The xx have revealed a video for new single ‘Fiction’, the latest to be taken from last years second album Coexist. The video is a gorgeously shot black and white piece which features Oliver Sim stalking around a hotel suite strewn with sleeping bodies – including his bandmates. Check it out: The video was debuted…
A lot of remixes get tossed about online these days, and usually I don’t bother too much with them. But when you see Foals sharing a remix of Holy Fire highlight ‘Late Night‘, it’s worth giving it a try. German house DJ Solomun has given ‘Late Night’ a proper working over, upping the BPM and…
After the departure of guitarist and founding member Chris Urbanowicz last year, it seems like Editors have started to move back to their roots as a powerful and melodic guitar rock band. Their slight progressive electro diversions on In This Light And On This Evening were good and all, but let’s be honest – Editors…
So this is what Sigur Ros meant when they said their upcoming seventh album would be ‘more aggressive’! The title track crashes and bangs like a particularly stirring and menacing Deftones track – which is a slight diversion from their usual ethereal Icelandic impishness. It’s bloody good though, check it out: The above video is…
He may have a very good solo album to promote, but you just can’t beat the classics! During an appearance on ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’ across the pond last night Damon Albarn broke out ‘This Is A Low’ – taken from Blur’s 1995 album Parklife. Watch the rendition below: Damon was there to…
Kasabian – Sheffield O2 Academy, Sat 4 June For a band who could easily sell out arenas and stadiums, Kasabian raised a few eyebrows when they announced their only non-festival appearances this summer would be four intimate warm-up shows. Those raised eyebrows inverted into frowns of frustration for most of Kasabian’s fans as the predicted…
Mysterious Manchester band NO CEREMONY/// have released a new radio edit of their awesome track ‘FEELSOLOW’ this evening. The new version got its debut on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show earlier, and is now available to stream online, which you can do just here: Trancey, soulful electro-pop doesn’t really get much better than that, does…
Lana Del Rey has made the title track of her new album Ultraviolence available to stream online. A live version of the song has been doing the rounds over the last few days, but now you can hear it in all its studio-recorded glory. Unsurprisingly, there’s no sign of a change of direction from Lana….
Ahead of its release next week, Beady Eye have made their second album BE available to stream online. Head over to iTunes to stream BE via this link: www.itunes.com/beadyeye BE is the follow-up to the former Oasis members’ first album Different Gear, Still Speeding – and promises a slightly new sound thanks to the involvement…
Kasabian – 48:13 Columbia Release date: 9 June 4/5 In a recent feature on Kasabian by The Guardian’s Caspar Llewellyn Smith, the writer explains how in a recent meeting he told Serge how terrible his band is, and that they are “solely responsible for every failure of contemporary rock’n’roll.” (link) Later on Caspar dials…
