Jake Bugg – Shangri La {rating} Buy: Shangri La Jake Bugg is special. Anyone with an interest in British guitar music knows it and, thanks to the success he’s had since being thrust onto the BBC Introducing Stage at Glastonbury 2011 when he was just 17, he’s everyone’s favourite to become the next great British…
The Killers – Direct Hits {rating} Buy: Direct Hits (Standard) Ten years ago Las Vegas foursome The Killers burst onto the scene with their indie breakthrough hit ‘Mr Brightside’, finding fame with its follow-up ‘Somebody Told Me’ and then a string of hits from their debut album ‘Hot Fuss’, with a re-release of their initial…
They got a lot of bad press for cancelling gigs in favour of hitting the studio, but today Death Grips have repaid their fans faith and then some with the free release of new album Government Plates. The release follows their two 2012 albums The Money Store and No Love Deep Web – the album…
You may remember I featured London-based psych-experimentalists Gentlemen’s ‘Children Of The Setting Sun’ in a recent New Music Roundup. Today they have made the EP that song is taken from available to stream online. The EP is called ‘Night Reels I’ and as well as ‘Children Of The Setting Sun’ it features other promisingly titled…
Since his first album under the Blood Orange moniker – 2011’s Coastal Grooves – the multi-talented Dev Hynes has become an in-demand songwriter, providing smooth and groovy tunes for the likes of Solange and Sky Ferreira. Next week he is releasing his second Blood Orange album, Cupid Deluxe, which comes with an impressive looking list…
Just in time for the weekend! The always engaging and occasionally reliable MIA has today made her new album Matangi available to stream online ahead of its release next week. Matangi is MIA’s fourth studio album, and the follow-up to her divisive 2010 LP MAYA. It features previously released tracks ‘Bad Girls‘, ‘Bring The Noize‘,…
CHVRCHES – The Bones Of What You Believe {rating} Buy: The Bones Of What You Believe To the casual listener it may not be apparent exactly why Glasgow trio CHVRCHES are rated so highly. There’s nothing new or fresh about marrying synths with sweet pop melodies after all, but they do it with such lush…
It’s finally happened! I’ve been holding out on mentioning the all-pervasive multi-media behemoth that is GTA 5, but I can’t resist any longer. Not when they’re throwing out cool stuff like this! Below is the full stream of Flying Lotus’ specially curated ‘radio station’ for the game – called FlyLo FM – featuring lots of…
Thanks to a steady stream of singles, videos and festival shows over the past year or so it feels like LA siblings HAIM have been around for ages. In actual fact, they haven’t even released their debut album yet. That’s all about to change next week when the long-awaited LP – Days Are Gone –…
After lead singer Daniel Blumberg left earlier this year things didn’t look good for London-based fuzz-rockers Yuck. But since his departure (to form new band Hebronix) Yuck have regrouped and, with guitarist Max Bloom taking up vocal duties, sound better than ever. They’ve already shared the aptly-titled new track ‘Rebirth‘ as well as the brilliant…
