Manic Street Preachers front-man James Dean Bradfield has bemoaned today’s quality of music – accusing young bands of playing it safe. In an interview with the Scottish paper Daily Record, Bradfield said: “I don’t look at a band now and think that it is going to be amazing or a great band. I don’t see…
Beady Eye have announced the first single proper to be released from their debut album will be ‘The Roller’. The band have already made two songs available online – Bring The Light and Four Letter Word – but ‘The Roller’ will be the first Beady Eye single to go on general sale. The band announced…
Kanye West has suggested that his rumoured joint album with Jay-Z could be released within a week. The album, titled Watch The Throne, has been highly anticipated since rumours of a collaborative effort between the two hip-hop heavyweights gathered momentum last summer. During a New Year’s Eve party in Las Vegas, Kanye was quoted as…
Queens Of The Stone Age keyboardist Dean Fertita has told Billboard.com that the band are ready to start recording a new album in January. Fertita said of the follow-up to the bands 2007 album Era Vulgaris: “Everybody seems excited and ready to go… we’ve got so many ideas started already; I guess we’ll see what…
Sources ‘close’ to Britpop group Blur have suggested the band could be reuniting to record a new album in January 2011. The band reunited in 2009, playing two huge shows at London’s Hyde Park as well as closing that years Glastonbury festival. Now, it seems they are ready to head in the studio to produce…
Gorillaz have announced they will release a new album as a free download on Christmas Day. The band have been releasing digital treats to their fans all December via an advent calendar on their website, which had led to rumours of something special on Christmas Day – especially after Damon Albarn had previously announced he…
Liam Gallagher’s new band Beady Eye have today unveiled their new album via their website. The debut album from the ex-members of Oasis will be called Different Gear, Still Speeding, and is set to be released on 28 February. The eagerly anticipated album features 13 new tracks, including the single ‘Bring The Light‘, which was…
Hurts singer Theo Hutchcraft has revealed details of the duo’s free Christmas single via his Twitter profile. The song will be called ‘All I Want For Christmas Is New Year’s Day’, and will be released via iTunes on 14 December. After Hutchcraft had posted the artwork for the single on Twitter, Hurts’ label RCA moved…
Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has revealed the Welsh trio are already working on a follow-up to ‘Postcards From A Young Man’. Speaking to NME, Wire revealed the new album has a working title of ’70 Songs Of Hatred And Failure’ and will see a change of pace and direction from their ultra-commercial last…
Beady Eye have finally released the video for their fist single, Bring The Light, which was made available as a free download last week. The video, which you can watch by scrolling down, is a straight-forward performance piece featuring Liam at his posturing best. Since it was made available last week, Bring The Light has…
