It’s been quite the day for new album announcements. As well as Depeche Mode and Neon Neon revealing details about their new LP’s, The Flaming Lips have got in on the act, announcing their 13th studio album The Terror. The Terror will be released on 1 April (what’s the odds on it all being an…
New cool kids on the block Palma Violets have released the video for their new single ‘Step Up For The Cool Cats’ today. Directed by Douglas Hart, the former member of The Jesus And Mary Chain, the video features the band driving around a bit, interspersed with some moody shots of them performing the song….
Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys’ electro-pop side project Neon Neon have announced their second album will be called Praxis Makes Perfect and will be released on 29 April. Like their 2008 debut Stainless Steel, which was about the life of car designer John DeLorean, Praxis Makes Perfect is a concept album based on the life…
As reported yesterday, The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez has started a new band called Bosnian Rainbows – which hasn’t gone down well with his bandmate Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who effectively terminated his working relationship with Omar last night in a series of increasingly bitter Tweets. Cedric said: Thank u 2 all Volta fans you…
Rumours have been swirling around for a while about a new Depeche Mode album being imminent, and today the synth-pop legends have finally provided some concrete information. Cue lots of information: The album, the bands 13th, will be called Delta Machine and will be released worldwide on 26 March. It is Depeche Mode’s first album…
Foals are gearing up to release their third album Holy Fire next month – which promises to be the first big album of 2013 – and have today released the promo video for new track ‘My Number’. The video is a cool take on the typical ‘performance video’, featuring shots of the band playing the…
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, the celebrated guitarist of post-hardcore band At The Drive-In and prog-rockers The Mars Volta, has today revealed the first single by his new band, Bosnian Rainbows. Called ‘Torn Maps’, the song is a bit of an alt.rock diversion for Omar – although it does boast some pretty awesome guitar work. Check it out…
Passion Pit have been big on encouraging remixes of their Gossamer tracks, and Dutch trance-master Tiesto is the latest to have a go at remixing ‘Carried Away’. They’ve even gone the whole hog and had a special video made for this one – which features kids trying out a new drug that makes them explode…
A previously unreleased and unheard Noel Gallagher demo has been posted on YouTube. Titled ‘O Lord’, the song was apparently recorded in 2010 and sounds pretty good – check it out below and let me know what you think of it:
Two of 2013’s brightest hopes have combined for new single ‘White Noise’, which after tonight’s debut on Zane Lowe seems set to be huge over the coming months. Production duo Disclosure have previously made waves with the superb ‘Latch’, which featured Sam Smith, and in pairing up with AlunaGeorge’s Aluna Francis on ‘White Noise’ they…
