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Tickets for Sonisphere festival go onsale today – ticket details
Queen, Faith No More and Kiss will headline the rock bash this summer
Posted: 23 Feb 2012, 5:00 am by NME News -
Public Image Ltd. to play two London shows in April – ticket details
John Lydon and co will promote their new EP and full-length album with two shows
Posted: 23 Feb 2012, 12:00 am by NME News -
Metric Announce New Album
Photo by Justin Broadbent Metric have announced the full-length follow-up to 2009′s Fantasies, titled Synthetica. The record will be self-released on June 12, and issued as a joint release with Mom. […]
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 10:08 pm by Latest News – Pitchfork -
Mount Eerie to Release Two New Albums This Year
Phil Elverum (aka Mount Eerie) has announced two new albums for his post-Microphones project, to be released this year. The first, Clear Moon, will be out May 22 via Elverum’s own label P.W. Elverum. […]
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 9:38 pm by Latest News – Pitchfork -
Barack Obama sings with BB King at The White House – video
The US President treated the crowd to a few lines from ‘Sweet Home Chicago’
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 9:15 pm by NME News -
Metric announce release of new album ‘Synthetica’
The Canadian group will put out their fifth album on June 11
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 8:57 pm by NME News -
Martin Freeman to star in new music industy movie ‘Svengali’
Carl Barat, Alan McGee, ‘Bonehead’ all featured in the online TV version of the film
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 8:33 pm by NME News -
Listen: Gorillaz/James Murphy/André 3000: "DoYaThing"
Gorillaz, James Murphy, and André 3000 have teamed up for a new song called “DoYaThing” for the Converse series “Three Artists, One Song”. It’s up for download tomorrow on the Converse website; lis. […]
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 8:05 pm by Latest News – Pitchfork -
Turing Machine Return With New Album Featuring Late Drummer Jerry Fuchs’ Last Work
Following an eight-year hiatus, Turing Machine will release a new record called What Is the Meaning of What on May 8 through Temporary Residence. It’s their first album since 2004′s Zwei.
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 7:54 pm by Latest News – Pitchfork -
Lily Allen: ‘Cutting off Adele’s Brits speech was a metaphor for the industry’s attitude to women’
Allen takes to Twitter to defend the ’21′ star
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 7:45 pm by NME News -
Public Image Ltd., Katy B, Willy Mason for Summer Sundae – ticket details
The Leicester festival also sees sets from Asian Dub Foundation, Jonathan Richman and Reverend and the Makers
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 7:27 pm by NME News -
Watch Devendra Banhart Perform New Material
Chilean culture site Paniko points to this video of Devendra Banhart at a recent performance in Chile. Banhart, who hasn’t put out a record since 2009′s disappointing What Will We Be, seems to be gea. […]
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 7:00 pm by Latest News – Pitchfork -
No New At the Drive-In Music, Sorry
This At the Drive-In station is now operational… sort of. In recent interviews, guitarist Omar Rodriguez-López has explained that the newly-revived ATDI will not record any new music, and that the. […]
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 6:26 pm by Latest News – Pitchfork -
Goose to headline special Club NME show at London’s KOKO on March 10 – ticket details
Belgian electro band will top the bill at a special Saturday edition of the club night
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 5:45 pm by NME News -
Photos: Frankie Rose / Dive / Night Manager
Last night, Frankie Rose performed at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory, following the release of her great new album, Interstellar. Beach Fossils side project Dive and Night Manager opened, and our photo. […]
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 5:15 pm by Latest News – Pitchfork -
Charlatans’ Tim Burgess teams up with Kellogg’s to launch his own cereal ‘Totes Amazeballs’
Singer tells NME that the cereal is the ‘Jazz Odyssey of breakfasts’
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 5:11 pm by NME News -
Simian Mobile Disco Announce New Album, Tour
Dance duo Simian Mobile Disco have announced the follow-up to their solid 2010 record Delicacies. Unpatterns will be out May 15 in the U.S. and May 14 abroad through Wichita Recordings. The lead sing. […]
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 4:45 pm by Latest News – Pitchfork -
Gotye set to return to the top of the UK Singles Chart this weekend
Emeli Sande is also holding firm at the top of the album charts
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 4:14 pm by NME News -
Listen: HEALTH Remix Crystal Castles’ "Suffocation"
MP3: Crystal Castles: “Suffocation [HEALTH Remix]” Crystal Castles yesterday released a video for their 2010 track “Suffocation.” Today, they offer a remix of that same track by industrial L.A. dan. […]
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 4:10 pm by Latest News – Pitchfork -
The Game ordered to pay $5 million to US police officers
Rapper told by court to give cash to police who appeared in his film ‘Stop Snitching/Stop Lying’
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 4:09 pm by NME News -
Watch a New Episode of Pitchfork.tv’s Series "60 Seconds Left", Starring St. Vincent
Pitchfork.tv on YouTube today presents a new episode of “60 Seconds Left”, which offers artists the opportunity to express themselves creatively in one minute’s time. Here, we spend a moment with St.. […]
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 3:40 pm by Latest News – Pitchfork -
Coldplay’s Chris Martin: ‘We only won Brit Awards because there weren’t any other choices’
Singer also jokes he wants to open a theme park and release his own fragrance
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 3:35 pm by NME News -
Omar Rodriguez–Lopez: ‘There will be no new At The Drive-In album’
Guitarist says the band’s reunion is just a ‘nostalgia thing’
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 3:09 pm by NME News -
Hear a Bonus Track From Grimes’ Visions
Photo by Erik Liam Sanchez Grimes: “Angel”: Visions, the new record from post-internet pop starlet Grimes, was released yesterday by 4AD and Arbutus. As Gorilla vs. Bear points out, a “bonus track” v. […]
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 3:09 pm by Latest News – Pitchfork -
Domestic violence experts warn Rihanna over ‘belligerent’ Chris Brown
Experts add that the singer doesn’t seem ‘to have changed much’
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 3:02 pm by NME News