I never realised how much I’d missed Canadian electro-noiseniks Crystal Castles until this popped up online today. The duo have been pretty low-key recently, holed up recording album number three, so it’s great to finally hear some new stuff from them. Check out ‘Plague’ here and let me know what you think… Now that’s atmospheric!…
After announcing details of her upcoming second album Tough Love, and streaming the title track, modern soul star Jessie Ware has put another new track online. This one is called ‘Share It All’ and is reportedly set to feature on the deluxe version of Tough Love. It’s a smooth, seductive RnB ballad that was co-written…
Due to popular demand, The Libertines have made another 1,000 tickets available for the final date of their three-gig residency at London’s Alexandra Palace in September. With tickets for the show on Saturday 27 September selling out in a matter of minutes, and only a handful of tickets remaining for the gigs on Friday 26…
Up-and-coming singer Ella Eyre is undertaking her biggest tour yet this autumn, playing 13 dates across the UK and Ireland in October. Starting off on in Birmingham on 1 Oct, Ella will visit most of the big UK cities during the tour – Leeds, Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, Cardiff, Bristol, Sheffield etc… – and will also…
Earlier this week BANKS announced a quick four-date tour of the UK in November, which will be the US-based singer’s first UK shows after her debut album Goddess comes out in September. With the release of her London EP last year, as well as recent single releases ‘Brain’, ‘Drowning’, ‘Goddess’ and ‘Beggin For Thread’, BANKS…
Geeky rock stars is exactly what the music industry needs right now. Forget the posers in their skinny jeans and stupid hair-do’s. What we really need is rock stars who know how to reformat hard-drives and stuff. Kind of like The Big Bang Theory but with less lazy humour and more tunes. New Cambridge band…
After leaving Kasabian back in 2006, guitarist Chris Karloff swapped his hometown of Leicester for the slightly more creative and interesting surroundings of New York. There, he hooked up with NYC musician Nick Forde and formed new musical project Black Onassis. The first Black Onassis album, called Desensitized, is due out on 23 September and…
Exciting new Manchester post-punk-pop band PINS have released the video for their latest single ‘Get With Me’. Shot by the bands very own Lois Macdonald, the video has a decidedly retro/DIY feel. Check it out below: ‘Get With Me’ is taken from PINS’ debut album Girls Like Us, out 30 September on Bella Union. To…
Following their last album Kingdom Of Rust in 2009, famed Manchester three-piece Doves went on what they called an ‘indefinite hiatus’. Lead singer Jimi Goodwin is well into a solo career, releasing his own album Odludek earlier this year and is currently busy on the festival circuit. Now Jez and Andy Williams, the two brothers…
Simply streaming a new album online ahead of its official release date is so 2012 – and super-cool trailblazers AlunaGeorge are anything but 2012, so they’ve come up with a new way to stream their debut album Body Music. Starting at 12pm (BST) this Thursday (25 July), the duo will be streaming one song from…
