Interview: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Could Brooklyn band the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart be the next big thing in indie-pop? The four-piece are certainly having a go at it as they release yet another EP of sparkling shoe-gaze songs and hit bigger venues than ever before on their forthcoming UK tour.
Sisters: are you doing it for yourselves?
Music is equally as apt to be a social mirror as sport. We like to think it is one step ahead, a leader of social change rather than a reaction. With music, it has oft been said, you can change the world.
Singles club: 09/11/09
Tom Arkell casts a knowing eye over four of this week's singles, from Girls, the Cheek, Brakes, and Holly Miranda.
The North Atlantic Oscillation: Callsigns EP
It’s the greatest drinking game ever invented. Every time you recognise an influence: drink. Fun, easy, and vomit-inducing capering. Fortunately, you’ll be so out of your head by the time you finish, you might not mind.
Julian Casablancas: Phrazes For The Young
This is Casablancas creating a portfolio piece, saying "look, this is what I can do. I don't need the Strokes".
Robbie Williams: Reality Killed The Video Star
The most impressive thing about Reality Kill The Video Star is how Williams has made it out to be a step forward, a boundary-pushing leap into the unknown, when really this is exactly the sort of thing you would have expected him to come up with.
Vampire Weekend announce February tour
The band will play eight dates, starting in Cambridge on February 7 and ending in London on February 16.
Singles club: 02/11/09
Offerings from Royksopp, Camera Obscura, Snow Patrol, Dead Confederate and Daniel Merriweather (with a little help from Adele).
New Lightspeed Champion album on the way
Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You. No, we're not being overly welcoming, that's the title of Lightspeed Champion's - aka Dev Hynes' - eagerly awaited second studio album.
Girls make 'gay porn' video
"There's a gay porn version we were really pushing for that was incredible, like nothing else. But at the same time, it's really beautiful – about two people who love each other."
Sound Of Guns: Elementary Of Youth EP
Liverpool-based five-piece Sound Of Guns are a new band who are enjoying a bit of a flurry at the moment – their Myspace page carries kind words from several Radio 1 luminaries (Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq are both fans), and they’ve even been on Soccer AM. If only for these reasons, they have to...
