Now that the weather has finally caught up with the calendar, Coachella has been and gone and the line-up’s have all been announced it’s officially festival season! To celebrate, here’s who I think are the best/most interesting headliners at this years UK festivals – let me know your favourite headliners in the comments below. The…
Liam Gallagher seldom Tweets, but when he does it tends to mean something. This evening he has taken that to a new level – sparking fresh hopes of an Oasis reunion. Liam started about an hour ago with this: O — Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) April 24, 2014 Followed by this: A — Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher)…
Former Oasis main-man and life-long Man City fan Noel Gallagher could be involved in the clubs charity song to commemorate their appearance at next months FA Cup final. According to the Daily Star Sunday, the guitarist and song-writer said Man City officials had been in touch to ‘bounce a few ideas’ off him. It looks…
Spiritualized have today announced they will be touring the UK later this year. Jason Pierce and co. will play six shows across the UK this November in support of new album Sweet Heart, Sweet Light, which was released last week. The album, which features the single ‘Hey Jane’ above, was the bands seventh and their…
If new Birmingham band Swim Deep can afford to use such effortlessly brilliant pop songs as ‘Simmer’ for B-sides, then their upcoming debut album should definitely be one to look forward to. ‘Simmer’ is the B-side to Swim Deep’s new single ‘She Changes The Weather‘, out 13 May, and it’s a beautifully breezy, summery track….
Neon Neon, the synth duo comprising of Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys and producer Boom Bip, surprised everyone with their debut album Stainless Style – managing to actually succeed in making an entertaining concept album about inventor John DoLorean. Now they’re at it again, choosing relatively unknown Italian left-wing activist and publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli as…
Janelle Monae released her new single ‘Q.U.E.E.N.’ earlier today, and it’s a multi-layred funk, soul, rap, pop belter. It also features Erykah Badu, who adds a pretty spectacular closing rap verse to it. Check it out: ‘Q.U.E.E.N.’ is taken from Monae’s upcoming second studio album (or ‘suite’, as she calls them) The Electric Lady.
Unusually for a new Coldplay album, the build-up to new LP Ghost Stories seems quite muted. Remember, this is the band that used to cause stock market fluctuations with the announcement of new albums. But these days things are much more reserved. Today the four-piece were in the Radio 1 Live Lounge and played two…
Reading and Leeds Festival organisers have today added 52 new acts to the line-up for this years event. Joining the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Queens Of The Stone Age on the line-up are The Horrors, AlunaGeorge, Blood Red Shoes, Pulled Apart By Horses and nu-metal veterans Papa Roach. Here’s the completed line-up poster: Looks…
Muse released their video for new single ‘Panic Station’ today with a grand unveiling on YouTube and Twitter, but immediately got in trouble for using the above image of the Rising Sun Flag. The Rising Sun Flag is seen as a symbol of Japanese imperialism and is considered as offensive by many – which kind…
