Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr is releasing his first solo album early next year, and has today revealed a 10-date UK tour in March 2013 to accompany it. The new album, called The Messenger, is due out on 25 February – with the lead single of the same name out next week. The artwork for…
Either Hot Chip front-man Alexis Taylor is an ardent Spurs fan, or he has just released the most randomly-named EP of the year! Taylor surprisingly released ‘Nayim From The Halfway Line’ (a reference to footballer Nayim’s comical goal against Arsenal ages ago) today on vinyl, and released this teaser trailer to go with it: The…
A host of new acts have been announced today for next years Isle Of Wight Festival. Following last weeks confirmation that The Stone Roses will be headlining, festival organisers have announced Bloc Party, Jake Bugg, The Maccabees and Paloma Faith will be joining them in June 2013. Festival organiser John Giddings said of the latest…
The Reading and Leeds Festival is not the only summer music event with some news today, as Bestival has announced next years fancy-dress theme will be ‘HMS Bestival’. 2013 will be the Isle of Wight’s other festival’s 10th anniversary and they’re determined to ‘push the boat out’ (see what they did there?) with the nautical…
Hard rock demi-gods Metallica have released a teaser trailer of their upcoming live DVD ‘Quebec Magnetic’. The DVD was filmed during the bands two gigs in Quebec City as part of their World Magnetic tour in 2009 – and the tracklisting was chosen by Metallica fans via an online poll. The DVD will be released…
The first acts for next years Reading and Leeds Festivals have been confirmed today, along with several other announcements regarding new stages and new festival site layouts. The biggest of the bands announced so far is Deftones, who phoned in this very dry and ‘professional’ quote for today’s announcement: We are thrilled to be returning…
Can you believe it’s been eight whole years since the then relatively unknown producer Danger Mouse unleashed his masterful Jay-Z / Beatles mash-up The Grey Album? Well it has, and today a digitally remastered version of the genre-defining album has been released by studio engineer John Stewart. In keeping with the spirit of the original,…
Hot new band of the moment Palma Violets have today announced the release date of their highly-anticipated debut album. Although they haven’t settled on a name for it yet, Palma Violets announced on their Facebook page that the album will be out on 25 February – and is available to preorder now via Rough Trade…
The Stone Roses’ successful reunion shows no signs of dying down, as the Madchester legends have today been confirmed as the first headliners of next years Isle Of Wight Festival. The festival will run across the weekend of the 13 – 16 June 2013 – with the Roses set to headline Friday 14th June. The…
Following some confusion in the music press earlier this month regarding the title of Glasvegas’ new album, the Scottish rockers have officially confirmed it will be called Later… When The TV Turns To Static. The album title was announced on the bands Twitter, with this rather straightforward message: ‘Later…When The TV Turns To Static’ is…
