Lana del Rey reveals album release date and new song: Shades of Cool

Ultraviolence release date Source In the past few weeks Lana started to share more and more information about her upcoming album, Ultraviolence. This time she finally decided to reveal the release date of her upcoming most awaited album. It seems that Ultraviolence will be available via iTunes starting the 16th of June in the UK and 17th of June for US, according to the artist’s official facebook page. Ultraviolence will contain 11 songs…

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Lana del Rey releases new video: West Coast

Lana del Rey – West Coast Source The official Lana del Rey video for West Coast was released a couple of minutes ago, after Lana’s label posted an unfinished version of the video yesterday which didn’t actually work properly from various reasons. West Coast is one of the songs from the artist’s upcoming album, Ultraviolence, which will be released this year. For the album, Lana collaborated with Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys….

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The Black Keys reveal new single: Turn Blue

The Black Keys – Turn Blue album artwork Source The American rock band decided to share their new single, Turn Blue from the upcoming album with the same name. This is actually the second single revealed from Turn Blue, the first was Fever and it was revealed on March 24. The album is set to be released on May 13 and it contains 11 tracks. Check them out below! 01. Weight of Love 02….

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Firefly Music Festival buzzing with killer lineup

Ever heard of Dover, Delaware? You know, the capital city of that first U.S. state, located just under Pennsylvania and New Jersey and cut off from Maryland by one clean eastern border…The one with Dover International Speedway, Silver Lake, a quaint, down-home feel… And Firefly Music Festival? In late July of this year (the 20-22, to be exact), more than 30 of the most prominent indie/alternative artists of today will be meeting up in Dover,…

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Quickie album review: The Black Keys, “El Camino”

The album probably shoulda been called “Tighten Up,” considering that’s what Danger Mouse helped the Keys do for the songwriting of this record.  Funny thing “Tighten Up,” too: If that was the band’s attempt at a pop song (within a retro-soul record), El Camino, and especially lead single “Lonely Boy,” is their attempt at a pop record. And, of course, since it’s Danger Mouse and it’s on a major label, the hooks aren’t happenstance like…

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The Black Keys and the Arctic Monkeys pair up for winter-to-spring tour

The Black Keys performing in an iTunes Session, mid October, 2010.

Dangerously addictive and musically clever British garage rock group the Arctic Monkeys have decided to join the Black Keys (who have just dropped their seventh album, El Camino, co-produced by Danger Mouse) in some of their next dates, spanning from now to the 23 of March next year. The Arctics will be joining the Keys for the last half of the tour, from…

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More new Black Keys to stream

So after the hilarious video for “Lonely Boy” (great song, too!), the Black Keys would like you to hear more of their upcoming album, El Camino. All ya gotta do is head over to the Keys’ site for the album and enter in some info – namely: email address, zip code and country.  (If you detest getting pointless emails from the band or Warner Bros, you can simply unsubscribe right after.)  Pretty simple, right?  And…

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[VIDEO] The Black Keys – ‘Too Afraid To Love You’

Recorded during the making of the recently released bluesy sensation “Brothers”, the video for The Black Keys’ “The Afraid To Love You” surprises a glimpse of the magic that unfolds in the studio as Auerbach and Carney let it rip. Check out this black and white beau below. “Brothers” is out now via Nonesuch Records.

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New Music Monday: May 18

Band of Horses’ highly anticipated latest effort, “Infinite Arms” (what a brilliant cover art. don’t you think?), is finally out this week, much to the delight of millions of indie peeps in the world. We’ve posted the album stream last week, so let’s hear some thoughts regarding it. I, for one, believe it’s their best yet. Hold your band of horses for a second though, since this week also marks the release of LCD Soundsystem’s…

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New The Black Keys video: ‘Next Girl’

Frank, the Funkasaurus Rex, is back once with his latest feature in The Black Keys video for “Next Girl”, a very low and sexy song off the band’s upcoming new album. While Frank is always a joy to watch dance and lipsync, the whole take goes to the gorgeous ladies in the video this time. Watch out for the cat fights! The Black Keys new album, titled “Brothers”, is due May 18 on Nonesuch Records.

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