Sparse, off-kilter, atmospheric pop – everyone’s making it at the minute. A lot of it, as usual when something gets a bit popular, is pretty rubbish and derivative, but there’s also some gems to be found in this burgeoning scene. Oxford’s Glass Animals are definitely one to put in the ‘gems’ section – but don’t…
Las Vegas band The Killers have announced they will be embarking on a huge 11-date arena tour in the UK this year, to support the release of their upcoming fourth album Battle Born. Here’s the dates: The Killers UK tour dates: October 26 – Glasgow SECC 27 – Aberdeen Exhibition Centre 31 – Birmingham LG…
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Got some top new music for you today from new Bristol-based band Tidal Wars, who specialise in discordant Joy Division-esque lushness. Listen to their new double-A side single ‘Veils / Earning’ here: Tidal Wars are releasing ‘Veils/Earning’ on a USB stick on 3 September through Howling Owl Records – who also look after recent New…
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)…
