Kasabian have been confirmed as one of the headline acts for this years free iTunes Festival. The Leicester rockers join the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Beady Eye, Glasvegas and White Lies as part of the month-long festival and will headline London’s Roundhouse on Friday 29th July. Speaking about the Roundhouse show, the band said: “We…
Very promising new Manchester band Echoes have today revealed the video for their epic new single ‘Part Of The Echoes’. The video was directed by Lea Amiel and Nicolas Libersalle (Lea et Nicolas Features) and depicts a young couple doing the important things in life – having fun and making love. Check it out: ‘Part…
Passion Pit – ‘I’ll Be Alright’ Michael Angelakos and co. are at it again – setting the internet alight with another track from their soon to be released second album Gossamer (out 23 July). ‘I’ll Be Alright’ follows on from the release of ‘Take A Walk’ last month, and features all the quirky electro-pop bells…
Icelandic post-rock trio Sigur Ros are gearing up for the release of their seventh studio album Kveikur next week (on XL Recordings). In preparation of its release, they’ve already revealed three tracks from it – ‘Brennisteinn‘, ‘Isjaki‘ and most recently the title track. Today we get to hear the whole thing, as it’s available to…
Yet again, confusion reigns regarding Noel Gallagher’s imminent return to the music scene after the title of his first solo single was seemingly revealed on an LA production company’s Facebook page – before being removed almost immediately. Just last month we reported that an LA-based cameraman had tweeted details of the video shoot for Gallagher’s…
White Lies have today released the promotional video for the forthcoming second single taken from their second album Ritual. ‘Holy Ghost’ follows in the footsteps of the massive ‘Bigger Than Us’, and will be released on 27 June as a download as well as a limited edition green vinyl 7″. The video, which can be…
Hot Chip – In Our Heads [rating:2.5/5] Buy: In Our Heads They’re now onto their fifth studio album – eight years on from their debut Coming On Strong – and the world at large is still pretty much ambivalent towards Hot Chip. ‘Aint they the ones who did that funny dance song about the monkey…
Aussie synth-pop duo Empire Of The Sun are back after a five year absence with their second album Ice On The Dune next week. Before it’s out though, Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore have made the album available to stream via Rolling Stone. Ice on the Dune Tracklist: 01. Lux 02. DNA 03. Alive 04….
Beadye Eye – BE {rating} Buy: BE All the talk about Beady Eye’s follow-up to the mildly disappointing Different Gear, Still Speeding has been about them recruiting lauded producer Dave Sitek. But instead of being the album that marks a welcome and interesting change of direction, BE is the album in which Liam Gallagher gets…
Nu-rave survivors Klaxons are gearing up for the release of their third album Love Frequency next week (out on 16 June via Akashic Rekords / Sony Red), and have just made the whole thing available to stream in full. Stream Love Frequency below via The Guardian: If you like what you hear, you can preorder Love…
