Month: January 2010

BRMC (photo © live4ever) Listening to ‘Beat The Devils Tattoo’ is akin to going on a journey through the highlights of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s back catalogue, where you arrive at a place of familiarity and relief. That’s the relief that they haven’t gone all Kings Of Leon on…

Bet you did not know that it’s often cheaper to buy albums on CD than via Internet download? Bargain hunting website Tunechecker.com aids music fans at finding the best deal available by returning prices from 14 shops including Amazon and iTunes. Simply enter the name of the album or single…

Jeff Beck and Imelda May (photo) will be featured in a special tribute to Les Paul at tomorrow’s 52 annual Grammy Award spectacular, broadcast live on CBS (8pm EST) Other nominees and stars slated to perform are Jamie Foxx, T-Pain who will perform with Slash and Doug E. Fresh ,…

Cold War Kids (photo © Live4ever) Long Beach California Indie rockers Cold War Kids played two sold-out shows in NYC at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday and  last night (Friday,29th) at Manhattan’s  west-side venue, who everyone seems to love to hate, Terminal 5 . As a special treat for…

Vampire Weekend (photo © live4ever) For younger generations in the UK, there has long been an enviable awe surrounding all things New York – the centre of style and the bastion of ‘cool’. Whether it’s for the latest fashion, TV shows or the newest musical trends, it seems the UK…

Frightened Rabbit will make their Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival debut when they perform alongside Muse, MGMT, the Dead Weather, Hot Chip, Devo and many others on day two of the three-day desert fest taking place April 16-18 in Indio, Calif. SXSW in March will launch their first set…

This coming Saturday will be the anniversary of The Beatles‘ legendary Rooftop Concert in 1969. To mark the event, please help us count down ten of the most important and significant live performances of all time: Related news: Live4ever Interview: John Power of Cast Live4ever Interview: Shambolics…

Alan McGee, the former Creation Records boss who discovered bands such as Oasis and Primal Scream, has said the Brit Awards should be scrapped. The annual industry get-together will take place at London’s Earls Court next month, but it seems McGee is one member of the music industry who won’t…

New Rock-umentary to screen  on Tuesday 2nd February, for ONE NIGHT ONLY in UK & Ireland cinemas. Julien Temple’s Oil City Confidential is the last film in his trilogy on British music of the 1970s. It is a prequel to his landmark films about punk figureheads the Sex Pistols in…

Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Trio will embark on a UK and European tour on April 17th, when they perform what is described as “A Night of Deep Noise.” Featuring Lou Reed (processed & unprocessed guitars & mini continuum), Ulrich Krieger (tenor sax & live-electronics), and Sarth Calhoun (live processing &…

London’s latest indie rock sensation MUMFORD & SONS announce the new, earlier release date of their much-anticipated, critically-acclaimed debut Sigh No More. The album will be released February 16th in the US on Glassnote Records. Related news:…

Florence and the Machine have announced details of a UK tour to take place in May, beginning in Dublin before commencing with three dates at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. Tickets go on sale at 9am (GMT) on January 29th. Dates: Dublin Olympia Theatre, May 2nd/3rd Edinburgh Corn Exchange, 5th/6th Blackpool Empress…

The Specials have announced two dates in the US in April – their first US gigs since 1980. The band, who were at the forefront of the British New Wave/Ska scene in the the early Eighties, are set to appear at the legendary Coachella festival on April 16th, before moving…

Kasabian can add the NME Awards to the growing list of nominations for their album ‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum‘ after the record was selected in this year’s Best Album category. The group will face stiff competition from Arctic Monkeys‘ third album ‘Humbug‘ amongst others, while…

I get a message the other day asking me politely to review a band. This is a common occurrence as a reviewer and most of the time the bands/artist are quite good. Only a tiny minority blow me away and this time I’ll go as far as to proclaim: ‘…

The Boy Who Trapped the Sun is a wry, alt-folkish singer-songwriter from the Isle of Lewis. Related news:…