Although they announced their new album last month – giving it a name and release date (El Pintor, 8 September if you missed the memo) – Interpol still haven’t unleashed any proper material from it. All we’ve had to go on so far is some grainy fan-shot footage of them playing ‘Anywhere’ and ‘My Desire’ […]
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Interpol collaborating with David Lynch for Coachella webcast…
Interpol’s set at Coachella tonight (16 April) will feature a collaboration with acclaimed film director David Lynch, and will be broadcast live via the festivals dedicated YouTube channel. A statement on Interpol’s label Matador Records’ website announced the bands unique plans – which they are calling Interpol Under Surveillance, saying: “Interpol, in collaboration with David […]
Watch: Paul Banks – ‘Young Again’ video
Interpol front-man Paul Banks has released the video for his new single ‘Young Again’ – one of the many highlights from his new solo album Banks. Sticking to the themes of the song, the video – directed by Sophia Peer – sees Banks go back to school, get bullied a bit and then kick ass […]
Listen: Stream Paul Banks new solo album ‘Banks’ in full
Interpol singer Paul Banks is releasing his second solo album, Banks, next week, and in preparation a full stream of it is now available to listen to. Check it out below and let me know what you think: Banks previously released his solo material under the pseudonym Julian Plenti, but has now decided to revert […]
Interpol ‘Interpol’ – Album Review
Interpol – Interpol When they released debut album Turn On The Bright Lights back in 2002, New York’s Interpol were regarded as the kings of the post-punk movement – intellectual and knowing lyrics combined with jagged guitar lines and atmospheric soundscapes to create an early contender for album of the decade. Since then, the law […]
Interpol are working on their fifth album!
Post-punk poster boys Interpol have confirmed they are back in the studio working on the follow-up to their 2010 self-titled fourth album. Guitarist Daniel Kessler revealed the news on the bands official Twitter page, writing: We're back in the Brooklyn grind. Working on the tunes-DK — Interpol (@Interpol) August 13, 2013 We had a good […]
Interpol to return with fifth album ‘El Pintor’ in September
It’s been four long years since NYC band Interpol released their last album. With their recent inclusion on a bunch of festival line-ups this summer, it seemed likely that they were preparing to return to the fold with some new material. That has been confirmed today as the band have announced their fifth album will […]
Buy NME Awards Tour tickets here
This years NME Awards Tour promises to be one of the best in recent memory, boasting a line-up that not only includes exciting up-and-comers Circa Waves, Royal Blood and Temples but also post-rock legends Interpol. The tour kicks off on Tuesday 18 March in Glasgow and runs for eight shows – culminating on Thursday 27 […]
25 albums to get excited about in 2014
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 […]
Listen: Interpol frontman Paul Banks releases rap mixtape
Hmmm, not sure what to make of this. Apparently Paul Banks, he of the excellent New York post-punk band Interpol, has made a rap mixtape – and released it online. It’s got the rather comical title ‘Everybody On My Dick Like They Supposed To Be’, and features the rapping talents of Odd Future’s Mike G […]