Category: News
NEWS: New Radiohead album The King Of Limbs out this weekend!
They’ve sure sprung a surprise on us this time. With all members making vague references to recordings in progress and having no idea when it will be finished in recent interviews we suddenly get the announcement today that The King Of Limbs will be out this Saturday (19th February) with a special digital release of the album selling for £6.00 The band announced the new album – … Continue reading NEWS: New Radiohead album The King Of Limbs out this weekend!
NEWS: Stream the first single from the new Kills album…
The Kills have a new album Blood Pressures ready to drop on 4th April. To tide you over here is a stream of the first single Satellite… Tracklisting 01. Future Starts Slow 02. Satellite 03. Heart Is A Beating Drum 04. Nail In My Coffin 05. Wild Charms 06. DNA 07. Baby Says 08. The Last Goodbye 09. Damned If She Do 10. You Don’t … Continue reading NEWS: Stream the first single from the new Kills album…
NEWS: 2010 Australian Music Prize Nominations…
The only good music award in Australia rolls around again and the nominations are out. No real surprises in there other than Gareth Liddiard’s solo record which flew under the radar for many – great album though it is and deserved to be nominated. I’m going for either Tame Impala or Richard In Your Mind to win on the day… 2010 AMP nominations: Cloud Control … Continue reading NEWS: 2010 Australian Music Prize Nominations…
NEWS: The White Stripes officially split…
The White Stripes have announced today that they will not record or tour… The White Stripes would like to announce that today, February 2nd, 2011, their band has officially ended and will make no further new recordings of perform live. The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any health issues as both Meg and Jack are feeling … Continue reading NEWS: The White Stripes officially split…
NEWS: Primal Scream release Screamadelica Re-mastered (20th Anniversary)
The Very Limited Collector’s Edition Box Set includes: Replica 1991 Get Loaded Tour T-shirt, redesigned by Bobby Gillespie, recreated by ‘Worn By’ (size L). Screamadelica Re-mastered (on CD & Double heavyweight LP). Screamadelica Live In L.A 1991 (**Previously Unreleased!**). Re-mastered Mixes (7”& 12” edits PLUS original remixes from Andy Wetherall, Terry Farley, The Orb and many more). Re-mastered Dixy Narco EP. DVD featuring brand new … Continue reading NEWS: Primal Scream release Screamadelica Re-mastered (20th Anniversary)
VIDEO: Okkervil River | Wake & Be Fine
Okkervil River debuted a new song on Fallon last week, taken from their forthcoming album I Am Very Far (May 10). With AC Newman accompanying on vocals it is a rollicking stagger of a song… Check it out HERE Continue reading VIDEO: Okkervil River | Wake & Be Fine
NEWS: The Strokes LP4 out in March…
Bassist Nikolai Fraiture has confirmed that the new Strokes record is due out on March 22nd via RCA with the first single to drop in February. Not many other details about the album have been revealed yet and the big question will be whether they can regain some of the magic of their first two albums – hopefully the longer layoff of 5 years has … Continue reading NEWS: The Strokes LP4 out in March…
2011… The Year Ahead
With the flicking over of the calendar another 365 days begin and record companies slide into another release schedule. In the southern hemisphere we are inundated with festivals so the good part of January will be spent outdoors in the searing sun at the Big Day Out, Laneway Festival, Soundwave, Sydney Festival, Mona Foma and many more. Laneway this year promises to be one of … Continue reading 2011… The Year Ahead
ON TOUR: Stone Temple Pilots head down under…
Stone Temple Pilots will visit Australia and NZ in March 2011 as part of their reunion tour. Hopefully they make it as Scott Weiland has apparently had a few incidents and encounters since the band reconvened last year. Mar 16, 2011 Challenge Stadium, Perth – All Ages Mar 19, 2011 Festival Hall, Melbourne – All Ages Mar 20, 2011 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – All Ages … Continue reading ON TOUR: Stone Temple Pilots head down under…
NEWS: listen to a preview from Jamie Hutchings’ new album…
Jamie Hutchings has a new album in the can and due for release in March 2011. Avalon Cassettes will be out on Laughing Outlaw Records via Inertia and hopefully also as a limited vinyl pressing. Hutchings toured Europe earlier this year and you can check out some stills shot by brother Scott on the tour and hear the stark and haunting New Vagabond over here… Continue reading NEWS: listen to a preview from Jamie Hutchings’ new album…
NEWS: Ride’s Nowhere gets the deluxe treatment…
On the 21st of December, in what will probably be the last of a number of great reissues in 2010 (Bowie’s Station To Station, Teardrop Explodes Kilimanjaro, Frankie’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome and Iggy & James Williamson’s Kill City) Rhino have seen fit to release the deluxe version of Ride’s classic album Nowhere on its 20th anniversary. Nowhere came at the crossroads of British guitar … Continue reading NEWS: Ride’s Nowhere gets the deluxe treatment…
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