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Arcade Fire have built up their fourth album Reflektor into one of the most highly-anticipated albums of 2013, through a variety of inventive promotional activities – including guerilla-style graffiti, TV specials, numerous previews and trailers and more old-fashioned single streams. Despite them whipping the media and their fans into a froth of expectancy, early reviews […]
It’s been eight long years since Neil Young released an album with his Crazy Horse cohorts (2004’s Greendale), but they are now getting ready to release their brand new album Psychedelic Pill on 29 October. So far three songs have been released from the album – ‘Walk Like A Giant’, ‘Ramada Inn’ and ‘Twisted Road’, […]
Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA has made the star-studded soundtrack to his upcoming kung-fu film ‘The Man With The Iron Fists’ available to stream online. The album, which boasts the likes of Kanye West, The Black Keys, Wiz Khalifa, Corinne Bailey Rae (!?), Pusha T, Talib Kweli and Pharoahe Monch, as well as fellow Wu-Tang Clan members […]
Manchester psych-prog-pop (their words, not mine!) four-piece Egyptian Hip Hop are preparing to unleash their highly-anticipated debut album Good Don’t Sleep. Featuring the single ‘SYH’, the album will be released on 22 October through trendy dance label R&S Records – but you can stream it in full below: Source: NME Preorder Good Don’t Sleep from […]
Post-hardcore veterans …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead are releasing their eighth studio album Lost Songs next week – but you can get a sneak peek by streaming it in full below. Featuring the singles ‘Catatonic’ and ‘Up To Infinity’, the album has been dedicated to Pussy Riot and, according to singer Conrad […]
Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man Anyone expecting the Manics’ new album to build on Journal Of Plague Lovers’ resurrection of their angsty, political roots must have been flummoxed by lead single ‘(It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love’. Its sweeping strings, towering chorus and verses ripped straight from Smashing Pumpkins’ […]
Now a five-piece, the Wirral boys are back with a new album. But after their recent greatest hits album, have they got anything new to offer?… Make a well-received first album that hints of future glory, consolidate your sound – and fan base- with your second album and then develop into a full-on arena rock […]
Interpol singer Paul Banks is releasing his second solo album, Banks, next week, and in preparation a full stream of it is now available to listen to. Check it out below and let me know what you think: Banks previously released his solo material under the pseudonym Julian Plenti, but has now decided to revert […]
Kings Of Leon Come Around Sundown With their last album, 2008’s Only By The Night, the family Leon moved away from their scratchy but inventive indie-rock roots and embraced the arena band approach, producing a slicker, more universal and radio-friendly album. As we all know, this gave them a massive hit – Only By The […]
Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man {rating} Buy: The Haunted Man When you’ve been nominated for an Ivor Novello award and your first two albums have been nominated for a Mercury Award, the creative pressure to deliver a career-defining masterpiece of a third album must be pretty overwhelming. Add in your own personal pressure […]