With their new album Worship out in a matter of weeks, A Place To Bury Strangers have today released the latest track from it. Listen to ‘And I’m Up’ here: Unlike the previous songs to be lifted from Worship, You Are The One and So Far Away, ‘And I’m Up’ trades the blistering sonics and…
Muse have released the above trailer for their new album – the follow up to 2009’s The Resistance. The new album will be out in September and appears to be titled The 2nd Law – which judging by what the newsreader says in the trailer probably relates to the 2nd law of thermodynamics (I love…
Friends – Manifest! [rating:3.5/5] Buy: Manifest! As is the way with the music industry, hot, trendy new bands are lauded for their cutting-edge freshness and hip new musical outlook. As soon as the debut album comes along, though, the knives are out for the hipster poseurs trying too hard to be cool and not focussing…
Album review submitted by Philip Lickley. Ladyhawke – Anxiety [rating:2.5/5] Buy: Anxiety Four years ago musician Pip Brown recorded an eponymous album under her stage name of Ladyhawke. With twelve tracks including ‘Magic’, ‘My Delerium’, ‘Paris is Burning’ and ‘Dusk Till Dawn’ it was an excellent, fun album with some great stand-out tunes that took…
Download Festival 2012 preview – 8-10 June Now in its 10th year, the UK’s premier hard rock festival is going from strength to strength – thanks to an always solid line-up and a mostly safe and friendly atmosphere. As they are in 10-year celebration mode, this years festival has one of the strongest line-ups in…
Top 10 gigs in June Summer is almost here, which means festival season will soon be upon us – so there’s plenty of good live music going on as bands hone their shows before hitting the festivals. Here’s my pick of the best gigs to go to in June: The Charlatans – Friday 1st June…
The xx have today announced their second album will be released on 10 September. The follow-up to their break out 2009 debut album will be called Coexist, and was once again produced by the bands Jamie Smith in their London studio. The xx, who you can see above performing debut album track ‘Crystalised’, released a…
Bloc Party have revealed the name of their upcoming fourth album will be imaginatively titled Four. The band released the above trailer online today to announce the new album – the follow-up to 2008’s Intimacy. Four will be released on 20 August and was produced by Mars Volta producer Alex Newport. Along with the album…
Las Vegas band The Killers (above is their song from the recent Dark Shadows film soundtrack) have revealed their upcoming fourth studio album will be called Battle Born. The album, the follow-up to their 2008 release Day & Age, is named after their recording studio – with Battle Born also being the nickname of their…
The writer of a new film based on The Stone Roses has revealed the newly reformed Madchester legends ‘have at least three or four tracks recorded’. Speaking to the BBC, Chris Coghill (who also starred in the film 24 Hour Party People) said The Stone Roses (who you can see performing ‘I Am The Resurrection’…
