Indie pop darlings Saint Etienne are making a comeback with their first original studio album since 2005′s Tales from Turnpike House. The band are due to release their brand new single ‘Tonight‘ on 5th March, but for a limited period you can download it for free from their website: Saint Etienne Here’s what band member [...]
Greedy old rockers Pink Floyd are being tipped for an ‘original line-up’ reunion later this year. The dinosaurs of prog-rock are rumoured to be reuniting with former member Roger Waters for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, that other tight-fisted pop legend Paul McCartney is also supposed to be cashing in on the event. [...]
Continue reading …Nick Cave shocked his audience at the Meredith Music Festival last night by announcing that his band, Grinderman, were splitting. I’m not entirely sure if this can really be considered a split, assuming Cave, Ellis, Casey and Sclavunos continue to record together as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, but as far as the ‘side-project’ [...]
Continue reading …Legendary iconic Manchester band the Stone Roses are being hotly tipped for a reunion, 15 years after they split. Although no official confirmation has been made, a press conference has been announced at a hotel in London on Tuesday where a “very important announcement” will be made. People may be jumping the gun a little, [...]
Continue reading …Rock legends REM have announced they are splitting up, after 31 years of working together. The band made a statement on their website today (Wednesday 21st September). “We have decided to call it a day as a band,” they said. “To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening.” Over [...]
Continue reading …As hinted at back in April, when Bush announced the release of Director’s Cut, her reworking of The Sensual World and The Red Shoes albums, a new album is on the horizon. Bush’s tenth studio album, entitled 50 Words For Snow, is set for a November release. It will feature seven brand new tracks “set [...]
Continue reading …French experimental electro-pop band Krapp released their debut album A Void On A Cradle this week on Fluttery Records. Krapp have been around since 2008 and are made up primarily of vocalist Olga Svobodova and multi-instrumentalist Mr. K, plus a host of guest musicians. Although hailing from France, Krapp’s experimental sound is reminiscent of Scandinavian [...]
Continue reading …Eccentric singer Kate Bush has hinted that she may perform live again for the first time since 1979. Bush will release a new album on 16th May, Director’s Cut is a re-recording and re-imagining of songs from her The Sensual World and The Red Shoes albums. But in an interview with Mojo magazine this month [...]
Continue reading …Nick Cave, currently touring the US with his ‘other band’ Grinderman has announced that a brand new Bad Seeds album will be released sometime next year. Speaking to Spinner this week Cave told them that he plans to begin writing lyrics for a new Bad Seeds album in the new year, just as soon as [...]
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