Glam rock legend David Bowie has been so quiet over the past few years there has been rumours about his health – especially when he allegedly turned down Danny Boyle’s Olympic overtures. Today is Bowie’s 66th birthday, and to celebrate he’s treated the world to a brilliant new single – and announced his 30th studio…
Previously unreleased Cribs track ‘Leather Jacket Love Song’ has become something of a cult classic, despite the fact it’s never actually been released. Ryan Jarman regularly names it as his favourite Cribs track, and now it is set to be released as part of the bands forthcoming greatest hits package Payola. The track got it’s…
Philip Lickley’s round-up of the biggest new singles released this week… Single Reviews – 6 January Bat For Lashes – ‘A Wall’ [rating:2/5] Buy: A Wall The third single from Natasha Khan’s The Haunted Man album is an unusual listen. Taking the sound of Kate Bush but ramping up the eccentricity, it’s not so much…
Manchester duo Hurts today debuted ‘Miracle’, the first single to be taken from their highly anticipated second album Exile. While it’s a bit more uptempo and bombastic than their previous stuff, ‘Miracle’ is undoubtedly Hurts – featuring plenty of dramatic flourishes. Listen to it below and let me know what you think: ‘Miracle’ is out…
Miles Kane unveiled new single ‘Give Up’ today, the first to be taken from his forthcoming second solo album – the follow up to 2011’s Colour Of The Trap. Watch the lyric-video for the rocking ‘Give Up’ here and let me know what you think in the comments: Speaking about his new album and ‘Give…
The xx have today released a new EP as a free download from iTunes. The ‘xxmas EP’ is part of iTunes’ 12 Days of Christmas giveaway and features a new Jamie xx remix, or ‘edit’, of Coexist track ‘Sunset’, as well as a live video of previous single ‘Angels’ performed in Tokyo and the video for…
Dizzee Rascal surprised everyone with the release of his imaginatively titled new mixtape ‘The Mixtape Vol. 2’ on Boxing Day (Vol. 1 came in 2007), and has followed it up with a LOL-some video for one of the new tracks – ‘Bassline Junkie’, which is basically a lazier version of ‘Bonkers’. Watch the moderately amusing…
It seems a bit odd to be talking about one of 2012’s ‘hottest new acts’ while the collective attention of the music industry is busy wondering who is going to dominate 2013, but the fact is we’re still waiting for Harlem rapper Azealia Banks’ debut album Broke With Expensive Taste to drop. Today Banks has…
Former OutKast rapper Big Boi finished off 2012 with one of the best hip hop albums of the year, and almost as soon as the clock struck midnight on New Years Eve he released the video for Vicious Lies… highlight ‘In The A’. Collaborators T.I. and Ludacris also star in the video, which features lots…
Single Reviews – 30 December Philip Lickley’s weekly round-up of the best of the coming weeks single releases… David Guetta feat. Taped Rai – ‘Just One Last Time’ [rating:2/5] Buy: Just One Last Time (feat. Taped Rai) The second single from Guetta’s album is a slight departure from his usual release, at least in the…
