April 19th, 2012

After hitting Austin for the first time back in 2010 as a band with over a year’s worth of toil ahead of them before the release of their debut album, The Minutes returned this year with ‘Marcata’ now fully established as one of the best underground releases of recent times, one which is already starting to deliver the kind of mainstream attention the Dublin trio so clearly deserve.

The first weekend of this year’s Coachella festival enjoyed its largest ever attendance figures, according to NBC Los Angeles.

The View will preview new material at two intimate UK shows next month as they prepare to release the new album ‘Cheeky For a Reason‘ on July 2nd.

Arctic Monkeys‘ new b-side ‘Electricity‘, which will back the single ‘R U Mine‘, has emerged online and can be streamed below.

Paul McCartney has confirmed the details of his ‘RAM‘ re-issue, which is due out on May 21st.

The Pixies have made a four-track live EP available to download for free from their official website.

The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach has said the blues duo had no aspirations to be rock stars during their decade-long rise to fame.

Blur are to re-release their entire back catalogue in a special deluxe box-set as they celebrate the 21st anniversary of debut album ‘Leisure‘.