Daniela MurphyBack in September, I wrote an article in which, amongst other questions, I asked Alex Day how he planned to achieve his goal of making it to #1 in the charts by 31st December 2012. He told me; ‘By working bloody hard and doing everything I possibly can! I’ll give it my all and then at least I won’t regret it if it doesn’t work out.’ Well, December has finally rolled around, and the song…
New Phoenix album set to be released in April 2013
Alexandra
Source The indie band, Phoenix, recently finished the recordings from the upcoming album, witch is actually a follow-up to another album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Daniel Glass, the band’s head of the label, officially announced that the album is going to be released in April next year. Even if they haven’t made public any name of the tracks from the upcoming album, you can enjoy this song below, which is one of…
Check out new Darkstar track from the upcoming album
Source The latest album from the electronic band, Darkstar, is out in February next year. The album’s name is: News from Nowhere; and they’ve already shared Timeway, but now you can listen to A Day’s Pay for a Day’s Work. Talking about this new album and the recording process, the band announced: It’s all kind of backwards, as well, in that we write, produce, and make an album, and then we…
The Kaiser Chiefs drummer quits the band
Source The drummer from Kaiser Chiefs, Nick Hodgson, posted on his twitter page that he officially left the band: I can confirm I have left Kaiser Chiefs after 15 spectacular years. I’m moving on. I wish the rest of the band the very best! I am really curious about how the band is going to survive without the founder member and songwriter. He also posted a thank you message for the…
Kraftwerk announce 3D show in London
Source The legendary electronic German band, Kraftwerk officially announced on their website that are going to perform in London at the Tate Modern, next year from 6 to 9 and 11 to 14 February. The whole show will consist of 8 consecutive 3D concerts. In each concert they will play one of their studio albums in full as it follows: 1. Autobahn (1974) 2. Radio-Activity (1975) 3. Trans Europe Express (1977)…
Green Day stream the last part of the trilogy: ‘¡Tre!’
Source This latest album is actually the last part of Green Day’s trilogy: ‘¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré!’, the first two parts were actually released in September respectively November this year. Listen to the latest Green Day album online on Zme Music,but don’t forget to support the band and buy their album from Amazon or iTunes. Here are three songs from the album, for listening the entyre album check out the IHeartRadio website….
Nordic Music Prize jury unveils nominees for 2012
Hailie Hay
Introduced in 2010, the Nordic Music Prize is presented annually to the artist who has come out with the best album of the last calendar year. Having been created in order to raise awareness of and unify the Nordic music scene, the award is presented only to artists from Nordic countries, and is decided upon by a panel of both Nordic and international music moguls. Presented by WiMP (the Norwegian music player, not the…
Good Nights Bleed: The mysterious debut of Toys in Void
His album is lengthy and poetic and sounds like the product of a boy and his guitar, and his album art looks like expired film from the 70s, screaming of fading childhood and bittersweet memories… I found him while working my way through links upon links to artists recommended by other local artists on BandCamp.com. Though Toys in Void was on a few different lists, it seems the only things noted about him are that…
JUSTIN BIEBER-BEAUTY AND A BEAT
Okay, I have a confession to make. I like Justin Bieber. I wouldn’t go as far as to say I was a ‘Belieber’. But I do like him. There, I said it. And now we can move on and look at ‘Beauty and a Beat’-his latest music video. If I could describe this song in three words, it would be ‘fun’, ‘carefree’ and ‘catchy’. The video opens with writing which states; ‘In October of 2012…
The Darkness singer stopped at airport for bringing an apple – bribes guard with Gaga tickets
Andrei Mihai
Frankie Poullain from The Darkness was caught in a Chile airport carrying an apple, which he had traveled with. Apparently, this is quite a big deal for airport folks, so the guard there actually wanted to call the cops and give him a big fine – until he found out the guard’s a Lady Gaga fan. He then proceeded to do what any respectable musician would – bribe him with tickets. Apparently, that worked. “Cops…