New Music
by Nina Bertok
A slight return of sorts to a weekly tracks column gets underway with Bright Light Bright Light, Metronomy, Dirtmusic and Bo Ningen.
by Michael Hubbard
The song is not new. In fact it appeared on Body Talk Pt 2 a couple of years ago. But Robyn decided to make a video for U Should Know Better anyway, in which London...
by Michael Hubbard
Fuck Buttons, following hot on the heels of their Primavera Sound appearances in Barcelona last week and Porto this, are set to unleash the first taste of their absolutely immense third album Slow Focus. The...
by Michael Hubbard
Fresh from headlining musicOMH’s stage at The Great Escape in Brighton, Lewis Watson is set to release four more songs. He’s doing this by means of an EP which he has, in the great tradition...
by Michael Hubbard
Following her recent Danger EP, which featured collaborations with Diplo, Jessie Ware, Iggy Azalea and Wiley, Katy B releases her first single proper from her upcoming second album, due this summer through Columbia. It’s called...
by John Murphy
At the start of the year, Standard Fare broke plenty of indie-poppers’ hearts when they announced their split after just two albums. Those hearts may be slightly healed though with lead singer Emma Kupa’s new...
by Martyn Young
Dizzee Rascal has marked his return this summer by unveiling Goin’ Crazy, the first single from his forthcoming album The Fifth. The single is a collaboration with Robbie Williams and the video for the track...
by Martyn Young
South Wales psych-pop experimentalists Islet have announced their return with Triangulation Station, the first track taken from their forthcoming second album Released By The Movement. The track was recorded in the quartet’s home city of...
by Martyn Young
Newly expanded Leeds band Sky Larkin have unveiled the first track to be taken from their forthcoming third album. Motto is the first new material from the band following the departure of bassist Doug Adams...
by Michael Hubbard
Pet Shop Boys return this summer with their first album on their own label, and have just unveiled Axis, the first track from it. The follow-up to last year’s reflective Elysium album, Electric takes things...
by Michael Hubbard
Savages have today premiered a new video for Shut Up, a track on the band’s forthcoming debut album – one of the year’s most anticipated releases – Silence Yourself (out 6 May through Matador/Pop Noire)....
by Andy Baber
Miles Kane has previewed his eagerly anticipated second LP Don’t Forget Who You Are by releasing a single of the same name. The album, which is the follow-up to 2011’s debut Colour Of The Trap,...
by Andy Baber
Tribes have released a new single to precede their imminent second album, Wish To Scream, which is due out on 20 May via Island. Dancehall is not a big departure for the Camden four-piece, but...
by Max Raymond
Sigur Rós have unveiled a new video for Brennisteinn, a track set to appear on their upcoming seventh album, Kveikur, out on the 17 June through XL. Brennisteinn is the first taster of new material...
by Andy Baber
Bobby Womack has released a video for his brand new track It’s Been A Long Night – one of four new tracks featuring on the expanded edition last year’s critically-acclaimed album, The Bravest Man In...
by Martyn Young
Vampire Weekend have premiered two new songs from their forthcoming third album Modern Vampires Of The City. Diane Young and Step form a double A-side single that highlights two very different sides to the New...
by Michael Hubbard
Astonishing singer, songwriter, acrobatic livewire and icon Rokia Traoré returns in April with new album Beautiful Africa, the follow-up to 2009’s superb Tchamantché, and has shared a seductive new video for the track Mélancolie (video...
by Michael Hubbard
ABBA legend Agnetha Fältskog has announced details of a new album called A, due for release on 13 May. The new collection is preceded by a “curtain-raising” track, When You Really Loved Someone (video below). Agnetha has...
by Michael Hubbard
The Knife have released a video for a second Shaking The Habitual track, A Tooth For An Eye, directed by Roxy Farhat and Kakan Hermansson. Say the duo: “A Tooth For An Eye deconstructs images...
by Andy Baber
Phoenix have offered up a tantalising glimpse of what is to come on their fifth studio album, Bankrupt!, by releasing a new video for their stunning single Entertainment. Following its premiere on Zane Lowe’s Radio...
by Martyn Young
Mudhoney have premiered another new track from their forthcoming ninth album Vanishing Point. I Like It Small is a typical piece of sleazy rock ‘n’ roll from the grunge rock survivors shot through with a...
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