Kings Of Leon Come Around Sundown With their last album, 2008’s Only By The Night, the family Leon moved away from their scratchy but inventive indie-rock roots and embraced the arena band approach, producing a slicker, more universal and radio-friendly album. As we all know, this gave them a massive hit – Only By The…
If you’ve been thinking recently that 2013 has been a bit underwhelming so far in terms of big new albums, then September might just put it right. Autumn is generally a good time for new albums, as bands who opted to not release new LPs before the festivals now gear up for a big release…
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Alistair Griffin and Leddra Chapman feat. Grimethorpe Colliery Band – ‘The One’ Fame Academy’s Griffin teams up with newbie Leddra Chapman on this ballsy ballad. Though their voices complement each other and there’s a welcome sound from the inclusion of the Colliery…
The V Festival has gradually become a favourite and high-profile fixture in the summer festival calendar. With over eighty bands spread over two sites, this year’s V looks set to be the best ever. Here, we take a closer look at the weekend ahead. V Festival line-up As befitting a festival of V’s stature, this…
Kings Of Leon have had a busy day today, releasing the video for Mechanical Bull lead single ‘Supersoaker’ as well as unveiling brand new track ‘Wait For Me’. When they revealed ‘Supersoaker‘ last month it seemed like Kings Of Leon were returning to their Southern-rock roots but, as ‘Wait For Me’ proves, they’re still partial…
Kings Of Leon have unveiled the title of their forthcoming fifth studio album. The new LP will be called Come Around Sundown and is set for release on October 18 in the UK. The album will be released in the US a day later. The follow-up to the massively successful album Only By The Night…
Part one of my round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. AlunaGeorge – ‘You Know You Like It / Bad Idea’ It does feel like a real let down when you get this sort of musical sequel coming on the coat-tails of ‘Your Drums, Your Love’ and the excellent ‘Attracting…
Kings Of Leon have today revealed the first taste of their upcoming sixth album Mechanical Bull in the shape of the rocky and vibrant ‘Supersoaker’. Listen to ‘Supersoaker’ below: Mechanical Bull is out on 24 September.
Although it will take you a long time and a lot of brain ache before you could solve the plot of this new music video by Kings of Leon, it’s still a music video that everyone has welcomed. This new MV for “Waste A Moment” will confuse you but it will leave you with a…
Kings Of Leon have just made their new album Mechanical Bull available to stream online via iTunes. The album is the bands sixth studio album and will be released officially on 24 September via RCA Records. The band have previously said the album sounds more ‘youthful’ than previous albums and is similar in style to…
