Music

23 July 2008

MAMMA MIA! The Movie Soundtrack outsells all other albums as ABBA mania grips the UK

ABBA mania continues to grip the UK as MAMMA MIA! The Movie Soundtrack Featuring The Songs Of ABBA has become the UK’s biggest-selling music release. As well as outselling its ...

22 July 2008

Paul Kelly - Stolen Apples

Paul Kelly is not only an Australian icon but has been recognised as one of the world’s greatest songwriters. Stolen Apples, to be released on Monday July 28th, is his ...

17 July 2008

Jon McLaughlin - OK now

American heartland singer-songwriter and pianist Jon McLaughlin has returned with a breathtaking new album to bring joy to ears around the world!Jon, whose show-stopping live performance of "So Close," the ...

16 July 2008

Carla Bruni - Comme si de rien n’était (As If Nothing Happened)

Two years after setting to music an anthology of English-language poems from the 19th and 20th centuries, Carla Bruni has once again taken up her pen to write a new ...

10 July 2008

N.E.R.D Announce UK Tour

Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of The Neptunes are the most revolutionary production tandem in modern music since Quincy Jones and Rod Tempterton put down shuffle-beats and doo-wops behind a ...

3 July 2008

TOTAL 9: VARIOUS ARTISTS - Released 18 August

For those that are new to what we do here, KOMPAKT came together as a partnership between known techno musicians MICHAEL MAYER, WOLFGANG VOIGT (aka GAS, MIKE INK, M:I:5, etc), ...

2 July 2008

Matt Costa ‘Unfamiliar Faces’ out now

On his 2006 debut Songs We Sing, Matt Costa established his reputation as a performer, wrapping introspective lyrics in textured melodies and creating a sound that was at once a ...

2 July 2008

Ladyhawke release their debut single: “Paris is burning”

Ladyhawke’s first single, “Paris Is Burning” was released just in time for the summer on Monday 30th June and is available on CD, 7” and download through Modular/Island. “Paris Is ...

2 July 2008

Liam Finn: Second Chance

The album is due for release through UK label Transgressive records, home to Iron & Wine, The Shins, Foals and Young Knives. Originally from New Zealand but having lived ...

1 July 2008

Buena Vista Social Club release album to mark 10th anniversary

‘Everybody knows Carnegie Hall is the place to go. Cubans kept asking me: “When we going to New York?” I actually never thought it would happen, but a lot of people worked ...

25 June 2008

Hot Club de Paris track by track guide to ‘Live At Dead Lake’ by Paul Rafferty

Hot Club de Paris’ affable frontman and bassist Paul Rafferty offers us his inner perspective on each track from second album ‘Live At Dead Lake’, released this month on Moshi ...

25 June 2008

The Whip's New Single Blackout

Manchester’s supreme electro rockers THE WHIP unleash the eagerly anticipated ‘Blackout’ on 14th July - taken from their electrifyingly infectious debut album ‘X Marks Destination’, released earlier this year on ...

23 June 2008

Deborah Bonham Duchess Makes Her Debut

The Blues-Rock Singer-Songwriter, And Sister Of Led Zeppelin Legend John Bonham—Makes Her debut With 13 Soulful Songs And Guest Performances From Paul Rodgers and Jason Bonham!Soulful blues-rock singer-songwriter Deborah Bonham ...

16 June 2008

Eine Kleine Nacht Musik

Coming on like a lush, hypnotic hybrid of DAF, Kraftwerk and Mouse on Mars, with just a dash of contemporary wit and invention, Eine Kleine Nacht Musik is a sharp ...

13 June 2008

The Best Of Creedence Clearwater Revival

In the late Sixties, at a time when rock was evolving further and further away from the forces that had made the music possible in the first place, Creedence Clearwater ...

21 May 2008

Etana’s debut album The Strong One

As we head into what we hope is a sizzling and sultry British summer, you need to find the perfect musical accompaniment for days spent soaking up the sunshine or ...

16 May 2008

Omega new album Kiwomera Emmeeme

Omega draws from her African, in particular Ugandan, roots to bless her listeners with a rich worldly flavour. Musically, she is old school in a new school kind of way, ...

16 May 2008

Weezer return with sixth album ‘Weezer’

Lead single Pork and Beans follows on 23 JuneFollowing months of internet rumour – some true, most not; some started by the band, most not – Weezer have revealed details ...

7 May 2008

The Levellers New Single Burn America Burn

“Three firebrand new rockers, Burn America Burn, A Life Less Ordinary and The Cholera Well do not hide their disdain for current world politics. Still angry, still passionate. The Levs ...

7 May 2008

Post War Years New Album Black Morning

Let me take you somewhere. It’s a little town called Leamington Spa. I’m sure anyone who’s been there will tell you it’s pretty ordinary but, more often than not, if ...

25 April 2008

Hot Club de Paris new album Live at Dead Lake

**Hot Club de Paris announce new album and single details plus May tour**‘Live at Dead Lake’ is the second album from art-pop experimentalists Hot Club de Paris. It will be ...

22 April 2008

John and Jehn The Luminaire

John and Jehn are a French duo who moved from their hometowns to London at the back end of 2006. It is impossible to talk about them without mentioning that ...

11 April 2008

KeAnthony New Album A Hustla'z Story | Coming Soon!

Raised in Nashville, Tennessee, KeAnthony was exposed to a rich variety of music. At age five, he joined his family’s nine-member gospel ensemble, The Gospel True Notes, solidifying a dream ...

9 April 2008

José González New Single Killing For Love

'Killing For Love' is the third single to be released from the acclaimed second José González album, In Our Nature."What's the point if you hate and kill for love?" the ...