Johnny Marr's Manager Denies The Smiths Reunion Rumours

A shadow of doubt has been cast over the hugely-talked about Smiths reunion, after guitarist Johnny Marr’s manager told NME that ‘it isn’t happening’.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 02 October 2012

I am Giant Offer Free Download Of Current Single 'Purple Heart'

I Am Giant are about to release their anticipated debut album 'The Horrifying Truth' on October 8th, and ahead of the release the band are now offering a free download of their current single 'Purple Heart' recorded live at The Garage, London last month. The download is available here.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 02 October 2012

Adele's '21' To Overtake ABBA's 'Gold: Greatest Hits' As Biggest-Selling CD Of Past 30 Years?

Superstar soul singer Adele is set to overtake Swedish pop group ABBA as the owner of the biggest-selling CD in the UK, as the Official Charts Company compiles a special CD albums report in celebration of 30 years of the CD era.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 02 October 2012

Coheed And Cambria Stream Title Track From New Album ‘The Afterman: Ascension’ - Listen Now

Coheed and Cambria this week released the first track from their forthcoming album for media to stream. The track, ‘The Afterman’, is a sprawling, stripped-back emotion filled piece that showcases the epic beauty Claudio Sanchez and Coheed and Cambria can produce alongside their moments of stadium sized raging thunder.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 02 October 2012

Tweak Bird Announce Release Of New 'Undercover Crops' EP & Free Download Of New Track 'People'

Tweak Bird are back with a brand new EP titled 'Undercover Crops' scheduled for release on October 29th via Volcom Entertainment.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 02 October 2012

Axl Rose To Give First Live Interview For Over 20 Years On Jimmy Kimmel Show

Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose has apparently agreed to do his first live television interview for over 20 years this month, as he hopes to promote his band’s 12-date residency at Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 02 October 2012

Morrissey And Johnny Marr Offered Meat-Free Coachella Festival For The Smiths Performance

Superstar vocalist, and vegetarian, Morrissey has revealed that the organisers of California’s hugely-popular Coachella Festival offered to make their event 100% meat-free if he and his Smiths bandmate Johnny Marr were to reunite.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 02 October 2012

Pitbull And TJR Announce New Single 'Don't Stop The Party'

Hip-hop and rap star Pitbull has teamed up with hot new DJ and producer TJR to create brand new single 'Don't Stop the Party' – you can check it out below.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 02 October 2012

Muse, Taylor Swift And No Doubt To Perform At 2012 MTV EMAs

MTV today announce the first batch of performers for the ‘2012 MTV EMA’, with three of the world’s most popular acts in pop and rock set to take the stage in Germany.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 02 October 2012

Bruno Mars Reveals New Single 'Locked Out Of Heaven' - Listen Now

Bruno Mars has revealed his brand new single, 'Locked Out Of Heaven', this morning!

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 02 October 2012

Lost Alone Announce New Double A-Side Single

Following the huge success of their last single - over 95,000 YouTube views and counting, daytime Radio 1 support as well as playlists on Kerrang!, Total Rock and XFM - LostAlone will be releasing a new double A-side single on November 5th 2012 via Graphite Records. Taken from their critically acclaimed album 'I’m A UFO In This City', 'Vesuvius' and 'Creatures' are live favourites, and will each have their own accompanying video.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 01 October 2012

Introducing: Daley To Release 'Remember Me' Featuring Jessie J - Listen Now

What do Maxwell, Angie Stone, Jill Scott and Pharrell share in common? They all love Daley. This adoration for a new and relatively unknown 22-year-old blue-eyed boy from Manchester from some of the most respected voices in neo-soul speaks for itself; Daley is one to watch. If this is the first you've heard of Daley, check out the below clip.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 01 October 2012

Mumford & Sons New Album 'Babel' Is Fastest Selling Album Of 2012

Folk rock stars Mumford & Sons have bagged the record of having the fastest-selling album of 2012, after their new LP ‘Babel’ raked in over 150,000 sales in it’s first week.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 01 October 2012

Y LUV Stream New EP 'It Doesn't Have To Make Sense' - Listen Now

Y LUV revealed new track 'Driftin’' last Monday. One week and a whopping 30,000 plays later, the indie-pop group from Southern California sat at the top of Hype Machine, looking down on the likes of J.Cole and newcomers Haim.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 01 October 2012

