Summer music festivals have become very big business these days, with hundreds taking place in the UK alone every year. There are multiple festivals to suit every music taste, from rock and pop music to dance and folk – whatever music you’re into, there’s almost certainly a festival going on near you in the UK…
High concept funk-pop star Janelle Monae released new single ‘Q.U.E.E.N.’ last week, the first to be taken from her upcoming new album The Electric Lady. Today we’re treated to the video for the Erykah Badu featuring track, which you can watch below. I won’t try to explain what the video is about, it’s best you…
The first in our Festival Essentials series covered the best pop up tents for festivals, which was pretty boring but very necessary. Today we can move onto something a bit more fun – cool camping gear! These days camping at festivals doesn’t have to be an uncomfortable ordeal that has to be survived. With the…
The Jay-Z produced soundtrack for The Great Gatsby film is now available to stream online in full. The much anticipated soundtrack features contributions from Beyonce, Lana Del Rey, The xx, Jack White and lots more big names. Head over to NPR to stream it in full by clicking here. Just before the stream was made…
I’ve never been a huge fan of The Black Keys in the past, I’ve quite liked them but never really find myself going back to listen to their albums. From what I’ve heard of their new album Turn Blue, though, it seems like the blues-rock duo have taken a big step forwards with their sound. ‘Fever’ is…
If you’ve read my 5 star review of The Horrors’ new album Luminous and want to judge for yourself whether it really is that good, then today you’re in luck as the band have made the album available to stream in full online. You can stream Luminous now in a nice interactive player on The…
Tickets for The Libertines comeback gig in Hyde Park this July are going on sale today at 9am. Seeing as this is the Libs’ first gig together in four years, demand for tickets is expected to be sky high. To be in with a chance of getting tickets during this morning’s rush, use the links…
If you missed out on presale tickets on Wednesday, then today is your last chance to get your hands on tickets for Kasabian’s recently announced three-date series of intimate gigs in Scotland later this month. Tickets for the three dates go on sale at 9am this morning – here’s the link to get tickets from…
As we keep getting told, the music-industry is in chaos. The illegal file-sharing of leaked albums is hitting the record labels and artists’ bottom line hard – forcing them to come up with more and more creative ways to take control of their output. Some, like Prince, have taken to giving their albums away for…
Days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer and the football season is over – which all means one thing to music-lovers: festival season is upon us! If you’re one of the millions of people in the UK currently looking forward to hitting a festival this year, then you’re probably starting to think about…
