Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson have had a pretty tumultuous relationship – but they produce some brilliant music. Back to Black will deservedly go down as one of the best album of the ’00s; and they’re back together. Mark got a bit pissed with Amy two years ago when she refused to put in the [...]

MIA’s new album has been subject to a leak (anyone think these leaks are so frequents that they must be deliberate?). However it happened, we’re pretty excited. It sounds like she is singing over Suicide’s Ghost Rider. The song constantly repeats the line “I was Born Free” – pretty apt given her recent troubles. MIA [...]

The reunion of The Libertines has really left everyone confused to the future of Babyshambles. The sounds from Carl and Pete seem to suggest that their performances at Reading and Leeds could well lead to other things. It would seem unlikely that Pete would be able to hold down two bands, usually struggling to hold [...]

The Coral have been off the radar for a little while now. When they released a singles collection therefore it was a little bit worrying – this so often being the last lazy attempt of record companies to cash in on bands. But no! They are back. It has been announced that on the Butterfly [...]

LCD Soundsystem have landed a big win by getting Spike Jonze to co-direct their new video with frontman James Murphy. Spike’s videos for Fatboy Slim, Bjork, Weezer and Kanye West have all been amazing – and this is no different. It sees the band being tormented by people in Panda suits – mixing cute, funny [...]

UPDATE: In the end…..it was just about a new single: PREVIOUS POST: After all too long the princess of pop looks like she is about to announce her comeback. In a message to her fan mailing list (of which I’m an unashamed member) she said: Please stay tuned… Tune in on Kylie.com from tomorrow, Tuesday [...]

Ozzy Osbourne is in a perennial state of comeback, and as such has announced his new album “Scream” is to be released on 14 June. His first in three years, it will once again see him teaming up with producer Kevin Churko who produced the 2007 effort “Black Rain”. Apparently it is Kevin that’s been [...]

To coincide with Records Days Blur have given us their first track since 2003. Just a thousand copies were released and this morning some early birds queuing up at London’s Rough Trade East were lucky enough to get a free copy. Don’t fret though if you’ve been nursing a hangover rather than hot footing it [...]

The legendary status of Glastonbury is just accepted fact. In recent years though there has been some controversy over headliners such as Jay-Z, a choice which famously led Noel Gallagher to have a go: I’m sorry, but Jay-Z? No chance. Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music and even when they throw the odd curve [...]

Jilly’s Rockworld and The Music Box in Manchester are to close. For those of you who don’t know of the club from it’s appearance (all be it as it’s previous incarnation Rafters) in the film Control it’s not hard to imagine. It was the kind of club you’d go drinking as an, ahem, certified 18 [...]