In what could herald a new era of artist – fan relations, pop provocateur M.I.A. has released a new track by emailing it directly to a fan. The new track ‘AtTENTion’, was sent to a fan who had been bothering M.I.A. on Twitter about new material – seeing as she’s been quite quiet recently. Naturally…
The Horrors have announced a huge box set edition of their awesome third album Skying. The box set of singles will consist of four 12 inch vinyls, two CD’s and a DVD, and will feature the remixing talents of Andrew Weatherhall, Connan Mockasin, Daniel Avery and Blanck Mass amongst others (scroll to the bottom for…
Las Vegas rockers The Killers have today revealed the video for their Christmas single ‘I Feel It In My Bones’ – which they released online a few days ago. The video is a gloriously silly throwback to 80’s MTV-style promos, featuring lots of smoke machines and dodgy lighting, as well as a great turn by…
Contrary to previous reports, which suggested Thom Yorke’s side-project Atoms For Peace’s debut album will be out in January, the Radiohead frontman has confirmed today the album will actually be out in February. Atoms For Peace are the supergroup made up of Thom Yorke, producer Nigel Godrich, Red Hot Chilli Peppers bassist Flea, Joey Waronker…
Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr is releasing his first solo album early next year, and has today revealed a 10-date UK tour in March 2013 to accompany it. The new album, called The Messenger, is due out on 25 February – with the lead single of the same name out next week. The artwork for…
Either Hot Chip front-man Alexis Taylor is an ardent Spurs fan, or he has just released the most randomly-named EP of the year! Taylor surprisingly released ‘Nayim From The Halfway Line’ (a reference to footballer Nayim’s comical goal against Arsenal ages ago) today on vinyl, and released this teaser trailer to go with it: The…
A host of new acts have been announced today for next years Isle Of Wight Festival. Following last weeks confirmation that The Stone Roses will be headlining, festival organisers have announced Bloc Party, Jake Bugg, The Maccabees and Paloma Faith will be joining them in June 2013. Festival organiser John Giddings said of the latest…
Hip-hop star Big Boi is releasing his second solo album Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors next week, and the latest album track to get the ‘internet leak’ treatment is the Kid Cudi-featuring ‘She Hates Me’ – check it out here: ‘She Hates Me’ is the latest in a long list of new Big Boi tracks…
The Christmas songs are coming thick and fast now! We’ve already had festive offerings from The Killers and Glasvegas, now rock band Lower Than Atlantis are getting in on the act. Watch the video for their Christmas effort ‘Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are)’ here:
SEASFIRE – ‘We Will Wake EP’ {rating} I’ve been looking forward to this EP since SEASFIRE dropped the superb title track back in October, and I’m happy to say it lives up to all my expectations. For a group that made their name with bleak and atmospheric ‘post-dubstep’ tracks like ‘Falling’ and ‘Heartbeat’, it’s a…
