If January felt a bit slow in terms of big new albums, then February is when 2014 really gets going. There’s big albums out just about every week in February, starting off with the return of Bombay Bicycle Club and Broken Bells on 3 February. The following week sees dubstep-diva Katy B take centre-stage with…
Although January tends to be a bit of a depressing month – Christmas is gone, no-one has any money, the weather is dreary etc. etc… – it does have one thing going for it: new music. January is typically the month where everyone starts the ‘big in 2014’ scramble – so there’s always a lot…
Broken Bells – the super-duo of producer Danger Mouse and The Shins’ singer James Mercer – have today revealed the title track from their forthcoming second album After The Disco. As you would imagine from the title, ‘After The Disco’ is a glammed up bittersweet disco stormer taking The Bee Gees as a starting point…
Broken Bells – After The Disco {rating} Any project involving super-producer Brian ‘Danger Mouse’ Burton comes with a certain amount of expectation. His partnership with The Shins’ singer James Mercer was no different, but unfortunately their first album as Broken Bells back in 2010 failed to live up to the hype. It wasn’t a bad…
First things first: Happy New Year! Now that’s out the way, let’s get stuck into the serious business of looking forward to what 2014 has in store for us all. After a pretty impressive 2013 for big albums – Bowie, My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk, Jay Z, Kanye, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Beyonce to name…
December is traditionally a quiet month, so I was surprised at the amount of quality new music showing up in my Soundcloud ‘Likes’ as I put this playlist together. From the return of Doves’ Jimi Goodwin to brand new Drake, Warpaint, Sam Smith and Broken Bells – December has provided us with some great new…
November turned out to be a bumper month of new music, and I’ve collated the pick of the new releases into the below playlist for you to enjoy as we head into December. The November playlist includes new tracks from the likes of Temples and Broken Bells as well as a fair sprinkling of remixes…
You may remember superstar duo Broken Bells released Part One of a short film to promote new album After The Disco last month – starring Kate Mara and Anton Yelchin as a couple of sci-fi star-crossed lovers. Today they have revealed the follow-up video for the album’s lead single ‘Holding On For Life’, which picks…
As reported last month, Broken Bells aka producer Danger Mouse and The Shins’ James Mercer, are releasing their second album After The Disco in January. So far we’ve had a futuristic-looking album trailer and the first part of a short film featuring music from the album, and today they have revealed the first full track…
As reported earlier this month Broken Bells (producer Danger Mouse and The Shins’ James Mercer) are reuniting to release their second album After The Disco – and have just premiered part one of a short film featuring music taken from the album. The short film, titled ‘Part One: Angel and the Fool’, stars House Of…
