MIA working on Kanye’s new album

MIA has announced on her Twitter page that she is collaborating with Kanye West on the rappers new album.  The singer wrote: “in the studio with kanye, jus speakin in mark twain quotes” The album, called Dark Twisted Fantasy, is Kanye’s fifth studio album and boasts an impressive array of collaborators.  As well as MIA, […]

Lazaretto album by Jack White

Listen to Jack White’s new track ‘Lazaretto’

There are a lot of stories about this years Record Store Day swirling around – what with all of the surprise releases, live appearances and everything else. The one I’m most interested in though is the debut of Jack White’s new song – the title track from his upcoming new solo album Lazaretto. White aimed […]

Pixies Indie Cindy

Album stream: Pixies – ‘Indie Cindy’

Legendary alt/grunge rock band Pixies released their first new album in over 20 years for Record Store Day this weekend. Well, I say ‘new album’ but Indie Cindy is actually a collection of the bands last few EPs. It’s still a big deal though, not just because it’s the Pixies but also because it’s very […]

Psy Gentleman single

This week’s new single releases – 21 April (part 2)

This week’s new single releases – 21 April (part 2) Part two of this week’s single reviews from Phil Lickley. See part one here. Lethal Bizzle feat. Wiley – ‘They Got It Wrong’ [rating:2.5/5] The latest single from Lethal Bizzle mixes up the chiptune-style popularised by Labrinth with a series of speedy rap verses including […]

Get Lucky artwork

This week’s new single releases – 21 April (part 1)

This week’s new single releases – 21 April (part 1) There’s so many notable new singles out this week that Phil Lickley has split his single reviews into two parts. Here’s part one: Agnetha Fältskog – ‘When You Really Loved Someone’ [rating:4/5] The former Abba singer releases this new solo effort. With swelling strings and […]

MGMT Alien Days

Listen: MGMT – ‘Alien Days’

MGMT’s ‘experimental’ second album Congratulations kind of stopped their promising career in its tracks. Time will tell whether it was a wise choice for them to abandon the radio-friendly electro-pop of their debut for weirder psych-rock leanings, but new single ‘Alien Days’ is promising. Released today as part of Record Store Day, ‘Alien Days’ is […]