LA singer BANKS releases her highly-anticipated debut album Goddess next month, and will follow that up with a short run of shows in the UK in November. BANKS has today announced the following dates: NOVEMBER 17 – Birmingham Institute 19 – Glasgow O2 ABC 23 – London O2 Academy Brixton 25 – Manchester Ritz O2…
After famously delaying a solo career for about 30 years after the demise of The Smiths, Johnny Marr has announced the release of his second less than 18 months after the first one. The new album is called Playland and will be released on 6 October. It follows Marr’s debut solo album The Messenger which…
Kanye West has a big cover piece in this months GQ, which has been published online today. As you would expect with a Kanye interview, it features a lot of choice quotes ranging from his child, his marriage, Jay Z etc. etc… What i’m most interested in is the news of his next album –…
A week after the big reveal of his superb comeback single ‘Don’t You Find’, full details of Jamie T’s new album have been revealed via an iTunes listing: Carry On the Grudge – Jamie T The album is called Carry On The Grudge and features the above artwork. It will be released on 6 October…
Kasabian’s stellar year will continue with a headline slot at this years iTunes Festival at London’s Roundhouse. The Leicester band, who have a number one album, a huge homecoming show, a Glastonbury headline slot and a sold-out UK tour to their name so far in 2014, will play the iTunes Festival on 5 September. Joining…
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – ‘The Death Of You And Me’ Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have confirmed their new single will be called ‘The Death Of You And Me’ and will be released on 21 August on Noel’s own Sour Mash Records label. The announcement, which came with the accompanying video above, was…
Faithless – Tweak Your Nipple Yet another slow-building dance classic from the edgy Trance masters. Tweak Your Nipple is your atypical Faithless track – a euphoric, hands aloft synth track occasionally interrupted by Maxi Jazz’s philosophical sloganeering. Taken from new album The Dance, Tweak Your Nipple reaffirms Faithless’ position at the top of the UK’s…
Goodbye, Labrador formed in 2008 and have only just got round to recording their second EP, A Thousand Times Before. That may sound like a pretty poor work ethic – but when you realise they have members dotted around Europe and the US, it becomes a bit more understandable. Recording sessions over Skype must be…
There’s a lot of big second albums coming up soon – Passion Pit are gearing up for the release of Gossamer next week, The Vaccines are getting ready for their case of ‘second album syndrome’ with The Vaccines Come Of Age, Delphic have just re-emerged with the first song from their second album and now…
The Vaccines have released the video for their new single ‘Teenage Icon’ – the second single to be taken from their upcoming second album The Vaccines Come Of Age. Check it out here: For me, their insistence on creating throwaway ‘indie-pop’ tunes is getting a little bit tiresome – although you can’t deny they know…
