sian_wNow if you’ve ever heard the song ‘Terrible Love’ then you’ll know the somewhat dark, melodic and melancholy tones of the Brooklyn based, Ohio formed band The National. The National ‘Terrible Love’ was one of my favourite songs of 2010; there is just something oddly comforting about lead singer Matt Berninger’s voice singing lyrics such as ‘It takes an ocean not to break.’ Now, three years after their last album ‘High…
The Lake Poets feat. Ajimal – Edinburgh
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Martin Longstaff (left) of The Lake Poets and Fran O Hanlon (right) of Ajimal. Today’s dose of new music is provided by Martin Longstaff (A.K.A The Lake Poets), hailing from Sunderland, UK. In the first of a series of live collaborations curated by Generator (an organisation which focuses on artist development and supporting new found musicians), brooding singer/songwriter The Lake Poets has teamed up with fellow North-East music scene cohort Ajimal for a unique…
Phoenix released new video directed by Sophia Coppola: Chloroform
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Source Picture from the Chloroform video The daughter of the well known film director Francis Ford Coppola helped her husband, the Phoenix’s frontman Thomas Mars, to release the band’s newest video for the song Chloroform. You can check out the video at MoMA POPRALLY. Chloroform is the 7th track from the bands latest album, Bankrupt!, released in April this year. In April, they also released a video for another song from the same…
Foals unveil ‘Out Of The Woods’ video
Andrei MihaiA new video from the band’s third album ‘Holy Fire’ was released. It’s a good song, a ncie video, nothign really out of the ordinary, just good music from the Foals. The single will be out on October 28, and meanwhile, the Foals are working on releasing a recording of their gig at London’s Royal Albert Hall earlier this year on CD and DVD. They also recently added three more dates to their UK and…
Mumford and Sons go on indefinite hiatus
It’s as simple as it sounds: Mumford and Sons will go on a hiatus, and the hiatus won’t end in the forseeable future. The band revealed their plan to take a break following a mammoth tour of their newest album “Babel” which won several Grammys, broke sales records and ended in Kansas. “There won’t be any Mumford & Sons activities for the foreseeable future following Friday’s show,” said keyboardist Ben Lovett on what will be…
The Strypes – A Snapshot into the Future?
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Snapshot… Where to start? This album is the closest we’ve had to the raw sound of the early sixties since the early sixties. Aged only between 16 and 17, and with their debut album reaching the top 5, these 4 boys are really starting to make a name for themselves. They’ve already got Jeff Beck, Paul Weller, Roger Daltrey, Noel Gallagher and Dave Grohl behind them, and I think if 5 of the biggest musicians in the…
Arctic Monkeys: Drunk texts are a bad idea
A little piece of wisdom came today from the Arctic Monkeys, who took a couple of minutes to talk to NME about their new album, ‘AM’ sending drunk texts and practising yoga in Los Angeles. Good stuff.
Kings Of Leon cover Robyn’s ‘Dancing On My Own’
Usually, we get guitar driven songs covered by electronic/pop artists, so it’s really nice to see it go the other way around. The Nashville band recorded their take on the electronic pop track from Robyn’s 2010 single ‘Dancing On My Own’. The song was actually recorded today, September 10, for BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. Kings Of Leon will release their sixth album, ‘Mechanical Bull’, on September 24, an album which is more “complicated” and…
Arcade Fire reveals new single (featuring David Bowie), announce world tour
Arcade Fire have streamed their new single, Reflektor – the first piece off their upcoming fourth studio LP, featuring vocals from David Bowie. But wait – there’s more! The song premier was immediately followed by the premiere of two music videos for the song. Pretty interesting stuff, you don’t really see two videos for the same song… but then again, there’s probably a reason why you don’t. The first video you’ve probably already seen it…
Arctic Monkeys streaming album before official release
‘AM’ – the newest Arctic Monkeys album is up for streaming on iTunes. The album, which is set for release on September 9, is their fifth, and includes some notable guests, including Josh Homme and former member of The Coral, Bill Ryder-Jones. In an interview with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner said that the album title was inspired by the Velvet Underground’s 1985 compilation album VU. “I actually stole…