With Dave Grohl revealing this week that Foo Fighters have finished work on their ‘epic’ new album, interest in their big UK show of the summer, at the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games, has gone through the roof! Tickets for the Invictus Games closing ceremony, which is held on Sunday 14 September at London’s…
It’s now time for the second part of my top 50 songs of 2014 countdown – see part one here. 25) Röyksopp & Robyn – ‘Do It Again’ Released: 28th April 2014 Charted: #75 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCbDVSwr_E4 A collaboration that no one was expecting, this is the best song in Robyn’s back catalogue and the most…
Album review submitted by Philip Lickley. Kaiser Chiefs – Souvenir: The Singles Collection 2004 – 2012 [rating:4/5] Buy: Souvenir I honestly cannot believe it is eight years since I bought a copy of Employment by Leeds band the Kaiser Chiefs, after falling in love with songs ‘Everyday I Love You Less and Less’ and I…
Kaiser Chiefs have released the second video from their number one album ‘Education, Education, Education and War’. The video for ‘Meanwhile Up In Heaven’, which is edited from the lengthier album version, shares a similar style to their earlier ‘Coming Home’ video with a beaten-up Ricky Wilson wandering around an early 20th century fairground, surrounded…
A new month brings a new batch of album releases, and March 2014 is obviously no different. Here’s my pick of the top albums out this month:
Update – 26 June: Looks like the earlier reports of Coldplay opening Glastonbury on Friday morning were a bit premature, as the slightly more boring Kaiser Chiefs have now apparently been ‘officially’ confirmed as the TBA act on The Other Stage tomorrow. Coldplay rumours are still circulating though, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see…
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Armin Van Buuren – ‘Save My Night’ The superstar DJ returns with his sixth cut from his fifth album ‘Intense’ (though the extended edition, natch) and the mostly-instrumental number avoids some of the expectations from 21st Century dance and feels like a…
