Manchester veterans New Order have revealed they are planning to release new songs in the form of a series of EP’s this year. The releases will coincide with the reformed bands’ 2013 world tour, and will be their first new material since 2005 album Waiting For The Siren’s Call – recent album Lost Sirens doesn’t […]
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Leona Lewis signs a new label deal with Def Jam Records
Leona Lewis has had a tough time scoring some big hits. Now she has signed a deal with a new label, Def Jam Records, which is a good sign for the British songbird. Def Jam Records has a history of helping artists by letting them what they really want to do. There is every chance […]
BIG MOMENT – Kendrick Lamar is the First Rapper to Win a Pulitzer Prize for Music
It’s a big news for rap music. Kendrick Lamar has won a Pulitzer Prize for his album “DAMN”. It’s the first-ever album to win Pulitzer outside the classical and jazz genre. “DAMN” came out in 2017 and it’s Lamar’s fourth album. The album was picked for the Award because of the subject and the musical […]
Daft Punk reveal ‘Random Access Memories’ tracklist
Yet more Random Access Memories developments today, as Daft Punk have released the tracklist for the new album. The French electro legends revealed the tracklist via their Vine account (very on-trend!) earlier today: Random Access Memories tracklist: 01. Give Life Back to Music feat. Nile Rodgers 02. The Game of Love 03. Giorgio by Moroder […]
Muse fan starts petition for a special 20th anniversary homecoming gig
A Muse fan has created a petition requesting the band play a special small gig to mark their 20th anniversary either in their hometown of Teignmouth, Devon or in London. Karen Green, of Brighton, added the petition to Change.org with the aim to get 1,000 signatures. I’ll let Karen explain the reason behind setting it […]
Cedric and Omar from At The Drive-In / The Mars Volta announce new album as Antemasque
There’s been a a lot of mixed messages swirling around over the past few days regarding At The Drive-In / The Mars Volta founders Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López and a supposed new group called Antemasque. The last I heard of the duo, they had fallen out and gone their separate ways – with Cedric starting […]
Disclosure announce debut album ‘Settle’
Thanks to their awesome collaboration with Sam Smith on ‘Latch’, and their chart-bothering ‘White Noise’ with Aluna Francis, Disclosure’s debut album has become one of the most anticipated of 2013. Today the producing siblings revealed all about their debut album, and teased a new single called ‘You & Me’ – which will feature Eliza Doolittle. […]
Song Review: “Spoil My Night” by Post Malone featuring Swae Lee
Coachella 2018 has been a huge success so far. The Weeknd cried for Selena Gomez while performing his latest hit while Cardi B gave us pregnant-twerks, which is probably the first time that we have seen someone twerk with a belly bump. Apart from all these news, Coachella has also blessed us with some new music […]
James Blake announces UK tour in September
Fresh from his well-received second album Overgrown (read my review here), James Blake has announced six live dates in the UK this September. James Blake will play: September 18 – Glasgow, O2 ABC 20 – Manchester, Ritz 21 – Birmingham, Institute 22 – Oxford, O2 Academy 24 – Bristol, O2 Academy 25 – London, O2 […]
Steve Lamacq: “New British music is being ignored”
Veteran BBC DJ Steve Lamacq has hit out at the London and US bias of the music industry, saying that exciting new British music is in danger of being ignored. Speaking to The Independent, the BBC 6 Music presenter said: You need the appetite to investigate what’s going on around the country. I’m not a […]