Bloc Party – Four [rating:4/5] Buy: Four Back in the middle of the last decade, Bloc Party were the very definition of uber-cool scenesters. Nowadays, even their most ardent of fans would struggle to summon up the audacity to call them ‘relevant’. Too much time has passed and music, for better or worse, has moved…
Hotly-tipped pop-soul trio London Grammar are set to unleash their highly anticipated debut album If You Wait (that’s the artwork for it above) on 10 September. Before that though, they’ve released brand new track ‘Interlude’ – which is gorgeous. Check it out below: Here’s the full tracklist for If You Wait: 01. Hey Now 02….
After the line-up information and stage times, the most important aspect of a UK music festival is the weather forecast. If you’re heading to either Reading or Leeds Festival this weekend, then you’ll be pleased to know that the weather should be pretty decent – as you know you can never trust any weather forecast…
Frenetics – Broken Hand EP I’m loving this at the minute – it’s full of that early Arctic Monkeys swagger and attitude which is desperately lacking in a lot of ‘guitar bands’ at the minute: ‘Ella’ is the lead single from Sheffield/Leeds band Frenetics’ first EP, Broken Hand, which is out on 11 June. As…
With her new album Matangi being constantly delayed (it’s now slated for a 5 November release), MIA has moved to keep fans appeased by releasing a new track. Called ‘UNBREAK my Mixtape’, the new track is a love-song of sorts and acts like a mixtape within a song – so there’s lots of samples including…
Yesterday festival organisers released the stage times for the main stage acts at this weekends Reading and Leeds Festivals, which was all well and good but it didn’t really help festival-goers sort out the clashes. With the likes of Peace, A$AP Rocky, Jake Bugg, Tame Impala, Johnny Marr, Palma Violets, Phoenix and Disclosure performing on…
Riding the ‘high’ of their official Olympic tune ‘Survival’, Muse have dropped the next single from their upcoming new album The 2nd Law this evening. Listen to ‘Madness’ below: Even when they add dubstep into the mix they still manage to sound like Queen! ‘Madness’ is available to buy now over on Muse’s official site…
Single Reviews – 20 August This weeks single releases reviewed by Philip Lickley. If you would like to contribute to All-Noise, get in touch on submissions@all-noise.co.uk Deadmau5 feat. Gerard Way – ’Professional Griefers’ [rating:3/5] Buy: Professional Griefers The combination between Deadmau5 and the lead singer of My Chemical Romance is an unexpected one but one…
Former indie darlings Franz Ferdinand are on the comeback trail in 2013, and are set to release their fourth album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action next week. We’ve already heard the singles ‘Right Action‘ and ‘Love Illumination’, and you can now stream the album in full over at NPR. The album is released on…
It’s August bank holiday this weekend, which means one thing: the Reading and Leeds weekender! Today festival organisers released the stage times for the Main Stage at both sites, so if you’re going to Reading or Leeds this weekend you can start planning your days out. Here’s the schedule: Reading Friday / Leeds Saturday Green…
