February 6th, 2012

The Red Hot Chili Peppers just released an interactive music video where users can pan the camera back and forth between rooms at will, zoom in and out of different aspects — and discover hidden easter eggs that contain links to photos and videos. The video was produced for the band’s latest single, “Look Around.” This version is a spin off of the individual videos released in January featuring the members performing the song in their respective rooms.

Sir Paul McCartney has admitted to still feeling ‘a sense of wonder’ when he looks back on his time with The Beatles, and has to ask himself if he was ‘really there’.

Once maligned and written off, now ripened and more respected with four studio albums and a greatest hits collection under their belts, InMe return with PledgeMusic-financed fifth offering ‘The Pride‘, once again attempting to demonstrate their oft-unrecognised importance to UK rock.

The Essex band are frequently ones to fall victim to the industry’s suppressed memory of turn-of-the-century alt-metal, but their continued survival and perseverance amidst the collapse of like-minded distortion straddlers over the years is down to the fact that InMe chose to smarten up and challenge their maturing fan-base by evolving into a slightly more complicated beast.

Reformed Liverpool band Cast have announced the second single to be taken from their comeback album ‘Troubled Times‘.

Lana Del Rey has enjoyed the UK’s biggest first week sales of the year so far after going straight to number one yesterday with ‘Born To Die‘.

OK Go have released the video for their latest single ‘Needing/Getting‘, and are already well on their way to another internet hit.

Laura Marling, Gruff Rhys and Anna Calvi are amongst the artists due to celebrate the 10th birthday of BBC 6Music next month.

Bon Iver leader Justin Vernon has revealed the band have turned down an invitation to perform at this month’s Grammy Awards.

Noel Gallagher has described his intriguing collaborative album with the Amorphous Androgynous as being ‘on the backburner’ due to the success of his debut effort ‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds‘.