Arca announces deluxe ‘Xen’ edition, featuring new material
Venezuelan producer has also announced new live dates.
5th March 2015
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5th March 2015
Björk, FKA twigs, Arca & Jesse Kanda to play Manchester International Festival
2015 programme also includes Damon Albarn’s musical, ‘wonder.land’.
5th March 2015
Everything Everything, Charli XCX, Kasabian and more join Positivus Festival
They join St Vincent, Jungle and more.
5th March 2015
Watch Florence + The Machine debut new song at intimate London gig
Tufnell Park Dome hosted Florence Welch’s live comeback.
5th March 2015
Puppy get into the heart of the mosh with debut ‘Forever’ video
Anonymous thrashers’ debut track is one of 2015’s brightest first steps so far.
5th March 2015
Blood Orange shares new ‘Delancey’ demo
Track was written by Dev Hynes earlier this week.
5th March 2015
San Cisco bassist Nick Gardner shoots hole in foot
The Aussie musician was helping out at a friend’s farm at the time.
5th March 2015
British actor gets lead role in Rivers Cuomo TV pilot
Six foot one tall, dark, chiseled and commanding. All he needs is a pair of glasses, right?
5th March 2015
Watch Purity Ring perform ‘Begin Again’ on Seth Meyers
The band took ‘Another Eternity’ to American telly.
5th March 2015
Coasts unveil new single ‘Modern Love’
The band will release the track on April 28th alongside remixes from RAC, Friction and Lost Kings.
5th March 2015
Metallica to release early demo on cassette for Record Store Day
The band will give their 1982 demo ‘No Life ‘Til Leather’ a new release this April.
5th March 2015
Deerhoof, Blanck Mass, Brontide added to ArcTanGent 2015
Acts join previously announced headliners Deafheaven and The Dillinger Escape Plan.
5th March 2015
Outfit announce new ‘Slowness’ LP, share ‘Genderless’ track
Liverpool group’s second LP is out this June on Memphis Industries.
5th March 2015
4th March 2015
Win tickets to Courtney Barnett’s London album launch
We’re giving away five tickets to the Aussie’s Red Gallery shindig.
4th March 2015
Best Coast, Swim Deep, Prides & more join the bill for Dot to Dot 2015
Manchester / Bristol / Nottingham fest celebrates its 10th Birthday this year.
4th March 2015
Only Real airs new ‘Can’t Get Happy’ video
Sun-kissed woe-rinser’s being backed with a cartoon-heavy video.
4th March 2015
Tellison return with new single ‘Tact Is Dead’, announce UK tour dates
The band have also signed to Alcopop Records ahead of the release of their third album.
4th March 2015
Hear new tracks from Bruising, California Carpool & more on Beech Coma’s ‘Vol. 3’ compilation
London label is paving the way for forward-thinking alt-pop.
4th March 2015
Speedy Ortiz - The Graduates
Give Speedy Ortiz wizard gowns, mortarboards and scrolls; ‘The Graduates’ marks their graduation to the big leagues.
4th March 2015
Spring King, Yak, Lucy Rose confirmed for Live at Leeds 2015
May fest will also host Raleigh Ritchie and Rhodes.
4th March 2015
Bjork reveals cover art for ‘Vulnicura’ physical release
The album is out physically this month after the digital rush release in January.
4th March 2015
Kanye West takes on London Koko with all-conquering, last-minute late show
A unique occasion and a supporting cast helps define a night that truly belongs to the big draw — West himself.
4th March 2015
The White Stripes will release ‘Get Behind Me Satan’ vinyl on Record Store Day
Wax copy of the album to be released for the first time, ten years on
4th March 2015
Conspiracy theories, political plots — Muse’s ‘Drones’ guarantees madness
DIY looks ahead to the group’s seventh studio album.
4th March 2015
The reign in Spain: The best new bands from the land of the setting sun
There’s a raucous pack of Spanish bands starting to make waves worldwide — and Hinds are just the beginning…
4th March 2015
The Neu Bulletin (4th March 2015)
DIY’s new music tips, featuring Haelos, Jimmy Whispers and Oxy Punk.
4th March 2015
Coming Home: Meet Leon Bridges
Taking lessons from the past, this Texas newcomer’s music is the very definition of timeless. With White Denim’s approval, he’s stepping into the future.
4th March 2015
Swim Deep get ‘a little weird’ at London live return
Yet, as Ridley Scott would appreciate, it may be alien; but that sure don’t stop it from being bloody incredible.
4th March 2015
Låpsley unveils new video for ‘Brownlow’ track
Holly Fletcher stars in a self-directed new clip.
4th March 2015
Brandon Flowers, Bethany Cosentino for LA Brian Wilson tribute concert
Wayne Coyne, Norah Jones and Devendra Banhart are also among those to appear.
4th March 2015
Ratking release new ‘700 Fill’ album via BitTorrent
Follow-up to ‘So It Goes’ contains nine new tracks, instrumentals and videos in one bundles.
4th March 2015
Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn addresses line-up criticisms
Festival Republic head acknowledged a lack of female artists on this year’s bill.
