Nas – ‘Life Is Good’ – a quick review

Nas – Life Is Good Preorder: Life Is Good Nas seems to be everywhere at the minute. The cynics among us might put the aggressive marketing of his forthcoming album Life Is Good down to his need to pay those crippling alimony payments. Whether that’s true or not doesn’t really matter. What does matter is […]

Dance Apocalyptic by Janelle Monae

Watch: Janelle Monae – ‘Dance Apocalyptic’ video

Janelle Monae has released the video for new single ‘Dance Apocalyptic’ – the latest to be taken from her upcoming second full length album The Electric Lady. Watch the madcap video here: ‘Dance Apocalyptic’ is the second taste we’ve had from The Electric Lady, following the storming Erykah Badu-featuring Q.U.E.E.N. The Electric Lady is out […]

Only 1 U by MIA

Listen: M.I.A. – ‘Only 1 U’

Agit-pop superstar M.I.A. has released another track from her upcoming album Matangi. Called ‘Only 1 U’, it’s a typical M.I.A. track – with clattering drums and skittery loops aplenty. To announce the track, M.I.A. posted the following instructions on Twitter: #ONLY1U instruction > keep away from LAP TOPS play in #REALSPEAKERS #LOUD. in direct sun […]

Music: Avec Sans – ‘Heartbreak Hi’

Fancy a slinky slice of Ladytron-esque electro pop? Course you do! Check out ‘Heartbreak Hi’ by Avec Sans: Avec Sans are London-based electro duo Alice Fox and Jack St James, and ‘Heartbreak Hi’ is there first ‘original’ track, building on that all important ‘buzz’ created by their re-styling of Bon Iver’s ‘Perth’ (which is pretty […]

The Strokes reportedly working on album number five…

It seems to be quite the day for ‘new album news’. As well as Beady Eye and Stereophonics talking about their new albums today, it has also emerged that The Strokes are working on their fifth studio album – the follow-up to last years Angles. Music magazine NME have apparently been talking to The Strokes’ […]

Sia album 1000 Forms Of Fear

Album stream: Sia – ‘1000 Forms of Fear’

Sia is releasing her new album 1000 Forms Of Fear next week, and has just made the whole thing available to stream on iTunes. Stream it in full using the link below: [box type=”info”]>>> Stream ‘1000 Forms of Fear’ on iTunes Radio[/box] Something of a slow-burner, the Australian singer is now onto her sixth album […]

Stereophonics have two new albums ready to release…

Stop the press! Welsh rockers Stereophonics are back, and according to frontman Kelly Jones they have two new albums ready to be unleashed. Speaking to the Daily Star, Jones said: “Last year was the first time in 14 years that we didn’t tour, and it’s meant the new records don’t sound like anything we’ve done […]

Liam Gallagher lifts lid on new Beady Eye album…

Beady Eye frontman Liam Gallagher has been talking about his bands second album, promising ‘the songs are a lot better’ than their debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding. Talking to BBC Radio 6, the former Oasis man said of the forthcoming Beady Eye album: “It’s sounding good. We’ve got a bit more writing to do, but […]