
Great news Friendly Fires fans! I just got an email from Jack Savidge (via the Friendly Fires email list) announcing the September 27th release of their contribution to the Suck My Deck BUGGED OUT Mixtape series. Below is an excerpt of Jack’s email detailing the release: The mix features ‘Stay Here’ an exclusive stinker composed by [...]

A few weeks ago at Holy Ghost!’s debut gig I chatted up with Friendly Fires‘ Ed MacFarlane (who was celebrating his birthday in New York) about life and album number 2…I’m sorry to say we’ll have to wait some time for a new record. However this morning a live video of a brand new song [...]

Currently bugging out over this new M.I.A. track to surface from her upcoming album due out on June 29th (the news was delivered via a blimp flying overhead Coachella-goers.) The new track is honestly not what I expected at all, it sounds like a high school ska-garage band rebelling against the system. Absolutely brilliant! Have [...]

I’m so excited to share the latest demos to have sprang a leak (possibly) from Kelis‘ upcoming fifth album FleshTones. Kelis’ upcoming album may be one of my most anticipated for 2010, I can’t wait to see and hear where she takes this. But hopefully there won’t be much more of THIS. Check out the [...]

To the delight of millions, M.I.A. shared a brand new song/music video (?) this afternoon via her Twitter account called I’m Down Like Your Internet Connection! Of the song she told Rolling Stone: “I was having issues with my cable and wireless, and I was on the phone [with tech support] for three hours, and [...]
The wait is over! As reported over two months ago, Portishead announced that they were in the studio and planning a fourth studio album for 2010. However, on Wednesday music fans went crazy for the news that the band were releasing a brand new song titled Chasing the Tear (tear as in rip) for Human [...]
This morning Hot Chip released a stream of the title track from their upcoming album, One Life Stand! I fell in love upon hearing the track and am highly looking forward to the new album and tour in 2010 (fun fact: Tastes Like Caramel was named after a lyric from the song Hold On!) The [...]

Wowowow! Kelis shared a brand new look and sound via her Twitter page today called Acapella, and it’s a BANGER! It’s a new direction for the singer, we’re so excited for this and the new material! Stay tuned… Stream the track HERE. Follow Kelis on Twitter HERE. MP3: Kelis – Bossy (Alan Braxe & Fred [...]
Gaga has undeniably stepped up her game for The Fame Monster! The music video for the mega-catchy Bad Romance was released today and I’ve had it replaying all morning! Check out the video below and be sure to pre-order The Fame Monster (which also includes a duet with Beyonce titled Telephone.) Thanks to Sheena Beaston [...]

During CMJ week I came across these tiny 2-sided postcards that read “HOT CHIP” and “New Album February 2010 HOTCHIP.CO.UK” and that was all. I immediately scoured the internet for more information that night and came across a few forums with links to an unnamed album. This morning we got the official news that Hot [...]