Machine Head Announce Release Of New Live Album

Bay Area metal kings, Machine Head, are set to release a live album, 'Machine Fucking Head Live' on 12th November through Roadrunner Records.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 01 October 2012

Maximo Park Reveal Video For Latest Single 'The Undercurrents' Ahead Of UK Tour

Earlier in the year Maximo Park released what could arguably be one of the albums of the year with 'The National Health' which rocketed into Number 4 in the midweeks while also garnering widespread critical acclaim.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 01 October 2012

JLS Unveil Behind-The-Scenes Footage Of 'Hottest Girl In The World' Video Shoot

JLS have released behind-the-scenes footage of the video shoot for their new single 'Hottest Girl In The World'. The official video for 'Hottest Girl In The World' has already passed the 1 million views mark.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 01 October 2012

Psy Becomes First Korean To Top UK Singles Chart With 'Gangnam Style'

K-pop superstar Psy became the first ever Korean to top the UK Singles chart this weekend, after this world-beating track ‘Gangnam Style’ - officially the most ‘liked’ video on YouTube - hit #1 in over 30 countries.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 01 October 2012

Soundgarden Reveal New Single 'Been Away Too Long' - Listen Now

The end of last week saw the first global radio plays of Soundgarden's new single 'Been Away Too Long' from their eagerly awaited new album 'King Animal' - out on November 12th 2012. The single is available to purchase via digital retailers now and is being given away instantly for free when pre-ordering the album from iTunes. Listen to it over at www.soundgardenworld.com

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 01 October 2012

Kites Announce Self-Release Of 'This Jumped-Up Boy In Livery' - Watch Video Now

London based indie-electro band Kites have announced that they will be self-releasing their brand new single ‘This Jumped-Up Boy in Livery' today.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 01 October 2012

Mike Oldfield Announces He Will Release Olympics Closing Ceremony Music

English musician and composer Mike Oldfield has announced he will be releasing the track he performed at the London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony on October 8th.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 01 October 2012

Gangnam Style Psy Hoping For One Direction Collaboration

South Korean pop singer-songwriter Psy - who’s exploded into the public eye this summer with his track ‘Gangnam Style’ - has confessed that he’d love to collaborate with Simon Cowell’s superstars One Direction.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Friday, 28 September 2012

Tom Odell Announces Release Of Debut EP 'Songs From Another Love'

Tom Odell will release his debut EP ‘Songs From Another Love’ digitally on October 29th. The EP will also be available on a 7” double vinyl on November 12th.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 28 September 2012

Bruno Mars Announces Release Date For New Album 'Unorthodox Jukebox'

Bruno Mars has revealed that his sophomore album, titled 'Unorthodox Jukebox', will be released in the UK on 10th December on Atlantic Records.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 28 September 2012

Radiohead Fans Unhappy At Paperless Ticket Policy After Many Left Out Of Pocket

English alt-rockers Radiohead have come under fire from their own fan this week, after the band employed a new and seemingly ‘unfair’ ticket policy.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Friday, 28 September 2012

Christina Aguilera A 'Risk-Taker' With Musical Releases

American singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera has claimed that she always puts her musical taste before commercial success, and that she often ‘takes risks’ when it comes to what music she puts out.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Friday, 28 September 2012

Hammerfest 5 Announces More Acts Including German Thrash Legends Sodom

Hammerfest 5 has announced more acts for next Spring's event including German Thrash legends Sodom.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 28 September 2012

The Mercy House Ask Fans To Help With Video For New Single 'My Disease'

London's alternative rockers The Mercy House are set to shoot a video for 'My Disease', the second single off their critically acclaimed debut album 'A Broken State of Bliss'. Filming will take place in London during the first weekend of October and they are reaching out to fans to get involved, not only to appear in the video but to also film the action from the mosh-pit to become part of the final piece.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 28 September 2012

Charlee Drew Unveils 'Bringing Me Down' Video

London-based singer Charlee Drew has unveiled the brand new music video for his track ‘Bringing Me Down’ - you can check it out below.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Friday, 28 September 2012

Led Zeppelin Announce Worldwide Cinema Release Of 'Celebration Day'

October 17th will see the worldwide cinema release for one day only of 'Celebration Day', the Led Zeppelin film of their first live show in 27 years.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 28 September 2012