Grunge godfathers Pearl Jam returned this year with their excellent 10th studio album Lightning Bolt – their first long player in four years. Since releasing the album the band have been touring heavily in the US, but 2014 will see them take Lightning Bolt global – first with a tour of Australia and New Zealand…
Season 4 The Voice contestant Kris Thomas first captured attention with his exceptional audition of Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love For You.” Covering songs ranging from Miguel’s “Adorn,” Bruno Mars’ “When I Was Your Man” and The Jackson Fives’ “I’ll Be There,” Thomas’ vocal talent proved to be uniquely special as he sang each…
Finally – after lots of rumours and ‘are they aren’t they‘ speculation – Arcade Fire have confirmed they will be headlining Glastonbury 2014. The Canadian band, who released one of the albums of the year in Reflektor, confirmed their slot at Glastonbury by releasing their updated tour itinerary for 2014 – which has them down…
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Al Lewis – ‘A Child’s Christmas In Wales’ As we hit the week before Christmas here is the first of many festive-themed songs. Al Lewis’ song is a simple, string-led atmospheric look at the season that revels more in its poetry and…
Beyonce fans have been on red alert since Columbia Records chairman Rob Stringer said earlier this week that “obviously, at some point Beyonce will put a record out, and when she does it will be monumental”. Now, everyone took that to mean Bey would be putting out the follow-up to 2011’s all-conquering 4 probably at…
Music blog aggregator The Hype Machine has just released its annual ‘Zeitgeist’ list of the top 50 artists and tracks of 2013. The Hype Machine has arranged both lists around the most blogged about, discussed and listened to artists and songs of the year – with Disclosure topping the artists list and CHVRCHES’ ‘The Mother…
Electro-pop duo Goldfrapp have announced a headline UK tour running through March and April 2014, with tickets for all nine dates going on sale tomorrow (Friday 13 December) at 10am. Click here to buy Goldfrapp tickets from Ticketmaster UK Tickets are also available from Goldfrapp’s website: www.goldfrapp.com/live/ Goldfrapp will play the following dates in support…
With their new album So Long, See You Tomorrow out on 3 February, Bombay Bicycle Club are wasting no time in getting their new material ‘out there’. Hot on the heels of impressive lead single ‘Carry Me’ comes the jaunty and very Avalanches-esque ‘It’s Alright Now’, which was just debuted on Huw Stephens’ Radio 1…
Arctic Monkeys look like they’re planning on taking over the summer again in 2014. The Sheffield band seemed to dominate the music scene this year, thanks mainly to their ‘coming-of-age’ set at Glastonbury, and have today been confirmed as headliner for their third 2014 festival. As well as headlining next years T In The Park…
It’s no secret that Damon Albarn has been working on a solo album. He released details earlier this year about him and XL Records’ Richard Russell recording together, but details of the project have been kept under wraps. Today though Albarn released the below video proclaiming ‘DAMON ALBARN FIRST SOLO ALBUM COMING 2014’, which is…
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