Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds album review [rating:3/5] Right then, we finally get to hear what the solo album from arguably the best songwriter of his generation sounds like, and the initial reaction is one of…… disappointment. Not because the album is particularly bad – you just get the feeling with this first effort from…
Exciting new electro pop duo MS MR are releasing their highly anticipated debut album Secondhand Rapture next week (13 May), which features the brilliant singles ‘Hurricane’ and ‘Fantasy‘. Ahead of the album’s release next week, Hype Machine have just put the full stream up – which you can listen to below. Enjoy:
Savages – Silence Yourself {rating} Buy: Silence Yourself Who are Savages? They’re a new all-girl London post-punk four-piece and the latest ‘big new hope’ of guitar music in 2013. They are: Jenny Beth (vocals), Gemma Thompson (guitar), Ayse Hassan (bass) and Fay Milton (drums) What do I need to know about Silence Yourself? It’s Savages…
Blues-rock duo The Black Keys are all set to release their eighth studio album Turn Blue next week. Last night the album leaked online, so this morning they have done the sensible thing and made it available to stream online. To listen to Turn Blue head over to iTunes Radio. Turn Blue features the previously…
A new month always brings a host of great new albums to look forward to, and May is no different. Last month saw big new releases from Damon Albarn, Pixies, Eels and Nas, amongst others, and May is looking even better. Below I’ve listed all of the albums worth getting excited about this month –…
So far there has been 21 winners of the Mercury Prize, or Mercury Music Prize as it was once called. It’s now officially called the Barclaycard Music Prize for sponsorship reasons, but we’ll stick with Mercury Prize from here on in, I think. Since it began all the way back in 1992 the Mercury Prize…
The Cribs – In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull [rating:3.5/5] Buy In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull Wakefield trio The Cribs have always been one of those bands that polarize opinions. Now onto their fifth album, The Cribs have unexpectedly become something of an institution within the ‘indie rock’ scene – despite their…
The Jay-Z produced soundtrack for The Great Gatsby film is now available to stream online in full. The much anticipated soundtrack features contributions from Beyonce, Lana Del Rey, The xx, Jack White and lots more big names. Head over to NPR to stream it in full by clicking here. Just before the stream was made…
If you’ve read my 5 star review of The Horrors’ new album Luminous and want to judge for yourself whether it really is that good, then today you’re in luck as the band have made the album available to stream in full online. You can stream Luminous now in a nice interactive player on The…
As we keep getting told, the music-industry is in chaos. The illegal file-sharing of leaked albums is hitting the record labels and artists’ bottom line hard – forcing them to come up with more and more creative ways to take control of their output. Some, like Prince, have taken to giving their albums away for…
