Despite the growing popularity and influence of Spotify on the music industry, there are still a few bands holding out on the music streaming service. Slowly but surely though, the ‘hold-outs’ are coming to an end. Most recently Pink Floyd ‘unlocked’ their entire back catalogue on Spotify once their track ‘Wish You Were Here’ had…
Photo by Tim Valencia El Paso post-hardcore legends At The Drive-In have today announced they will be releasing a limited number of pre-sale tickets to email subscribers for a secret UK show some time in August. Although the location, time and date of the gig are yet to be announced, eager At The Drive-In fans…
Manchester band Doves have announced that live recordings of tonight’s (2nd July) Eden Session show will be available to buy immediately after the gig. The deluxe double CD recordings will be available to buy at the venue, or from their online store. A digital download will also be available. The Manchester legends have limited the…
Nas – Life Is Good Preorder: Life Is Good Nas seems to be everywhere at the minute. The cynics among us might put the aggressive marketing of his forthcoming album Life Is Good down to his need to pay those crippling alimony payments. Whether that’s true or not doesn’t really matter. What does matter is…
Janelle Monae has released the video for new single ‘Dance Apocalyptic’ – the latest to be taken from her upcoming second full length album The Electric Lady. Watch the madcap video here: ‘Dance Apocalyptic’ is the second taste we’ve had from The Electric Lady, following the storming Erykah Badu-featuring Q.U.E.E.N. The Electric Lady is out…
Agit-pop superstar M.I.A. has released another track from her upcoming album Matangi. Called ‘Only 1 U’, it’s a typical M.I.A. track – with clattering drums and skittery loops aplenty. To announce the track, M.I.A. posted the following instructions on Twitter: #ONLY1U instruction > keep away from LAP TOPS play in #REALSPEAKERS #LOUD. in direct sun…
Fancy a slinky slice of Ladytron-esque electro pop? Course you do! Check out ‘Heartbreak Hi’ by Avec Sans: Avec Sans are London-based electro duo Alice Fox and Jack St James, and ‘Heartbreak Hi’ is there first ‘original’ track, building on that all important ‘buzz’ created by their re-styling of Bon Iver’s ‘Perth’ (which is pretty…
Singer Hannah Reid takes centre-stage on ‘Strong’, the latest song to be taken from London Grammar’s hugely anticipated debut album. Listen to the soulful ‘Strong’ here: ‘Strong’ is released on 1 September.
It seems to be quite the day for ‘new album news’. As well as Beady Eye and Stereophonics talking about their new albums today, it has also emerged that The Strokes are working on their fifth studio album – the follow-up to last years Angles. Music magazine NME have apparently been talking to The Strokes’…
Sia is releasing her new album 1000 Forms Of Fear next week, and has just made the whole thing available to stream on iTunes. Stream it in full using the link below: [box type=”info”]>>> Stream ‘1000 Forms of Fear’ on iTunes Radio[/box] Something of a slow-burner, the Australian singer is now onto her sixth album…
