Leicester lad-rockers (only joking Serge!) Kasabian have announced a special show next month as they gear up for their headline assault on this years Reading and Leeds festival. The band will be playing at Brixton O2 Academy on Monday 20 August – five days before they headline the Reading Festival. Tickets for the warm-up show…
Noel Gallagher has announced plans to play a special, one-off acoustic show in London in aid of War Child. The gig will be at Camden’s Dingwalls on the 14 August – in association with XFM. Tickets for the very intimate and exclusive acoustic gig will more than likely be given away in some form of…
New York electro giants LCD Soundsystem will team up with the UK’s Hot Chip for four arena dates this Autumn. With both bands promoting commercially and critically successful new albums, the shows will be a must for all electro afficionados out there. The mini-tour will begin at London’s Alexandra Palace on 10 November, before hitting…
It may be a jarring clash of cultures, but the video for blues-rock titan Jack White’s new single ‘Freedom At 21’, directed by celebrated hip-hop ‘auteur’ Hype Williams , is brilliant. Check out the super-stylised video below, and look out for the cameo from Josh Homme at the end… ‘Freedom At 21’ is the third…
Well who’d have thunk it? The xx have only gone all Guetta on us with their banging new floor-filling classic ‘Angels’. Only kidding, of course – the first single from their upcoming second album Coexist is exactly the kind of moody, atmospheric and beautiful track you would expect from The xx. Check it out here:…
Electro duo Goldfrapp have announce full details of their UK tour. The synth-poppers will begin their tour at the Bristol O2 Academy on Tuesday 9 November and end on Saturday 20 at Newcastle’s O2 Academy. Check below for the full tour dates. The headline tour is in support of their fifth album ‘Head First’, which…
The V Festival bill has been bolstered with the inclusion of The Coral. The Wirral five-piece have joined the same side of the line-up as Kings of Leon, Editors and The Courteeners and will play the Hylands Park site on Saturday 21 August, and the Weston Park site the following day. As well as The…
Goldfrapp are back and are gearing up for the release of their sixth album Tales Of Us on 9 September, and have today released the first taste of their new material in the shape of ‘Drew’ – a typically elegant and stylish track that demands repeat listens. Here’s the video for ‘Drew’ – which is…
Hip-hop legend Nas is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his seminal debut album Illmatic this year, and to go along with the deluxe Illmatic XX reissue he released earlier in the year the rapper has just unveiled a brand new video for album track ‘Represent’. The video is the first one ever made for ‘Represent’,…
Top 40 of 2012 So Far: 20-1 By Philip Lickley Following on from last week’s part one of my favourite forty songs from 2012 , here is my top twenty for you to enjoy hearing! What do you think of my choices for the top songs? Let me know via the comments box below… 20….
