Radiohead are set to debut new material when they headline Reading And Leeds this weekend. They’re almost certain to air ‘These Are My Twisted Words’ - which surfaced online recently - since they played it last weekend at an Austrian festival.
Thom Yorke’s dad was was an amateur boxer, and encouraged his son to take up [...]
Top 20 Beach Boy Hits
Whenever there’s a Beach Boys song on the radio, most people want to wax up the old surfboard and take the old “woody” down to the beach and enjoy the sounds of summer. And what would the sounds of summer be without great beach music? The one group who epitomized the [...]
Kasabian are reportedly being chased to score the soundtrack to gangster film director Guy Ritchie’s next film.
Madonna’s ex-husband, who has previously directed ‘RocknRolla’ and Brad Pitt fronted flick ‘Snatch’ is apparently hoping to meet up with the band to discuss the idea.
“The Kasabian album ‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum’ is the best thing I have [...]
Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien has hit out at the UK government’s plan to cut off the internet access of persistent illegal file-sharers.
O’Brien, a member of the Featured Artists Coalition musicians’ alliance, was speaking as the organisation condemned the plan, which was outlined in August, saying it could drive fans away from music.
“It’s going to start [...]
So you think you are the biggest fan of the Beatles. But how many of the following facts did you know?
1. Impossible as it may sound there are still Beatles songs unreleased - the most notable ones being Carnival of Light (an experimental piece recorded on 5 January 1967 for The Million Volt Light and [...]
Tracks for Morrissey’s ‘Swords’ B-side collection announced
A tracklisting for Morrissey’s new ‘Swords’ collection has been put up on fan site True-to-you.net, which Morrissey himself often communicates through.
Released on October 26, the 18 track collection includes B-sides from singles featured on his last three studio albums.
Released on CD and double vinyl LP, early copies of the [...]
Picture this: Kurt Cobain prancing around the stage belting out Bon Jovi’s hair-raising ‘You Give Love A Bad Name’, shroud in a glam rock backdrop. Unthinkable? Nirvana fans seem to think so.
The decision to include the likeness of Nirvana’s iconic frontman as a playable avatar in the fifth instalment of the Guitar Hero series has [...]
Pearl Jam have announced they are giving away two free live-CDs with their forthcoming album Backspacer, out September 21.
Fans who buy the album will, via the new eBridge application, be able to preview eleven Pearl Jam shows before selecting two to download, although, sadly, their spectacular London O2 show is not among them.
Buyers will also [...]
Beck has signed up MGMT, Devendra Banhart, Wolfmother’s Andrew Stockdale and Little Joy’s Binki Shapiro to cover Leonard Cohen for his new Record Club project.
The US musician has been staging informal jam sessions with the musicians to cover classic albums, and has chosen Cohen’s 1968 album ‘Songs Of Leonard Cohen’ as their latest project.
They have [...]
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has confirmed the release of a new 12-inch vinyl single set for release later this month.
News of a Yorke single featuring two new compositions surfaced on Tuesday (September 1), with the frontman now confirming that a double-A side featuring the songs ‘FeelingPulledApartbyHorses’ and ‘The Hollow Earth’ are set for release.
He posted a [...]