The Thurlow sisters, Hannah and Colette, have released the first taste of their second 2:54 album in the form of new single ‘Orion’. The new album is the follow-up to their brilliant 2012 self-titled debut album. There’s no album title or official release date yet, all we know is that the album will be out…
Last month Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O announced her first solo album Crush Songs will be released in September, and will feature lo-fi, lovelorn ‘bedroom’ songs she recorded in private . Today we get the first taste of her intimate solo material with the video for ‘Rapt’. Check it out: In describing Crush Songs,…
The press cycle for Kasabian’s latest album 48:13 is starting to wind down now – after the highs of the album hitting number one and the Leicester band basically owning summer with their homecoming show and closing Glastonbury. Next up for them is their sell-out UK tour in autumn, but before that they’ve released a…
The Coral have today announced a second tour in support of their new album, Butterfly House.
Gorillaz have today announce full details of their forthcoming North American tour. The tour is due to start and end in Canada – the first gig being at Montreal’s Bell Centre on 3 October and the last at Rogers Arena, Vancouver on 3 November. Notable dates in the US include New York’s Madison Square Gardens…
Timed nicely to coincide with the UK tour she announced yesterday, BANKS has given us a further glimpse of her upcoming debut album Goddess by streaming new track ‘Beggin For Thread’. Like the previously released title track, ‘Waiting Game’, ‘Brain’ and ‘Drowning’, ‘Beggin For Thread’ has the dark and smoky atmosphere but is a little…
Vinyl sales are booming. According to the British Phonographic Industry (or BPI for short), sales of vinyl records hit their highest level last year since 1997. Over 780,000 vinyls were sold in 2013 – which was double the amount sold in 2012 and over 270% more than were sold five years ago. If the trend continues at…
Gorillaz – On Melancholy Hill Although their ambitious plans to take third album Plastic Beach around the world got off to a slow start at Glastonbury, the summer is turning out to be quite successful for Damon Albarn and his trusty band of Gorillaz. Taking on Glastonbury’s Friday headline slot at heroically short notice may…
The Cast Of Cheers – Family [rating:3.5/5] Buy: Family If you like your hooks infectious, your melodies punchy and your guitar lines sharp, then you’ll like Dublin quartet The Cast Of Cheers’ debut album Family. Probably a lot. Previous singles ‘Family’ and ‘Animals’ showcased their talent for propulsive, attention-grabbing indie-pop songs, and the album wastes…
Australia’s foremost purveyors of ‘psychedelic hypno-groove melodic rock music’ (their words!) Tame Impala have today unveiled the lead single from their highly anticipated second album Lonerism. ‘Elephant’ is a stomping slice of chilled out melodica, sounding not unlike Kasabian covering The Beatles (it does in my head anyway!) Check it out here: ‘Elephant’ follows the…
