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‘Hot-right-now’ New Zealand songstress Lorde could have probably picked a better day to unleash surprise new material upon the world – Beyonce’s got that pretty much sewn up at the minute! ‘No Better’ is an off-shoot from Lorde’s studio sessions for her debut album Pure Heroine, but don’t let that put you off as it […]
It’s been a weird year for one living rap legend who we mostly know as Snoop Dogg. The lively as ever 42-year-old decided to flip the script entirely and go the reggae route in early 2013 with the release of “Reincarnated.” He even changed his name, ever so slightly, for the project by embracing the […]
Broken Bells – the super-duo of producer Danger Mouse and The Shins’ singer James Mercer – have today revealed the title track from their forthcoming second album After The Disco. As you would imagine from the title, ‘After The Disco’ is a glammed up bittersweet disco stormer taking The Bee Gees as a starting point […]
Electro-rockers Klaxons have decided to jump on the free Christmas download bandwagon – announcing today that they will be releasing an EP for free on the big day. Following in the footsteps of Gorillaz, who are set to release a new album for free on Christmas Day, Klaxons will be releasing an EP of previously […]
Hurts – All I Want for Christmas is New Year’s Day If any of today’s rising stars were capable of making a decent Christmas tune, it’s Hurts. Their fondness for 80’s synths and schmaltzy power balladry is tailor-made for the festive charts – but as ‘All I Want for Christmas is New Year’s Day’ is […]
Fresh from the success of his album The Lady Killer and it’s controversial lead single ‘Fuck You/Forget You’, Cee Lo Green is now out to consolidate his position as the alternative soul crooner of choice with ‘It’s OK’. Similar in tone to his previous single, ‘It’s OK’ is a funky and soulful pop song designed […]
The Darlingtons have rounded off a successful 2012 by releasing a Christmas song today. Called ‘After All It’s Christmas Time’, the song is a typically icy affair which steadily grows more epic and intense. Check it out here: ‘After All It’s Christmas Time’, which is available as a free download from Soundcloud, was recorded just before […]
With the release of her new album last week Beyonce proved that there’s still life in the music industry yet. With no strategically planned drip-fed PR campaign, she released her self-titled fifth album on the world without warning – the impact of which has helped it become iTunes fast-selling album of all time. That’s not […]
The Killers have released the video for Battle Born track ‘Here With Me’. Directed by Tim Burton, the video stars Winona Ryder and features an obsessive love story about a boy who falls in love with a mannequin that looks just like her. Watch the ‘Here With Me’ video here: Here’s what Tim Burton had […]
Nottingham singer-songwriter Jake Bugg was on Radio 1’s Live Lounge today, and followed The xx’s example by covering a festive classic. Listen to Bugg’s version of John Lennon’s classic ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’, which also finds time for a bit of ‘Working Class Hero’: Jake also played ‘Lightning Bolt’ – taken from his self-tited […]