The media circus that is Arcade Fire’s publicity campaign for new album Reflektor has been leading us up to a 9pm reveal of the albums lead single and title track. But with the internet always doing its best to derail well-thought out music PR stunts, the Canadian band have decided enough is enough and have…
Poor old Arcade Fire. They’ve spent weeks plotting a guerilla marketing campaign to build up to the release of their brand new single, ‘Reflektor’, and now, just a day before their grand unveiling, the song has leaked online. The single is the first track to be taken from Arcade Fire’s upcoming album, also called ‘Reflektor’,…
Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller are back! The abrasive electro-rock duo, better known as Sleigh Bells, have today announced details of their third studio album Bitter Rivals – the follow-up to the all-conquering Reign Of Terror. Bitter Rivals is out on 8 October and is available to preorder now on Sleigh Bells’ site: bitterrivals.us The…
With her long-awaited fourth album Matangi scheduled for a 5 November release, MIA has slowly been dripping out new material in characteristically odd and wonderful ways. A snippet of her new single ‘Come Walk With Me’ was unleashed onto the internet last week, and now the full version is available via a new Tumblr page:…
Arctic Monkeys aired a new track from their upcoming album AM on XFM last night. Called ‘I Want It All’, it’s a bit more of a classic riff-led rock song than the previous slinky and suggestive releases ‘Do I Wanna Know?‘, ‘Why Do You Only Call Me When You’re High?’ and ‘Stop The World I…
Two years ago, Odd Future ‘front-man’ Tyler, The Creator burst into the mainstream with a performance on US chat-show Late Night With Jimmy Fallon – which led to label bidding wars and general hip hop super stardom. Now with a new solo album to promote – Wolf, out 1 April – Tyler has returned to…
AlunaGeorge debuted their new single ‘Attracting Flies’ tonight on Radio 1, and have also made it available to stream: While it may not be as immediate as ‘White Noise’, their crossover hit with production duo Disclosure, ‘Attracting Flies’ does have some fine elements – particularly Aluna’s edgy vocal delivery: “everything you exhale, is attracting flies’….
The increasingly impressive promotional campaign for new David Bowie album The Next Day stepped up another gear today, with the release of new single ‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’ – which is available to buy now. The single is a more upbeat affair than the elegiac ‘Where Are We Now?’ – but shares the same…
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have revealed the first single from their upcoming new album Mosquito. ‘Sacrilege’ got its first play on Radio 1 earlier tonight, check it out: Sounds pretty awesome to me, what do you think?
A previously unheard Frank Ocean song has hit the web today. Called ‘Eyes Like Sky’, the acoustic guitar driven ballad is apparently an offshoot from the singers Channel Orange sessions – rather than a brand new track. Listen to ‘Eyes Like Sky’ here: Ocean, who was one of the few deserving winners at last weeks…
