Clean Bandit – New Eyes Atlantic Out now 3.5/5 Way back in April 2013 I reviewed a song by an unknown band called ‘Clean Bandit’, giving the experimental ‘Mozart’s House’ 7 out of 10 and enjoying the fresh sound and something different offered by the mixing of electronic, rap and classical. Over twelve months on…
Beadye Eye – BE {rating} Buy: BE All the talk about Beady Eye’s follow-up to the mildly disappointing Different Gear, Still Speeding has been about them recruiting lauded producer Dave Sitek. But instead of being the album that marks a welcome and interesting change of direction, BE is the album in which Liam Gallagher gets…
Nu-rave survivors Klaxons are gearing up for the release of their third album Love Frequency next week (out on 16 June via Akashic Rekords / Sony Red), and have just made the whole thing available to stream in full. Stream Love Frequency below via The Guardian: If you like what you hear, you can preorder Love…
Ahead of its release next week, Beady Eye have made their second album BE available to stream online. Head over to iTunes to stream BE via this link: www.itunes.com/beadyeye BE is the follow-up to the former Oasis members’ first album Different Gear, Still Speeding – and promises a slightly new sound thanks to the involvement…
Kasabian – 48:13 Columbia Release date: 9 June 4/5 In a recent feature on Kasabian by The Guardian’s Caspar Llewellyn Smith, the writer explains how in a recent meeting he told Serge how terrible his band is, and that they are “solely responsible for every failure of contemporary rock’n’roll.” (link) Later on Caspar dials…
Next week sees the release of 13, the first Black Sabbath album featuring the original line-up of Ozzy, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler for 35 years (RATM’s Brad Wilk completes the line-up on drums). Ahead of the release of the highly-anticipated Rick Rubin-produced album, the band have made it avaialble to stream online at iTunes…
Jagwar Ma, the latest Aussie psych-rock band to get everyone into a bit of a lather, are releasing their highly-anticipated debut album Howlin next week, and have made it available to stream in full online. To listen to Howlin, head over to NPR.org. As well as streaming Howlin, the duo have also announced three live…
Kasabian have made their new album 48:13 available to stream online ahead of its release next week. The album can now be streamed in full via iTunes Radio here: 48:13 – Kasabian 48:13 is the Leicester band’s fifth studio album and features the single ‘eez-eh‘ as well as other previously aired tracks ‘stevie’ and ‘bumblebee‘….
In what is turning out to be a big week in the world of streaming albums, Jack White has followed the lead of Kasabian and First Aid Kit and made his upcoming new album available to stream online ahead of its release next week. White’s new solo album, the follow-up to 2011’s brilliant Blunderbuss, is…
Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg, also known as First Aid Kit, are back next week with their second album, following 2012’s warmly received debut album The Lion’s Roar. As previously released singles ‘My Silver Lining’ and ‘Cedar Lane’ have shown, new album Stay Gold builds on the bittersweet folk affectations of its predecessor with…
