Is there no better way to while away one’s free moments; minutes so furiously wrenched away from the boring rigmarole of everyday life; than putting on pairs of shades and shorts and heading on down to a summer festival. Baking sun, guitar twangs percolating through the breeze, and a frosty pint of lager; we wouldn’t…
This weekend we’ve had not one, not two but three awesome new remixes of Beyonce’s new album highlight ‘Drunk In Love’. First up, Kanye West revealed his reworking of the track on Valentine’s night – his first official new music since Yeezus. Kanye’s remix is allegedly getting its own video as well, which is expected…
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Armin Van Burren – ‘Who’s Afraid of 138?!’ (EP) Joined with a handful of remixes, this latest from Van Burren is an upbeat way to start this week’s music reviews with its thumping dance beat and get up and rave vibe. Lacking…
The ongoing Coinye West saga to a turn with for the surreal today, with the creators of the cryptocurrency seemingly taking a leaf out of South Park’s book in responding to Kanye’s cease and desist order. The creators have accused Kanye’s lawyers of engaging in scare tactics, and have updated the coin to represent a…
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…
***UPDATE 7 March – Festival organisers have revealed there will be four headliners this year – click here to see the updated post *** ***UPDATE – Blink 182 have been announced as the first headliners of Reading and Leeds 2014 – see the early line-up here*** ***UPDATE NUMBER 2 – Arctic Monkeys have now been…
Kanye West hasn’t done too much publicity work for his latest album Yeezus, especially not in this country, but he’s turning up a notch this week. He performed three tracks on last nights full Later… With Jools Holland show – watch ‘Bound 2’, ‘New Slaves’ and ‘Blood On The Leaves’ below: Next week, Zane Lowe…
Kanye West has finally lifted the lid on his much-anticipated GOOD Music compilation album Cruel Summer. The album will consist of 12 tracks featuring the pick of Kanye’s GOOD Music record label, including Mr Hudson, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, 2 Chainz and Pusha T. Cruel Summer will also feature hip-hop and RnB superstars like John…
Superstar rap duo Jay-Z and Kanye West caused a stir in London today as they premiered the video for ‘Niggas In Paris’, the next single to be taken from their Watch The Throne collaboration. The video, below, mostly features footage of the pair doing their thing at a recent gig in LA, with a cameo…
Kanye West has suggested that his rumoured joint album with Jay-Z could be released within a week. The album, titled Watch The Throne, has been highly anticipated since rumours of a collaborative effort between the two hip-hop heavyweights gathered momentum last summer. During a New Year’s Eve party in Las Vegas, Kanye was quoted as…
