Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has hinted that the legendary band may reform to play live dates for charity. Speaking in Manchester at the In The City music conference, Mason told the BBC: “I think it would be a very nice way for a band to gently move towards retirement, by doing shows absolutely for…
Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man Anyone expecting the Manics’ new album to build on Journal Of Plague Lovers’ resurrection of their angsty, political roots must have been flummoxed by lead single ‘(It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love’. Its sweeping strings, towering chorus and verses ripped straight from Smashing Pumpkins’…
Now a five-piece, the Wirral boys are back with a new album. But after their recent greatest hits album, have they got anything new to offer?… Make a well-received first album that hints of future glory, consolidate your sound – and fan base- with your second album and then develop into a full-on arena rock…
Interpol singer Paul Banks is releasing his second solo album, Banks, next week, and in preparation a full stream of it is now available to listen to. Check it out below and let me know what you think: Banks previously released his solo material under the pseudonym Julian Plenti, but has now decided to revert…
Single Reviews – 14 October Guest reviewer Philip Lickley takes us through his pick of the coming weeks top single releases. Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch – ’Sweet Nothing’ [rating:1.5/5] Buy: Sweet Nothing Harris’ sixth single from an album that isn’t even out yet, ‘Sweet Nothing’ shows signs of his magic wearing off. Over an…
Kings Of Leon Come Around Sundown With their last album, 2008’s Only By The Night, the family Leon moved away from their scratchy but inventive indie-rock roots and embraced the arena band approach, producing a slicker, more universal and radio-friendly album. As we all know, this gave them a massive hit – Only By The…
Salford duo GREATWAVES have been floating around the blogosphere for a while now, and are making a name for themselves as one of the best new bands for serene, hypnotic and powerful ‘nu-gaze’. After releasing their debut single ‘The Shore’ earlier this year, they have decided to release follow-up ‘Feel The Love’ as a free…
Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man {rating} Buy: The Haunted Man When you’ve been nominated for an Ivor Novello award and your first two albums have been nominated for a Mercury Award, the creative pressure to deliver a career-defining masterpiece of a third album must be pretty overwhelming. Add in your own personal pressure…
Still no word on a debut album from mysterious Mancunian electro-poppers NO CEREMONY///, but they’ve just posted new track ‘FEELSOLOW’ online – so that’ll have to do for now! As with previous NO CEREMONY/// tracks I’ve featured, ‘HEARTBREAKER’ and ‘HOLDONME’, ‘FEELSOLOW’ is a brilliant, pounding, intense and enveloping slow-burner that continues their growing reputation as…
Two Door Cinema Club have revealed the promo video for their new single ‘Sun’. Watch the JUL&MAT directed video here: ‘Sun’ – released on 19 November – is the second single to be taken from Two Door Cinema Club’s excellent second album Beacon, following on from ‘Sleep Alone’. Two Door Cinema Club are currently touring…
