James Blake unveiled ‘Retrograde’ last week as the first single from his upcoming second album Overgrown, and today he debuted the official video on his YouTube channel. The video was directed by long-time collaborator Martin de Thurah, and is a suitably classy affair. Check it out here: ‘Retrograde’ is released tomorrow (11 February), and Overgrown…
Philip Lickley take us through another batch of new single releases – what will you be downloading this week? Single Releases – 10 February Avicii V Nicky Romero – ‘I Could Be The One’ [rating:3/5] Buy: I Could Be the One Fresh from big hits like ‘Levels’, Avicii teams up with Nicky Romero on this…
My Bloody Valentine – m b v {rating} Buy: www.mybloodyvalentine.org Of all the album reviews I’ve ever written, this is by far the hardest. Where do I start? Shall I begin with the long preamble about ‘seminal’ 1991 album Loveless? Or focus mostly on the long and protracted release of this follow-up? Maybe it would…
I put a request out on Facebook earlier in the week for some new music tips, and received so many cool new band and artist suggestions that I thought I’d include them all in one place for you to check out. If you know of any new or unknown bands that deserve a bit more…
Atoms For Peace will finally unleash their debut album AMOK on 25 February, and today Thom Yorke and producer Nigel Godrich have announced they will host three different album launch parties – in London, Berlin and New York. The duo will play a special DJ set at The Oval Space in London on 22 February,…
‘Retrograde’, the new single from post-dubstep poster-boy James Blake, is now available to stream online – and surprise, surprise it’s brilliant. Listen to it here: As reported earlier, ‘Retrograde’ is the first single lifted from Blake’s second album Overgrown – which is out on 6 April. ‘Retrograde’ will be available to download on 11 February.
Two Door Cinema Club have released a video for ‘Next Year’, the latest track to be lifted from their second album Beacon. The video features live footage of the band headlining The O2 Arena in Dublin – which was their biggest gig to date. Here’s what guitarist Sam Halliday said of the video: We’ve been…
James Blake’s second album featured on my list of most anticipated 2013 albums last month, and today he’s announced more details about it. His second album will be called Overgrown, and is set for release on 6 April. The announcement said Overgrown is “an incredible album that sees James growing as a singer and songwriter while…
Ever since they released ‘Lies’ last year, Glaswegian trio CHVRCHES have been getting everyone excited with their distinctive blend of edgy electro-pop – which is sounding increasingly like a more accessible version of Crystal Castles with every release. Tonight they announced a new EP, called ‘Recover’, and released the immediately brilliant title track – which…
Muse’s video for new single ‘Supremacy’ got its online ‘premiere’ today, watch it below: ‘Supremacy’ is the fourth single to be taken from Muse’s latest album The 2nd Law, and is also expected to feature heavily in their grandstanding Brit Awards performance – which should be cool.
