January 5th, 2010

The official video for Codeine Velvet Club’s ‘Hollywood’, out now as a double A-side with ‘I Am the Resurrection’.

Nada Surf bring their trademark sense of harmony and musical craftsmanship to 12 of their favorite songs with their latest release, if i had a hi-fi, their first album of covers. Only a group with their wide-ranging and eclectic taste could bring songs from such artists as Kate Bush, Dwight Twilley and the Go-Betweens together into a coherent, intelligent record. hi-fi also includes some intriguingly obscure numbers like Spanish band Mecromina’s “Evolution” and Bill Fox’s power-pop “Electrocution.”

Former Beatle Sir Macca has recorded instrumental tracks for a song on the first solo album of Travis frontman Fran Healy, tentatively titled ‘Wreckorder‘

As his show of appreciation Healy thanked the star by becoming a vegetarian as Sir Paul is a strict vegetarian himself.

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has revealed the band are set to release new material this year despite the band quitting playing live last year.

In a message on the band’s official website, Reznor said: “2010 has a number of things planned including new material from Nine Inch Nails and something else that isn’t Nine Inch Nails. I am in a state of rediscovery and reinvention that feels unfamiliar, unsure and exactly what I need.”

Muse’s fifth studio album ‘The Resistance‘ has taken home the Best Art Vinyl 2010 award, after beating Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For The Plague Lovers‘ into second place. The public chose the artwork, which was designed by La Boca, ahead of other major acts such as Green Day, Massive Attack and Pet Shop Boys. The annual prize was won last year US band Fleet Foxes‘ self-titled debut album.