4th March 2015
Braids preview new album with ‘Taste’
Jolting electronic track is taken from ‘Deep in the Iris’.
4th March 2015
Marina And The Diamonds reveals new video for ‘Forget’
Her newest Froot of the Month has been given the visual treatment.
4th March 2015
Tanlines announce new ‘Highlights’ LP, stream ‘Slipping Away’
Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor is on production dues for the new album.
4th March 2015
Nosaj Thing unveils ‘Cold Stares’ track, ft. Chance the Rapper
Minimalist production backs Chance’s new feature, taken from the ‘Fated’ LP.
4th March 2015
Years & Years set to get first #1 single with ‘King’
DIY’s Class of 2015 coverstars are 32,000 copies ahead of Ellie Goulding in the midweeks.
4th March 2015
Joanna Gruesome share new single ‘Honestly Do Yr Worst’
The band’s new single marks the first preview proper of the band’s forthcoming second album ‘Peanut Butter’
4th March 2015
Yak cover Karen Dalton on rollicking new B‑side, ‘Something On Your Mind’
London trio are supporting Peace on their October UK tour.
4th March 2015
Animal Collective are heading back into the studio later this year
“It’s safe to say that some time this year we’ll record,” confirmed Panda Bear, speaking to Lauren Laverne earlier today.
4th March 2015
PINS announce ‘Wild Nights’ album, share ‘Too Little Too Late’ track
Manchester punks’ second LP is out this June on Bella Union.
4th March 2015
Chastity Belt share new single ‘Joke’
Seattle-based group air new track taken from ‘Time To Go Home’.
4th March 2015
Public Enemy, Lightning Bolt, Swans to play ATP Iceland 2015
New names join Iggy Pop, Belle and Sebastian for this year’s fest.
4th March 2015
Florence + The Machine, Tame Impala, Battles to play Electric Picnic 2015
36 new acts have been announced for the September bill.
4th March 2015
3rd March 2015
Errors unveil new futuristic video for ‘Slow Rotor’
The band’s new video was directed by and stars Glasgow filmmaker Rachel Maclean.
3rd March 2015
Tame Impala announce Glasgow Barrowland show this September
The new date has been added to the group’s pre-Bestival plans.
3rd March 2015
Tonight Alive to begin work on album three
David Bendeth will produce the follow-up to ‘The Other Side’.
3rd March 2015
Nicolas Jaar soundtracks film inspired by Eric Garner and Michael Brown
‘Eleven Times’ is directed by Samantha Casolari.
3rd March 2015
Manchester Orchestra schedule UK and European tour
The band will play one headline show ahead of their sets at this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals.
3rd March 2015
Alt‑J, Portishead, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds to headline Latitude Festival 2015
Suffolk festival is celebrating its 10th Birthday Edition. Check out the full line-up so far.
3rd March 2015
Doldrums airs new track ‘Loops’ from upcoming album
‘The Air Conditioned Nightmare’s third preview is a giddy one.
3rd March 2015
Modest Mouse reveal new track ‘Of Course We Know’, line up UK shows
The band have confirmed four headline shows in the run up to their appearance at T in the Park.
3rd March 2015
Leon Bridges shares video for ‘Coming Home’
Bridges’ debut track gets a sweet, black and white visual.
3rd March 2015
LA Priest takes desert trip in video for debut ‘Oino’ single
Video was shot by Sam Dust’s brother, Isaac Eastgate.
3rd March 2015
Jack Garratt, Rhodes, James Bay to play Barn on the Farm festival
July fest won last year’s AIM Award for Best Independent Festival.
3rd March 2015
Alt‑J, Years & Years, Tyler the Creator announced for Øya Festival 2015
Norway fest celebrates its seventeenth anniversary this year.
3rd March 2015
Ride, Temples, Marmozets, A$AP Rocky to play Best Kept Secret Festival
New names join Alt‑J and many more at the Dutch fest.
3rd March 2015
Iceage confirm world touring plans
The Copenhagen-based four-piece will be out on the road from this month until August.
3rd March 2015
Hinds announce new European tour dates
Madrid heroes have pencilled in a night at London Scala.
3rd March 2015
Action Bronson shares ‘Baby Blue’ featuring Chance The Rapper
The Mark Ronson-produced track features on Bronson’s new album ‘Mr. Wonderful’.
3rd March 2015
Citizens! visit Brazil for MECAfestival
The band document their travels to Brazil for MECAfestival.
3rd March 2015
The Neu Bulletin (3rd March 2015)
DIY’s new music tips, featuring Josef Salvat and Californian band Oxy Punk.
3rd March 2015
Kanye West announces surprise show tonight at London’s KOKO
This is not a drill, everyone, repeat, not a drill. Tickets are on sale now.
3rd March 2015
Speedy Ortiz reveal new track ‘The Graduates’
The band’s forthcoming album ‘Foil Deer’ lands on 20th April.
3rd March 2015
Courtney Barnett — Depreston
With her latest, C‑Barn does ‘I just don’t give a fuck’ Pavement-esque guitar noodling perfectly.
3rd March 2015
Viet Cong show cancelled, with band accused of having a name that “deeply offends”
Oberlin College promoter acknowledged the connotations of the Calgary band’s name.
