Fresh from the success of his album The Lady Killer and it’s controversial lead single ‘Fuck You/Forget You’, Cee Lo Green is now out to consolidate his position as the alternative soul crooner of choice with ‘It’s OK’. Similar in tone to his previous single, ‘It’s OK’ is a funky and soulful pop song designed…
The Darlingtons have rounded off a successful 2012 by releasing a Christmas song today. Called ‘After All It’s Christmas Time’, the song is a typically icy affair which steadily grows more epic and intense. Check it out here: ‘After All It’s Christmas Time’, which is available as a free download from Soundcloud, was recorded just before…
With the release of her new album last week Beyonce proved that there’s still life in the music industry yet. With no strategically planned drip-fed PR campaign, she released her self-titled fifth album on the world without warning – the impact of which has helped it become iTunes fast-selling album of all time. That’s not…
The Killers have released the video for Battle Born track ‘Here With Me’. Directed by Tim Burton, the video stars Winona Ryder and features an obsessive love story about a boy who falls in love with a mannequin that looks just like her. Watch the ‘Here With Me’ video here: Here’s what Tim Burton had…
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…
