Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has said the bands new album The 2nd Law is ‘very very diverse’. In an interview today with Radio 1, Matt said: “We’ve tried a bunch of new things, which the trailer gives a glimpse of. There’s only one song that’s like that. We’ve basically tried to do what Rage Against…
Remember the good old days of Britpop when the music world was full of five-piece bands from the North, swaggering around with their Mod hair-do’s and flicking cigarette butts everywhere? If you do, then Sheffield band Kartica will seem very familiar to you. Whether you like them or not pretty much depends on whether you…
The Vaccines have today revealed a bit more information regarding their second album The Vaccines… Come Of Age – which is slated for release on 3 September. The artwork for the album, pictured above, features some youngsters looking like the band (see what they did there?) and the full tracklisting is confirmed as: ‘No Hope’ ‘I Always…
Lana Del Rey – ‘National Anthem’ American songstress Lana Del Rey has today released the above trailer for her forthcoming single ‘National Anthem’. Out on 8 July, ‘National Anthem’ is the fifth release from Lana’s acclaimed debut album Born To Die. Coming in at almost four minutes long, the above trailer may as well be…
If you ask me, grunge is well overdue a renaissance. There was a hint of a rebirth a few years ago when a clutch of new bands came out throwing their Nirvana influences around with encouraging abandon. Manchester’s Nine Black Alps probably came closest to bringing the deep, dark and melodic guitar riffs of grunge…
Britpop legends Blur have announced on Twitter that they will be releasing two brand new singles on Monday 2nd July. the band revealed ‘Under The Westway’ and ‘The Puritan’ will be released at 6.15pm and 7.15pm respectively – probably as digital downloads: Be here Monday 2nd July. 6.15 & 7:15pm BST RT — blur (@blurofficial)…
Bloc Party have today unveiled the full details of a UK headline tour this October. The band who release their ‘comeback’ album Four on 20 August – will play eight dates across the UK, starting in Newcastle on 12 October and finishing in Cambridge on 20 October (full dates below) Bloc Party have also released…
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will release ‘Everybody’s On The Run’ as the next single from their/his self titled debut solo album. The single follows previous releases ‘The Death Of You And Me’, ‘If I Had A Gun’, ‘AKA… What A Life’, and ‘Dream On’, and will feature a remix of ‘AKA… What A Life’…
While there’s quite a bit of exciting new music happening at the minute, not much of it is coming from good old fashioned UK guitar acts. Save for reliable old hands like Richard Hawley and seasoned campaigners like The Maccabees, guitar music is in a bit of a lull and in desperate need of young…
Manchester-based, Berlin-born producer Holy Other has announced he will be releasing his debut album Held on 27 August through Tri Angle Records. The album follows on from his highly acclaimed debut EP With U, which he released last year, and if lead single ‘Love Some1’ is anything to go by, will feature a lot of…
