Daft Punk’s latest single has broken Spotify’s record for most streams in a single day.
This Saturday will see the return of Record Store Day. A day of the year dedicated to the UK’s independent sector as artists team up with record stores all over the country to celebrate music by releasing special vinyls and CDs. The event originated in America in 2007 and spread quickly to the British isles.…
Will.i.am has ripped off music from trance act Arty and Mat Zo in his latest track to be released online, ‘Let’s Go’
A whopping 100 acts have been announced, to complete The Great Escape’s 2013 line up.
Korean pop-sensation Psy has released the video for his latest single ‘Gentleman’. The track is the follow up to 2012’s viral hit ‘Gangnam Style‘ which is now the most watched video of all time on Youtube with over 1.5 billion views. The video revisits much of the content and characters of that which shot Psy…
The song has re-entered the charts after the death of Baroness Thatcher and the decision has been taken not to play it in full this weekend on the BBC Official Singles Chart Show.
The people at Bestival HQ have just announced that the current UK Singles Chart Number one holder Duke Dumont is coming onboard HMS Bestival! On Sunday night he bagged the coveted top spot of the chart with his latest single ‘Need U (100%)’ featuring the wonderful A*M*E. The track is an immediate floor-filler so make…
19 years after his tragic death Kurt Cobain was certainly true to his word. His music is still cemented at the forefront of the rock movement’s mind. Kurt Cobain is truly the embodiment of 90s grunge. I challenge you to find anyone who has never heard ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. Whilst its true that Kurt…
The people at Bestival have announced more exciting acts to the already stunning line up featuring Elton John and Snoop Dogg. Highlights of the announcement come in the form of London based singer-songwriter James Blake and the brilliant post-punk girl group Savages. The announcement also includes the likes of UK jazz giant Courtney Pine who…
It seems to be the week for bands calling it a day. First Girls Aloud now My Chemical Romance have decided to announce that they are breaking up. After 12 years of being together and with 4 studio albums under their belt the New Jersey 4 piece have released a statement declaring their decision. Frontman Gerard…
Mercury Music Prize nominees Everything Everything have been added to the line up of Brighton’s The Great Escape Festival. This year’s festival will take place over 30 venues in the city from the 16th-18th May, with over 350 bands and artists set to perform. It is now internationally recognised as the leading new music festival…
Following a short-lived reunion to celebrate their ten year anniversary, Girls Aloud have finally called it a day.
Justin Timberlake has released the music video for his latest single ‘Mirrors’ from his new album The 20/20 Experience. JT has never completely sung about his personal life but ‘Mirrors’ could be his most personal and emotional song to date. The music video tells the story of his grandparents from courtship through to old age and…
Latitude release details of the 2013 line up featuring Bloc Party, Foals, Alt-J and Kraftwerk.