With their new album So Long, See You Tomorrow out on 3 February, Bombay Bicycle Club are wasting no time in getting their new material ‘out there’. Hot on the heels of impressive lead single ‘Carry Me’ comes the jaunty and very Avalanches-esque ‘It’s Alright Now’, which was just debuted on Huw Stephens’ Radio 1…
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Amber Run – ‘Heaven’ Avicii meets Mumford and Sons meets Autotune in this cross pollination of genres. A slow burner, taking half of its running time to even touch on its chorus, fans of Coldplay and similar indie bands will seek refuge…
‘Instant Crush’, the Julian Casablancas-featuring track from Daft Punk’s all-conquering Random Access Memories, is being released as a single soon, so naturally it’s been given a cool, idiosyncratic video befitting one of the biggest albums of 2013. The video was directed by Warren Fu and was inspired by Hans Christian Anderson’s ‘The Steadfast Tin Soldier’,…
If any band can stake a claim for having a stellar year, it’s Arctic Monkeys. They stole the show at Glastonbury and released an album that is featuring towards the top of most peoples ‘albums of the year’ lists. The Sheffield band are planning on rounding off the year with the release of AM track…
Scottish post-rock experimentalists look set to deliver one of the first big albums of 2014 when they release their eighth studio album Rave Tapes on 20 January. They’ve already impressed us with the well-paced ‘Remurdered’, and have today revealed more of what to expect from the album in the shape of the gloriously psychedelic ‘The…
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. All About She – ‘Higher (Free)’ The debut single from British dance act ‘All About She’ is a perky number headed up by the sweet words of the female vocalist but it doesn’t really reveal its own DNA during its four minute…
If you’re one of those people who can’t stand Christmas songs then you may want to look away now. Birmingham band Peace have released a cover version of WHAM!’s saccharine sweet Yuletide classic ‘Last Christmas’. The good news is that they haven’t gone for the full Christmas-jumper-and-log-fire approach, preferring a charming live performance video with…
Production trio Factory Floor have revealed ‘Turn It Up’ will be the next single taken from their self-titled debut album – released in September on DFA. If any track could be described as a typical Factory Floor it’s the album opener ‘Turn It Up’, with it’s house beats blending with post-punk influences. They’ve released a…
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Afrojack feat. Spree Wilson – ‘The Spark’ First on the list this week is a lyrically uplifting track with a positive message, though one that is wrapped up in a typical sounding 2013 dance rnb track. That said the ‘Gym Class Heroes’-esque…
With their self-titled second album due out in January, Warpaint were in the BBC Maida Vale studio earlier in the week talking to Steve Lamacq and performing a few tracks. As well as the new albums lead track ‘Love Is To Die‘ the band played ‘Composure’ from their first album and debuted the brand new…
