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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 […]
Lana Del Rey shows off here daddy issues on the very grand and epic video for new track ‘Ride’. Watch the Anthony Mandler directed promo here: Produced by Rick Rubin, ‘Ride’ is one of nine brand new tracks that are included on Lana’s Born To Die album ‘upgrade’ ‘Paradise Edition’ – which is out on 12 […]
This fourth effort from Sheffield’s indie darlings was somewhat overlooked this year, despite it being right up there as one of their most consistent and interesting albums to date. Perhaps it’s because they’ve been around so long and delivered great albums so consistently that a new, great Arctic Monkeys album has now just become an […]
Manic Street Preachers – ‘Some Kind of Nothingness’ The problem with making an album packed full of massive pop songs with sweeping choruses is that it’s nigh on impossible for any song to stand out. But if any track off the Manics proudly overblown and gloriously commercial Postcards From A Young Man deserves the […]
Thom Yorke’s supergroup Atoms For Peace are still out and about touring their debut album AMOK – and today MTV Japan have shared a special live video of previous single ‘Before Your Very Eyes’, which was shot during an Atoms For Peace gig in Tokyo last month. The live video offers a slightly different perspective […]
UNKLE’s remix of Noel Gallagher single ‘AKA… What A Life’ has surfaced online, after debuting on Pete Tong’s Radio 1 show last night (2nd Dec). It’s no real surprise UNKLE main-man James Lavelle picked this tune to work his magic on, as it is easily the most ‘dancey’ on Noel’s recent debut solo album. In […]
Who says there are no great protest songs any more!? PJ Harvey proved this year that there is still plenty of room in the music world for a politically charged protest album about the horrors of war – winning the Mercury Prize along the way. The most striking thing about Let England Shake, though, isn’t […]
One woman hype machine Lana Del Rey unleashed her new single ‘Born To Die’ today with the above ‘audio video’. The single builds on Lana’s growing reputation of producing dark and soulful pop songs that are as catchy as hell. This one features a killer vocal hook: “Don’t make me sad / Don’t make me […]
If any Christmas song was ripe for an emotional and heartstring-tugging xx makeover, it’s Wham’s festive classic ‘Last Christmas’. Today on Radio 1’s Live Lounge The xx put their distinctive spin on this well-known festive tale of lost love. Check it out and let me know what you think: As well as covering ‘Last Christmas’ […]
This past January, one of the biggest news stories in the music industry occurred when Beats Music launched in the U.S. Since then, there have been even more, and perhaps even bigger, stories making headlines. Beats has remained a prominent figure, as expected, and upped its share of the market after being purchased by Apple for […]