Listen: RZA streams ‘The Man With The Iron Fists’ OST online…

Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA has made the star-studded soundtrack to his upcoming kung-fu film ‘The Man With The Iron Fists’ available to stream online. The album, which boasts the likes of Kanye West, The Black Keys, Wiz Khalifa, Corinne Bailey Rae (!?), Pusha T, Talib Kweli and Pharoahe Monch, as well as fellow Wu-Tang Clan members […]

New Music: City Reign – ‘Ahead Of Ideas”

If you used to like Idlewild, and in particular Roddy Woomble’s vocals, then new Manchester indie-rock trio City Reign will be right up your street. Check out their first single proper, ‘Ahead Of Ideas’, below and let me know what you think… ‘Ahead Of Ideas’ is slated for a 5 November release on Car Boot […]

Listen: Delphic Album ‘Good Life’

Remember Delphic? The Manchester band rode the nu-rave wave hard a few years ago, came second on the BBC’s ‘Sound Of 2010’ poll, released their debut album Acolyte to reasonably good reviews and then kind of disappeared. Well they’re back now and have just unleashed ‘Good Life’ – the first taster from their as-yet-untitled second album […]

Listen: Egyptian Hip Hop streaming debut album ‘Good Don’t Sleep’ online…

Manchester psych-prog-pop (their words, not mine!) four-piece Egyptian Hip Hop are preparing to unleash their highly-anticipated debut album Good Don’t Sleep. Featuring the single ‘SYH’, the album will be released on 22 October through trendy dance label R&S Records – but you can stream it in full below: Source: NME Preorder Good Don’t Sleep from […]

Listen: …Trail Of Dead stream new album ‘Lost Songs’

Post-hardcore veterans …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead are releasing their eighth studio album Lost Songs next week – but you can get a sneak peek by streaming it in full below. Featuring the singles ‘Catatonic’ and ‘Up To Infinity’, the album has been dedicated to Pussy Riot and, according to singer Conrad […]

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Arcade Fire Album track ‘Afterlife’ – watch

The Arcade Fire promotional juggernaut shows no signs of relenting in the run-up to the release of fourth album Reflektor on 28 October. Today the Canadian alt-rockers have released a trailer for album track ‘Afterlife’ – only a few days after the trailer for ‘Awful Sound’. This one is based in Haiti, where Reflektor was […]