Interpol’s record label Mataador Records are preparing to release a 10th anniversary special edition of the bands classic debut album Turn On The Bright Lights next month, and have today unveiled an exclusive demo of ‘Roland’ – one of the albums many highlights. Follow the link below to listen to the demo, which was recorded…
Single Reviews – 18 November Philip Lickley’s weekly look at the hottest new singles. Check out what’s worth downloading and what’s worth ignoring this week… Alicia Keys – ’Girl On Fire’ [rating:2.5/5] Buy: Girl On Fire Alicia Keys returns with the lead single off her matchingly-titled fifth album. With some heavy drum beats and vocal…
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have announced they will be releasing a new album next year. The as yet untitled album, which will be the bands seventh, is set for release in March and will be accompanied by a world tour – which will include six UK dates. Announcing the album, Robert from the band said:…
Tame Impala’s live performances are fast becoming the stuff of legend. If you’ve not been lucky enough to catch the Aussie psychedelics live yet, then you’re in for a treat as their record label has just posted a video of them performing three tracks from their recent album Lonerism. Watch them perform ‘Apocalypse Dreams’, ‘Feels…
Image credit: www.theupcoming.co.uk Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, 13 Nov Noel Gallagher wound up his UK tour in business-like fashion at Shepherd’s Bush Empire last night, rattling through the pick of his High Flying Birds album and Oasis back catalogue with barely a pause for breath. His determination to plough…
Blur have released a video of them performing recent single ‘Under The Westway’ during their huge Hyde Park show in the summer. The video will feature on their upcoming live DVD boxset release Parklive, which is out on 3 December. Here’s the video: Parklive will be available either as a double CD or DVD of…
Foals debuted a new Holy Fire track last night during their spot on BBC show Later… With Jools Holland. Watch their run-through of the funky, Afrobeat-ish ‘My Number’ below: ‘My Number’ is the second track to emerge from Foals’ upcoming third album – following lead single ‘Inhaler’ which was released online earlier this month. Holy Fire…
Ever since Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr announced his debut solo album ‘The Messenger’ I’ve been waiting to hear what a 100% Marr track actually sounds like. Today I found out, and unsurprisingly it sounds brilliant! Watch the promo video for album title track ‘The Messenger’ below and let me know what you think in the…
The Killers have revealed plans to play their biggest ever headline show next year at Wembley Stadium. The Las Vegas band will play the legendary venue on 22 June. Killers drummer Ronnie Vanucci had this to say about the gig: It sort of feels like the full-circle moment in a way. We started out here…
Laim Gallagher’s post-Oasis band Beady Eye have announced they are back in the studio working on the follow-up to debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding – which will be produced by TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek. Sitek, who has previously worked with the likes of Foals and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, seems a surprisingly creative…
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