May 14th, 2012

Mick Jagger will have a pair of prestigious backing bands when he hosts the season finale of Saturday Night Live this weekend (May 19th).

Twin Atlantic will head out on a UK tour later this year amidst a growing momentum surrounding the band following the release of their 2011 album ‘Free‘.

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has been praising the influence of Oasis on his generation of aspiring musicians, saying the attitude which exuded from the Gallagher brothers is something that is sorely missing from modern music.

Psych-rock is the damndest thing.

Incubated in a 60s haze, rejuvenated in more recent years to some extent by the likes of The Flaming Lips, Porcupine Tree and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, it is a crude but often wonderfully preposterous musical Marmite that only the admirably brave or mercilessly foolish would attempt to cross over to were it not already their natural inclination.

So into which category does Richard Hawley fall?

Noel Gallagher has been speaking of the dramatic events yesterday (May 14th) which led to his beloved Manchester City winning their first league title since 1968.

Blur will perform four low-key UK shows this summer in preparation for their headline date at London’s Hyde Park to celebrate the end of the London Olympics.

Johnny Marr rejoined The Cribs in Manchester over the weekend during the Wakefield band’s gig at the Manchester Academy.