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…
YouTube has announced that PSY’s South Korean pop-rap-dance thing ‘Gangnam Style’ is now the video-sharing sites most popular video ever. It’s taken just four months for ‘Gangnam Style’ to beat Justin Bieber’s previous record of 803 million views – reaching an unprecedented 805 million views sometime around midday today (24 November). Before Bieber’s ‘Baby’, the…
The Maccabees guitarist Felix White has announced the bands fourth album, the follow-up to this years brilliant Given To The Wild, will be produced by the band themselves. Speaking to Digital Spy about their next album, White said: I think we’re gonna do it ourselves. The way we made the last record, learning to do it…
Not sure exactly what’s going on with promising Manchester band WU LYF at the minute, but it doesn’t look good. Front man Ellery Roberts posted new track ‘TRIUMPH’ on YouTube yesterday (their first new material since debut album Go Tell Fire To The Mountain), and appeared to leave the band at the same time –…
Wakefield rock trio The Cribs will mark their 10th anniversary next year with a 22-track singles collection – which they will release on 25 February. Called Payola, the album will feature tracks from all five of their studio albums – the most recent of which was this years acclaimed The Belly Of The Brazen Bull….
