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Manchester’s Elbow announced the title of their new album last week, and now they’ve revealed the first taster in the shape of a studio video featuring two new songs. The album is called The Take Off And Landing Of Everything, and the new tracks revealed today are called ‘Fly Boy Blue’ and ‘Lunette’. Watch the […]
Jack White’s side-project The Dead Weather, which also includes Alison Mosshart, Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence, are releasing two-track singles throughout this year as they build up to the release of their new album in 2015. The first installment kicked off last month with the release of the storming ‘Open Up (That’s Enough)’, and today […]
Scottish post-rock legends Mogwai are back with their monstrous new album Rave Tapes next week (released: 21 Jan). Read my 4/5 review of it here. Before that, though, they’ve made the whole thing available to stream online. They premiered the stream over on The Guardian this morning, where Stuart Braithwaite also provided an introduction to […]
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Armin Van Buuren – ‘Save My Night’ The superstar DJ returns with his sixth cut from his fifth album ‘Intense’ (though the extended edition, natch) and the mostly-instrumental number avoids some of the expectations from 21st Century dance and feels like a […]
Psych-rock veterans The Flaming Lips have today released a cover version of The Beatles’ classic ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’, which you can stream in full below. The band are gearing up for a New Years Eve gig at Aspen’s ‘Belly Up’ in Colorado tonight, and have apparently promised to perform a few Beatles/John […]
So in this final part, here are my top twenty songs of 2013! 20. Gary Barlow – ‘Let Me Go’ (Released: November, No. 2) After a few years captaining the reformed Take That man-band, Barlow released his first major solo single in fourteen years. Taking inspiration from Mumford and Sons, this perky, country-tinged number feels […]
With the majority of my countdown already covered, let’s get a bit nearer to my top twenty with numbers #40 through to #21. 40. Clean Bandit – ‘Mozart’s House’ (Released: March, No. 17) Possibly one of the least accessible tracks of the year, Clean Bandit’s ‘Mozart’s House’ was, however, an eye opener, mixing in electronic […]
With forty songs already covered, let’s get into the top sixty, with numbers 60 through to 41. 60. Bellowhead – ‘Roll The Woodpile Down’ (Released: February, didn’t chart) Around for the best part of a decade, this second single from their ‘Broadside’ album grabbed my attention with its catchy folk-indie-pop vibe that fitted neatly onto […]
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Little Mix – ‘Little Me’ I suppose it was inevitable that my favourite piece of classical music would one day be included in a pop song. The first track to interpolate Opus. 50 from Gabriel Fauré’s ‘Pavane’ since S Club 7’s ‘Natural’ […]
Following numbers 100 to 81 of my top 100 of 2013 countdown, here are numbers #80 through to #61. 80. Matt Cardle and Melanie C – ‘Loving You’ (Released: August, No. 14) Proving that he can make more interesting music once he’s escaped the pressures of the X Factor, this touching ballad was one of the […]