This weeks single releases – 24 February Phil Lickley takes us through his pick of this weeks new single releases…. Bastille – ‘Pompeii’ [rating:3.5/5] Buy: Pompeii The fourth single from their ‘Bad Blood’ album is built around a really catchy click-track and drum beat plus some almost tribal chants. A strong follow-up to ‘Flaws’, this…
UPDATE – the line up has just been announced, click here. Tomorrow night V Festival organisers will release the full line up for this years festival. If you’re one of the many thousands who have already registered and are waiting on the line up before forking out for a ticket, I’m guessing you’re going to…
Why was the Brits so rubbish? In typically succinct fashion, Noel Gallagher summed up last weeks desperately dull Brit Awards with one simple rhetorical question: ‘Where have all the rock stars gone?’ Obviously guitar-based ‘rock’ music can’t always be at the very forefront of our nation’s music scene (apparently these things run in ‘cycles’), but…
Following the success of my first new music roundup, I’ve received loads of cool new music to stick into this second edition. Check out my pick of the best new music around below and feel free to add your new music tips in the comments at the bottom… TINMEN – ‘Handful Of Dust EP’ I…
With their sixth studio album just around the corner, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have made a new EP available to download for free. Called ‘Let The Day Begin’, the EP features two tracks from new album Specter At The Feast – ‘Let The Day Begin’ and ‘Returning’ – and is available to download for free…
Glastonbury Festival organisers today announced the first notable acts confirmed to play at this years festival. US rapper Nas, new electro wunderkinds Disclosure and London RnB duo AlunaGeorge are amongst a host of acts lined up to play the ‘reborn’ dance area of the festival this June. Now renamed ‘Silver Hayes’, after one of the…
It’s fair to say that since Disclosure casually tossed it online last month, ‘White Noise’ has become HUGE – reaching number 2 in the singles chart and generally laying waste to radio playlists up and down the country. Now the AlunaGeorge featuring single has got a suitably brilliant video, which features a lot of urban…
I say ‘release’, but really Yeah Yeah Yeahs are actually ‘premiering’ their new song on Monday. But lets face it, as soon as it’s played on Zane Lowe’s show it’ll be all over the internet and on people’s iPhone’s. So it may as well just be ‘released’. Yeah Yeah Yeahs just announced the news, and…
The Haim sisters get in touch with nature for their video for new single ‘Falling’ – which features a lot of PG frolicking in the jungle. Check it out here: ‘Falling’ is the title track of HAIM’s new EP, which is released through Columbia on 1 April.
It’s turning out to be quite the week for new album streams. Following hot on the heels of Johnny Marr and Atoms For Peace in releasing their albums online is hot new London band Palma Violets. Their highly anticipated debut album 180 is set for release next week, but you can now stream it before you decide…
