The Vaccines have released details of their biggest UK headline tour to date. Following their stint supporting Arctic Monkeys in November, the London band will play 13 headline shows across the UK – starting at Newcastle’s O2 Academy on 21 November and ending at the Brixton O2 Academy on 7 December. The tour promises to…
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. 2 Chainz feat. Pharrell – ‘Feds Watching’ As 2013 continues to turn into the year of Pharrell, he pops up here with 2Chainz. Far from his best moment, ‘Feds Watching’ is a cliché-ridden one-note tediously-written song with a chorus that fails to…
UPDATE – the line up has just been announced, click here. Tomorrow night V Festival organisers will release the full line up for this years festival. If you’re one of the many thousands who have already registered and are waiting on the line up before forking out for a ticket, I’m guessing you’re going to…
Philip Lickley looks back on 2012 and picks his top 100 songs of the year…. Top 100 songs of 2012 – Part 1 As we reach for a glass of bubbly and celebrate the arrival of 2013, it’s time for me to take a look back at the last twelve months of music and give…
Single Reviews – 18 November Philip Lickley’s weekly look at the hottest new singles. Check out what’s worth downloading and what’s worth ignoring this week… Alicia Keys – ’Girl On Fire’ [rating:2.5/5] Buy: Girl On Fire Alicia Keys returns with the lead single off her matchingly-titled fifth album. With some heavy drum beats and vocal…
The Vaccines have today revealed a bit more information regarding their second album The Vaccines… Come Of Age – which is slated for release on 3 September. The artwork for the album, pictured above, features some youngsters looking like the band (see what they did there?) and the full tracklisting is confirmed as: ‘No Hope’ ‘I Always…
