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If you used to like Idlewild, and in particular Roddy Woomble’s vocals, then new Manchester indie-rock trio City Reign will be right up your street. Check out their first single proper, ‘Ahead Of Ideas’, below and let me know what you think… ‘Ahead Of Ideas’ is slated for a 5 November release on Car Boot […]
Thom Yorke’s Atoms For Peace have released a video for their AMOK album opener ‘Before Your Very Eyes’. The video was debuted during the bands show last night at the Hollywood Bowl in LA, after witch Thom tweeted a link for fans to go and find the video on their site. Naturally it didn’t take […]
Remember Delphic? The Manchester band rode the nu-rave wave hard a few years ago, came second on the BBC’s ‘Sound Of 2010’ poll, released their debut album Acolyte to reasonably good reviews and then kind of disappeared. Well they’re back now and have just unleashed ‘Good Life’ – the first taster from their as-yet-untitled second album […]
Frankie & The Heartstrings have revealed their brand new single ‘I Still Follow You’ – the first to be taken from their forthcoming second album. Listen to it below and let me know what you think: ‘I Still Follow You’ is the first taster of the bands summer recording sessions with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler […]
Forget YOLO and all the existential tension it causes, MIA is here with a much more Zen version: ‘Y.A.L.A.’ – You Always Live Again. It’s the name of a new track from her upcoming Matangi album, which is set for release on 5 November – barring any more label trouble, that is! ‘Y.A.L.A.’ will be […]
Manchester psych-prog-pop (their words, not mine!) four-piece Egyptian Hip Hop are preparing to unleash their highly-anticipated debut album Good Don’t Sleep. Featuring the single ‘SYH’, the album will be released on 22 October through trendy dance label R&S Records – but you can stream it in full below: Source: NME Preorder Good Don’t Sleep from […]
Post-hardcore veterans …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead are releasing their eighth studio album Lost Songs next week – but you can get a sneak peek by streaming it in full below. Featuring the singles ‘Catatonic’ and ‘Up To Infinity’, the album has been dedicated to Pussy Riot and, according to singer Conrad […]
The Arcade Fire promotional juggernaut shows no signs of relenting in the run-up to the release of fourth album Reflektor on 28 October. Today the Canadian alt-rockers have released a trailer for album track ‘Afterlife’ – only a few days after the trailer for ‘Awful Sound’. This one is based in Haiti, where Reflektor was […]
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has hinted that the legendary band may reform to play live dates for charity. Speaking in Manchester at the In The City music conference, Mason told the BBC: “I think it would be a very nice way for a band to gently move towards retirement, by doing shows absolutely for […]
Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man Anyone expecting the Manics’ new album to build on Journal Of Plague Lovers’ resurrection of their angsty, political roots must have been flummoxed by lead single ‘(It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love’. Its sweeping strings, towering chorus and verses ripped straight from Smashing Pumpkins’ […]