Festivals The lineups for some of our favourite festivals have been announced recently and there is quite a lot to look forward to. Festivals such as Leeds and Reading and Latitude showed off their impressive artists repertoire. At the end of August fans of artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Fall Out Boy, Wolf Alice, Nothing But Thieves, Kings Of Leon and Pan!c At The Disco should head to Leeds and
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The nominations for the 2017 Mercury Prize are out – and there’s no small amount of controversy.
Muse tease a new single and video on social media. The band teased fans with a short 9-second clip of what seems like a snippet of a new track and a music video, featuring the words; “Coming soon. The trio have been teasing of new music for some time since they announced they were working hard in a London studio in March. The cryptic announcement signifies the upcoming of the
Radiohead share mysterious new video with cryptic message. The video consists of glitchy computer visuals and is sound tracked by the distorted voice of a young girl. The video has kick-started rumours of upcoming ‘OK Computer’ anniversary celebrations. The classic album, OK Computer was released 20 years ago in June 1997 and is widely considered one of the greatest records of recent times. Other teasing announcements have come in the form
Haim have unveiled a series of teaser videos announcing the imminent release date of new music. Danielle Haim posted a clip on Twitter of roughly one minute worth of drum playing followed by a flash message, “April 27”. The band is set to release new music which was originally intended to be released back in autumn. The follow-up to 2013’s Grammy-nominated debut, Days Are Gone, is now expected to be
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce new album Murder of the Universe. It will be the band’s second album release of 2017 after LP Flying Microtonal Banana was dropped earlier in February. Their forthcoming album is set to be out on June 23 via ATO. At the end of 2016, the Australian psychedelic rock band revealed their plans to release five studio albums in 2017. Murder of the Universe will be the second instalment
Reading & Leeds announce their full and final line-up. 90 new acts have been announced on April 7 for the upcoming festival in August. Former Oasis and Beady Eye frontman Liam Gallagher heads the latest announcement. He will be joining headliners Eminem, muse and Kasabian who had been previously announced. Other artists announced include PVRIS, Declan McKenna, Mura Masa, sub Focus. Kendrick Lamar’s new album will be released next week
Glastonbury Festival adds 88 more acts to its 2017 line-up, including Biffy Clyro and Run The Jewels. The announcement on March 30 saw dozens and dozens of acts revealed in of the earliest festival billing announcement in years. The XX, Stormzy, Lorde, Royal Blood, Major Lazor, and Alt-J are all amongst the names who will join headliners Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran. The first big batch confirms most of
Gorillaz have announced their new album, Humanz, will be released on April 28. The album will feature 14 tracks with a further 5 more new tracks on the deluxe edition. Britpop rivals Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn’s surprise collaboration for the track, ‘We Got The Power’, is amongst the all-star cast. Other guest contributors are Grace Jones, Carly Simon, Mavis Staples, De La Soul and Pusha T. Gorillaz also performed
Primal Scream have been announced as headliners of Sheffield’s Tramlines Festival 2017. The indie rockers will take to the main stage on Saturday night. The festival, that takes place from July 19, will see The Reflex, The Big Moon and grime star Kano all perform over the weekend. The Scottish band have had 18 hit singles and 11 studio albums over the span of their 20-year career. Rock’n’roll pioneer Chuck
