|
Music Reviews
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by V O'Hagan
|
|
Do you remember Bradley Johnson? The former X Factor contestant overcame school expulsions, arrests and underage binge drinking to reach the giddy heights of the X Factor live shows. Bradley and his band Nu Vibe were voted off the show to save pasty-faced womanizer Frankie Cocozza, but now he’s back, solo, and coming at us like a curved Australian stick.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music Reviews
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by V O'Hagan
|
|
“Please welcome to the stage, Gary Barlow and...Cheryl!” And so the newly surname-less Cheryl pranced onto the Jubilee stage like the most beautiful deer in the entire world, opened her mouth, and then Twitter exploded.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Ben Bland
|
|
Fans of underground metal will be rejoicing this morning at the news that Damnation Festival has added Primordial, Textures and Bossk to its 2012 line-up.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Features
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Heather McDaid
|
|
Hosting festivals across the summer is no coincidence. It's just a given that we'd rather spend days watching bands in the glorious sunshine as opposed to in the midst of a snowy winter. But that's not how nature works. "Oh, T in the Park's this weekend? Best make sure the sun's out." As a UK resident, we understand the unpredictability of our weather and that's probably a fair explanation as to why we always take wellies to festivals... just in case.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Tour News
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Fresh off the back of being hailed as one of NME’s top 20 “Bands To Watch for 2012”, Wet Nuns have announced a new single and UK tour this September.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
|
|
Manchester rock Liam Gallagher has opened up about the band’s next album, and how he and his Beady Eye bandmates have been spending a lot more time on the material they’re working on this time round.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music Reviews
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Emma-Louise Newlyn
|
|
The opening song to 'Banga' re-introduces Smith with ‘Amergio’. Describing the track as “our overture, contemplating the exploits of navigator Amergio Vespucci, from whom America got its name. I imagined Vespucci coming to the New World with great expectations that they would convert the natives, only to find himself utterly transformed by the purity of the land and people” Patti Smith explains in the album’s sleeve notes. Including spoken-word aspects and the poetically driven lyrics she is so well known for, (Smith was once brilliantly described as a ‘Rimbaud with Marshall amps’) she commands the first track with her powerful voice running parallel to rhythmic, stabbing guitars and strings.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
|
|
Legendary singer-songwriter Patti Smith has joined the bill for End of the Road Festival, thus completing the lineup for 2012.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
|
|
Former N-Dubz star Dappy has announced the release date of his debut album ‘Bad Intentions’ - as well a the video for his track ‘I’m Coming: Tarzan 2’.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
New Videos
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Tennessee’s Whitechapel has unleashed the video for the track 'I, Dementia' which comes off of their new full-length self titled album, which was released last week via Metal Blade Records. The video is receiving its exclusive premiere today and was shot by David Brodsky of MyGoodEye as part of the Scion AV Project.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
|
|
Blur star Alex James has confessed that he has ‘no idea’ what direction the band will be taking next, after debuting their two brand new singles ‘The Puritan’ and ‘Under the Westway’.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
|
|
Brooklyn-based dance-punk outfit Friends have unveiled the brand new AlunaGeorge remix of their track ‘I’m His Girl’ - out August 27th.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
|
|
A rare piece of White Stripes vinyl managed to sell for $12700 today - despite it being branded as the record ‘no-one wanted’.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
New Videos
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Daniel Powter is to return to the music scene with new album ‘Turn On The Lights’ on 16th July and it’s immediately obvious that Powter is an artist re-energized.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Tour News
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Pop-punkers Tonight Alive have announced a string of dates for an autumn UK tour. Support of the tour comes from LostAlone. Tonight Alive Tickets are on sale from 9am on Friday.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
|
|
In trouble Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe will remain in a Czech prison for at least another 10 days, as video footage of the incident for which he is being charged with manslaughter surfaces online.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Tour News
|
|
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Following their performance at June's Download Festival, LostAlone are happy to announce new dates as special guests of Tonight Alive on their European October 2012 tour.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Monday, 02 July 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
This evening, from the rooftop of their west London studio, Blur performed two brand new songs via a worldwide live video stream.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Tour News
|
|
Monday, 02 July 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Southern California punk rockers Pennywise have been forced to cancel the last leg of their European tour. At the Full Force Festival last Friday singer Zoli collapsed on stage a few times during the set. He was taken to the emergency room where they said he needed an immediate operation, or risk the chance of paralysis.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Monday, 02 July 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Following a hugely successful appearance at this year's Download Festival, Soil get set to rock Hard Rock Hell 6 this December 2nd, which this year takes place at Haven Hafan y Môr Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