3rd March 2015
Happyness announce May 2015 UK tour with Crushed Beaks
South London trio are supporting Drenge in Europe this April, too.
3rd March 2015
Kendrick Lamar and Diddy contributed to Kanye’s ‘All Day’
New single was revealed last night, feat. Paul McCartney and Theophilus London.
3rd March 2015
My Morning Jacket announce new album ‘The Waterfall’
The band will release their seventh full-length this May.
3rd March 2015
Kelela announces new EP and shares new track ‘A Message’
Arca-produced single previews May’s ‘Hallucinogen’ EP.
3rd March 2015
Toro Y Moi previews new album with ‘Buffalo’ track
Rich instrumentation points the way for this former-chillwaver.
3rd March 2015
2nd March 2015
Clarence Clarity — No Now
4 Stars
‘No Now’ will polarise opinions: it’s loud, busy, sublime and uncompromising.
2nd March 2015
Formation air new ‘Back Then’ video
UK duo are putting out their ‘Young Ones’ EP this month.
2nd March 2015
Marina and the Diamonds unveils ‘FORGET’ track
Take a bite of the latest “Froot of the month”.
2nd March 2015
Arcade Fire’s Will Butler streams debut solo album ‘Policy’ in full
The record, out next week, is available to stream via Spotify.
2nd March 2015
The Magic Gang unveil new single, ‘No Fun’
Brighton force are putting out ‘No Fun’ / ‘Alright’ this April on Telharmonium Records.
2nd March 2015
30 Rock’s Alec Baldwin raps with a beat-boxing Chance The Rapper
Alec Baldwin rapped lines from Carl Sandburg’s poem ‘Chicago’ at a charity event for YCA.
2nd March 2015
Mumford & Sons announce new album ‘Wilder Mind’
Third album is out this May, and it’s set to contain zero banjos.
2nd March 2015
Drenge preview new album with ‘Never Awake’
Saw-toothed cut is taken from the ‘Undertow’ LP.
2nd March 2015
Courtney Barnett and Father John Misty set to play Glastonbury 2015
Emily Eavis reveals the bookings in a new interview.
2nd March 2015
Flume, Florence + The Machine, Nas confirmed for Bestival Toronto
Rob da Bank’s festival is taking its first step in North America this June.
2nd March 2015
Major Lazer shares new track ‘Lean On’, featuring MØ
Diplo’s group preview their upcoming album, out in April.
2nd March 2015
Sam Smith tops Official Album Chart in first week to include streams
Ellie Goulding remains at #1 in the Official Singles Chart.
2nd March 2015
Madonna announces ‘Rebel Heart’ world tour
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Tour.
2nd March 2015
Win a copy of The Vaccines’ ‘Handsome’ 7″ single
DIY is giving away two copies of the new single.
2nd March 2015
Oh Wonder stream new single, ‘Technicolour Beat’
London duo are revealing one track per month from a forthcoming debut.
2nd March 2015
The Magic Gang — No Fun
With their latest The Magic Gang are laying down the cards, and ‘No Fun’ is a veritable rabbit in a hat.
2nd March 2015
Drenge — Never Awake
A murky, sludge-grinding highlight from ‘Undertow’.
2nd March 2015
Courtney Barnett takes a trip to the suburbs in ‘Depreston’ video
Track is taken from ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’.
2nd March 2015
Jon Hopkins reveals video for Yeasayer cover, ‘I Remember’
The cover is taken from Hopkins’ Late Night Tales compilation.
2nd March 2015
The Maccabees, Foo Fighters, The Flaming Lips to support Mumford & Sons on ‘Gentlemen of the Road’ shows
Summer dates back the Mumfords’ new album, ‘Wilder Mind’.
2nd March 2015
Andy Stott remixes Panda Bear’s ‘Boys Latin’
Leftfield producer recreates Noah Lennox’s single, with chaotic results.
2nd March 2015
Classism, egomaniacs and The Matrix — highlights from Kanye West’s Oxford University lecture
Kanye spoke at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History earlier today.
2nd March 2015
Charli XCX and Ed Sheeran to premiere new videos at Youtube Music Awards
After a year off, the viral vid bash returns this March.
2nd March 2015
Slaves announce dates for a UK headline tour
May dates land ahead of their ‘Are You Satisfied?’ album.
2nd March 2015
Marina and The Diamonds — FORGET
Crisp, hard-hitting pop with all the bite of a ripe Granny Smith apple, ‘FORGET’ — true to name — is unforgettable.
2nd March 2015
Kasabian, CHVRCHES, Marina & The Diamonds to play V Festival
Weston Park / Hylands Park fest takes place this August.
2nd March 2015
Kanye West unveils studio version of ‘All Day’
Track debuted at last week’s BRIT Awards.
2nd March 2015
Lucy Rose returns with new track ‘Our Eyes’
The first track from the singer’s forthcoming second album is streaming now.
2nd March 2015
The Neu Bulletin (2nd March 2015)
DIY’s new music tips, featuring Yung, Alma Elste, Ciaran Lavery and Ryan Vail.
2nd March 2015