Month: January 2012

The new single from Sam Gray, out Feb 19th – taken from the debut album ‘Brighter Day’

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REM‘s early Nineties single ‘Everybody Hurts‘ has been voted ‘the most depressing song of all time’ by a new survey.

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Mark Lanegan is like a liquor-soaked deity, down in the silt, keeping celestial and scrambling for faith.

He sees you, me, himself and reunites us all in song; a great big melting pot of angels, souls intertwining as blithely as smoke moves through the air. His voice, the bruised communicator, …

Spiritualized have unveiled a large North American tour as they prepare to release the album ‘Sweet Heart Sweet Light‘ state-side in April 2012.

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Tribes (Photo: Live4ever Media)

London newcomers Tribes have announced a spring UK tour in support of their UK top 20 debut album ‘Baby‘.

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A spokesman for HMV has said news of another drop in weekly albums sales shouldn’t be a surprise due to traditional slow buying trends during the month of January.

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It should only seem fitting that upon venturing within ear-shot of Melbourne’s Festival Hall – a venue famous for housing the Fab Four a half century ago – the mighty guitar racket of none-other than NME indie-rock flag-bearers The Vaccines could be heard blaring through the doors at full volume; …

U2‘s manager Paul McGuinness has said online music streaming services ‘should be encouraged’, but also admitted artists are yet to be convinced by the medium as they do not foresee any financial benefits.

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Glaswegian alt rockers Twin Atlantic stopped by The Studio @ Webster Hall in NYC in support of UK headliners You Me at Six and won over the capacity crowd of hard to please New Yorkers from the get go with their signature tight and energetic set. Twin Atlantic are Sam …

Arctic Monkeys lead the way on the shortlist for the 2012 NME Awards, picking up nominations in each of the four major categories for which they are eligible.

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Jack White has announced both the title and release date of his much anticipated debut solo album.

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The Vaccines (Photo: Live4ever Media)

The Vaccines have confirmed material set to be recorded for their second album is now ‘mostly written’, and will be worked on in Belgium with producer Ethan Johns ahead of a planned release date sometime this year.

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This band doesn’t die easily. They’ve been surviving line-up changes for 40 odd years, and it’s kept them sounding fresh and alive and dangerous. Now the immortal Scott Gorham returns with Thin Lizzy, Mark-God-Knows-What-Number-We’re-Up-To, and you’d hardly know they’d been away.

It’s not hard to guess there’s a classic rock …

Two Door Cinema Club have declared themselves ‘really proud’ of their remixed version of Lady Gaga‘s track ‘Electric Chapel‘.

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New Order have unveiled an extra four UK dates for April and May this year in the wake of news of legal proceedings being instigated against them by estranged bass player Peter Hook.

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Noel Gallagher has confirmed the fourth single to be taken from his debut solo album ‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds‘ will be ‘Dream On‘.

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