This Week #19

Coffee and Cake is the perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon / Delicious pizzas and the best arancini balls in the world from Picture House Social last weekend.The past couple of weeks haven't been the best really, they have been super stressful on a personal level hence why I didn't bother posting a round …

music update #22

First up this week, let's start with the campaign to get 'Ding Dong, The Witch is Dead' into the charts after death of Margaret Thatcher. Due to the mighty power of the internet like most other song campaigns it has worked with the song charting at number 2. Although, there has been a lot of …

music update #19

It was reported last week that The Horrors are working on a new album. Speaking to NME the band revealed that sessions for the recording of the 4th album are well underway and the album could well be released this year, stating that the album should be out in September. Tom Cowan has said that …

music update #18

On Friday, Depeche Mode streamed their new single 'Soothe My Soul' ahead of their SXSW appearance later on that day. The track is from their upcoming record 'Delta Machine' which will be released on 25th March. If you missed the stream of the song it seems you will not be able to hear the song …

music update #14

PEACE released their album artwork [see above] to the world last week, coincidently for an album titled 'In Love' they released their album artwork on Valentine's Day. The band have worked on their debut album with Jim Abiss and is due to be released on 25th March. The band also announced a long UK tour …

albums to look forward to in 2013.

I've done a couple of these posts before where I look at some of the albums I'm looking forward to this year. 2013 is year jam packed with releases to look forward to for me and there is plenty of new music with debuts from some promising new acts and new studio albums from plenty …

music update #11

After the snow and cold of the last couple of weeks, festival line up's being announced has that extra bit of excitement making you think of summer and the amazing times you will have and hopefully some warmth and sun. No such weather worries for the two festivals who announced line up's last week as …

music update #10

One of the biggest pieces of news last week not just for the music industry but in general was HMV going into administration. I mean in a way we all saw it coming but I guess I, and a lot of other people, just didn't want to believe that this was actually going to happen. …

Album Review: The Strokes – Angles.

The Strokes Angles RCA It’s been a long time in the making and fans and music critics alike have been eagerly waiting for the release of a new album from The Strokes. ‘Angles’ their fourth studio album is that body of music and it doesn’t disappoint. The album opens very strongly with ‘Machu Picchu’ and …