Manchester producer D/R/U/G/S has released a new mixtape of what he calls ‘new, unreleased and experimental beats’. It’s brilliantly titled ‘How To Build A Nuclear Reactor’, and has the even more brilliant artwork of a lion chewing on a diamond! The mixtape is a great journey through Callum Wright’s trippy and at times pulsating ouevre,…
Most of the talk around hot new London four-piece Palma Violets has been around their explosive live shows. So far, though, there’s not been too many opportunities to experience them live (unless you live in London, of course), so today’s announcement of a headline UK tour this March is a welcome one. Palma Violets will…
Dizzee Rascal has revealed his new album will be called The Fifth. Dizzee revealed the album title while speaking to Zane Lowe on his Radio 1 show, and also declared it to be his best album yet. The rapper said: It’s the best produced album I’ve done so far because of the calibre of producers…
There’s been a lot of talk today about a new Strokes album being on the horizon, and it looks like there may be some substance to the rumours. Seattle radio station ‘107.7 The End ‘ started the rumours earlier by saying on their Facebook page that they’d just had the first listen to a new…
As reported a few days ago, the next single to be taken from Bloc Party’s brilliant album Four will be ‘Truth’ – and today the band have released the promo video for it. Watch the Clemens Habicht directed video here: ‘Truth’ is to be released on 25 February as a digital bundle along with several remixes….
Suede have today unveiled the artwork (above) for their new album Bloodsports and revealed the tracklisting. Bloodsports is the veteran Britpop bands first album in 11 years, which they announced last week along with brand new track ‘Barriers’. The album is out on 18 March, and will be preceded by the first single ‘It Starts…
Thom Yorke has today released a mix featuring rare versions of Radiohead and Atoms For Peace tracks. The singer put the mix together along with producer Nigel Godrich to complement a cover feature with magazine Dazed and Confused, and features the following tracks: 01. ‘Cycles MK 3’ – Thom Yorke 02. ‘You Wouldn’t Like Me…
Ahead of the release of their second album Wolf’s Law next week, Welsh power-pop trio The Joy Formidable are streaming the whole thing online now. The album, the follow-up to their brilliant debut The Big Roar, features previous releases ‘This Ladder Is Ours’ and ‘Cholla’. Stream Wolf’s Law’ below and let me know what you…
Muse have today released a very cool ‘lyric’ video for ‘Supremacy’ – the third single to be taken from their latest album The 2nd Law. The video seems to play on the songs similarity to a Bond theme, judge it for yourself here and let me know what you think: Download Supremacy
Foals’ new track ‘My Number’ has now gone through all the stages of an internet-age ‘buzz builder’. We first heard the song via a YouTube rip of them performing it on Jools Holland, then came the official release via the band, and now we have the customary remix on Soundcloud. On the remix, the brilliantly…
