel’s repeated comments to the contrary, there are rumours that he and brother Liam are ‘in talks’ to reform to mark the 20th anniversary of their seminal debut album Definitely Maybe. The latest round of rumour…
It’s been a good summer for Glasgow synth-pop trio CHVRCHES, who have played just about every festival they could to build up interest in debut album The Bones Of What You Believe. All that hard work has paid off though, as the album has become one of the most anticipated debuts of the year. Ahead…
My Bloody Valentine main-man Kevin Shields has only just realised that the annual music industry back-slapping event known as the Mercury Music Prize is actually a little bit corporate. In an interview with the Guardian, Shields complained about the prizes criteria which excluded My Bloody Valentine’s latest album mbv from being nominated. The Mercury Prize…
The shortlist for this years Mercury Music Prize album of the year has just been announced, and it turns out my prediction from yesterday wasn’t too far out – I’m counting 7 out of 12 as a success anyway! Here’s the full shortlist: Arctic Monkeys – AM David Bowie – The Next Day Disclosure – Settle…
