Yep, the awards season is back upon us – the time of year when the entire entertainment industry likes to remind us all to start spending money again after the post-Christmas lull. After the film industry have had their turn this weekend with the Bafta’s, its music’s turn to hog the spotlight on 15 Feb…
The Strokes have announced their new single, ‘Under Cover Of Darkness‘, will be released tomorrow (9 Feb) as a free download. The single, the first to be taken from their forthcoming album Angles, will be available via a stream on the bands website for 48 hours – to download it head over to their website…
Sheffield’s Arctic Monkeys have unveiled plans for two huge homecoming gigs this summer. The band will play in a custom-built tent at the Don Valley Bowl on 10 and 11 June. Tickets for the shows are due to go on sale this Friday (11 Feb), full details of which can be found at their website….
The Streets – ‘Computers And Blues’ The world is a very different place now than the one Mike Skinner eloquently depicted in his wildly inventive and distinctive 2002 debut, Original Pirate Material. Since then we’ve had recession, terrorist attacks, wars, a new Tory government and the inexorable rise of the internet and social networking. …
Arctic Monkeys front-man Alex Turner is set to release his first album under his own name next month. The collection of songs were recorded for the soundtrack to the film ‘Submarine’ – directed by long-time Arctic Monkeys collaborator Richard Ayoade. A publicist for Domino Records, the Arctic Monkeys record label, told HitFix that the new…
Since they released ‘Bring The Light’ as a free download last November, talk of Liam Gallagher’s Beady Eye has been on everyones lips. Are they flogging a dead horse without Noel around? Aren’t they a bit too old? Do we even care? While they may not be the hip young gun-slingers they once were and…
The White Stripes have today announced they have split up. In a joint statement hosted on their website, the duo revealed: “The White Stripes would like to announce that today, February 2nd, 2011, their band has officially ended and will make no further new recordings or perform live. “ “The reason is not due to…
Las Vegas quartet The Killers have announced they will make their live comeback at this years special Lollapalooza festival in Chile. The band recently took a break while lead singer Brandon Flowers released his debut solo album, Flamingo. Now it seems they’re all suitably refreshed and ready to get back to the day job. The…
Beady Eye have today announced a new UK and Ireland tour to follow the release of their debut album, Different Gear, Still Speeding. The bands previously announced shows in March in Glasgow, Manchester and London sold out within minutes – so these extra twelve dates in April give fans who missed out another chance to…
It has been on the grapevine for a few weeks, but now Canadian rockers Arcade Fire have confirmed they will play a huge show at London’s Hyde Park this summer. The show is scheduled for 30 June, and so far Mumford and Sons, Beirut and hotly-tipped band The Vaccines have been announced as support acts. …
