In direct contrast to the very grotesque colourful artwork for Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new album Mosquito, the trailer is a thing of refined and subtle beauty – showcasing Karen O’s newly blonde locks and blissful new album track ‘Always’. Check it out here: Mosquito is out on 16 April. Preorder it below:
British Sea Power have announced their fifth studio album will be called Machineries Of Joy (artwork above) and will be released on 1 April. Their follow-up to 2011 album Valhalla Dancehall was written in the mountains of north Wales and recorded in the bands hometown of Brighton. Speaking of the album, singer ‘Yan’ said: We’d…
T In The Park have pulled off a huge coup today by securing German electro pioneers Kraftwerk as headliners for this years festival. Kraftwerk are currently mid-way through their high-profile residency of London’s Tate Modern, where they are performing their full discography over the course of 8 nights (video below). T In The Park organiser…
Kasabian have announced two warm-up shows ahead of their Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the Albert Hall on 22 March. The Leicester rockers will play the following dates: March 19 – Doncaster Dome 20 – Plymouth Pavilion Tickets for the two warm-up shows are priced at £35 and go on sale at 9am this Friday…
Jack White has revealed he currently has ’20-25 tracks’ for his next solo album. The former White Stripes front-man was collared by Rolling Stone at last nights Grammy Awards ceremony, who asked him how he’s getting on with recording the follow-up to his debut solo album Blunderbuss: “I’ve got about 20 to 25 tracks I’m…
James Blake’s not messing about is he? The post-dubstep troubadour has announced his new album Overgrown, released a stream and then a video for lead single ‘Retrograde’, and now announced some live dates – all in the space of four days. He’s not playing many live UK dates, mind, just the three added on to his…
As reported last month, Muse will be playing a pre-Brit Awards benefit concert for War Child next Monday (18 February) – to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the charity. Predictably, tickets for the gig at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire sold out in a matter of minutes – but if you weren’t able to get a…
Tribes have announced an 11-date UK headline tour in support of their second album Wish To Scream. The album, the follow-up to 2012’s debut Baby, will feature new single ‘How The Other Half Live’ and will be released on 20 May. The tour starts in Sheffield on 6 April and culminates in a huge show…
Atoms For Peace will finally unleash their debut album AMOK on 25 February, and today Thom Yorke and producer Nigel Godrich have announced they will host three different album launch parties – in London, Berlin and New York. The duo will play a special DJ set at The Oval Space in London on 22 February,…
James Blake’s second album featured on my list of most anticipated 2013 albums last month, and today he’s announced more details about it. His second album will be called Overgrown, and is set for release on 6 April. The announcement said Overgrown is “an incredible album that sees James growing as a singer and songwriter while…
