This week’s single releases – 14 April Reviews of all of this week’s top singles from Phil Lickley. The Brand New Heavies feat. N’Dea Davenport – ‘Sunlight’ [rating:3.5/5] Very much nailing an audio sandscape of the song’s title, ‘Sunlight’ sounds like the cousin of many a summer chill-out tune matched with Jamiroquai and, at times,…
Earlier this week Primal Scream announced ‘It’s Alright, It’s OK’ will be the first single taken from their upcoming new album More Light. Today, they have made the single available to stream online, check it out below: More Light was produced by David Holmes and will be out on 13 May.
Primal Scream have announced that the first proper single from their upcoming new album ‘More Light’ will be ‘It’s Alright, It’s OK’. The single follows previously released taster track ‘2013’ and will be released on 6 May – the same day as the album. Watch a live performance of ‘It’s Alright. It’s OK’ here: ‘More…
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. AFI – ‘I Hope You Suffer’ The charmingly titled ‘I Hope You Suffer’ from AFI is a slow, lumbering, atmospheric track covering the well-trodden path of romantic breakdown. Resisting the temptation to go too screamo, the tempo gives it a sense of…
XFM have gone all out this year with the line-up for their Winter Wonderland shows in December. The radio station will be putting two events on in December at Manchester’s O2 Apollo (10 December) and the O2 Academy in Brixton (12 December). On the stage in Manchester will be Jake Bugg, Primal Scream, The 1975,…
As reported last month, Primal Scream are releasing their tenth studio album More Light in May – and today we got the premiere of lead single ‘2013’ as well as the below promo video: More Light is due out on 6 May and features guest appearances from the likes of Robert Plant and My Bloody…
Northern Irish producer David Holmes has revealed that Primal Scream’s new album, their tenth studio album, will be called More Light and is set for a May release. Writing on his Facebook page, Holmes said: the new primal scream album is sequenced and mastered…its called “more light” and will be released in may…one love! X…
The Noel Gallagher-curated line-up for the 2013 series of Teenage Cancer Trust gigs has been announced today – with a few surprises mixed in with some more obvious acts. The most surprising inclusion on the line-up is Noel’s former Blur ‘enemies’ Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon, who will be playing on the same night as…
Top 10 gigs in June Summer is almost here, which means festival season will soon be upon us – so there’s plenty of good live music going on as bands hone their shows before hitting the festivals. Here’s my pick of the best gigs to go to in June: The Charlatans – Friday 1st June…
Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie has criticised today’s crop of young bands – accusing them of “not having anything to say”. Gillespie was quoted by Sky News as saying of his new album: “Some of it is a critique of pop culture, which is something I think is lacking in a lot of modern music. It…
