Month: August 2015

Public Image Ltd‘s ‘Double Trouble‘ is the highest new entry on this week’s UK Vinyl Singles Chart, which is led by a re-entry from Disturbed. Related news:…

Alt-J @ Leeds Festival 2015 (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever) Alt-J are looking forward to a break very soon but are equally excited about beginning work on a follow-up to last year’s ‘This Is All Yours‘ album. Related news:…

Spector‘s ‘Moth Boys’ leads a host of new entries on this week’s UK Record Store Chart. Related news: Bill Ryder-Jones, Marika Hackman among highest new entries on UK Record Store Chart Black Grape, Green Day among highest new entries on UK Record Store Chart The Reytons top UK …

Pete Doherty and Carl Barat of The Libertines headlining Leeds Festival 2015 (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever) The Libertines brought this year’s Reading Festival to an end last night (August 30th), performing a set mixed with modern favourites and fresh cuts from their upcoming ‘Anthems For Doomed Youth‘ album. Related…

Wondering if you’ve missed out on any of the week’s top news stories? Wonder no longer – here Live4ever looks back on ten of the biggest headlines we featured during the last seven days in British music. Related news:…

Keith Richards has shared two new tracks from his upcoming solo album ‘Crosseyed Heart‘ – ‘Amnesia‘ and ‘Substantial Damage‘ are both streaming via Spotify below. Related news:…

Mumford & Sons used their headline set at last night’s (August 28th) to announce a tour of the UK in November and December. Related news:…

Few bands ever reach this plain, but for Foals ‘What Went Down‘ sees them in a place seldom occupied: they’re in the hyper-real state known as Flow. A term first coined in 1990 by Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow (roughly) applies to a condition in which humans gain happiness and…

The Strypes (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever) The Fratellis and The Strypes have both debuted inside the Top 20 on this week’s UK Album Chart. Related news: The Magic Gang announce farewell tour of the UK…

Live4ever’s New Tunes Guide is led this week by highlights Galants. Galants’ new single ‘Seventeen’ is this week’s New Tunes Guide highlight following on from ‘This is Heaven’. The Dublin band’s second of three summer singles was made available to download from August 27th on Bandcamp and will be followed…

Foals have made their new album ‘What Went Down‘ available in full via Spotify and you can take a listen at the end of this article. Related news:…

Royal Blood (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever) Royal Blood will provide chief support for Foo Fighters when the band returns to the UK to play rescheduled outdoor gigs next month. TICKETS Related news:…

Paul Smith first made a name for himself through a sharp lyrical wit and charismatic presence whilst fronting Maxïmo Park. Concise, literary lyrics contrasting against the band’s frantic power-pop instrumentation made Maxïmo Park one of the most memorable bands to come out of the mid-aughts indie rock boom. Now,…

Paul Alexander Knox Frankie & The Heartstrings will support The Charlatans during December UK tour dates in Nottingham, Cardiff, Norwich, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Dundee, Newcastle, Liverpool and London. Related news:…

The Maccabees will celebrate the chart-topping success of their ‘Marks To Prove It‘ album during UK dates in November 2015 and January next year. Related news: Pixies, Modest Mouse announce second co-headline North American tour…

He’s back with a new album after overcoming a long period of serious ill health, and he’s not impressed with what he sees. Yep, Motorhead‘s Lemmy has cast a withering verdict on the current state of rock and roll during an interview with Kerrang! (via Blabbermouth). Related news:…