Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos to write musical?
Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos has said he wants to write a musical.
The singer, who is on tour with his band in Australia at present, told radio station Triple J that he’s had an idea about a musical for some time now, though he hasn’t got round to writing it yet.
“I did have this amazing [...]
Dizzee Rascal Prepares Autobiography
British rapper Dizzee Rascal has confirmed plans to publish his autobiography later this year.
Real name Dylan Mills, Dizzee Rascal has dominated British music almost since the moment he first picked up a mic. With a distinctly British style the rapper became a pioneer in what would become known as grime.
Now one of the biggest pop [...]
Steve Angello Presents Size Matters…..Official Miami WMC Pool Party
Its that time again people, the Miami Winter Music Conference is upon us. And boy are there some great parties shaping up…
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Here we have ‘man on fire’ Steve Angello heading up the Official Pool Partiesat The Eden Roc Renaissance, with Afrojack AN21, Christian Smith, Funkagenda, Kim Fai and Max Vangeli propping this awesome bill.
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Don’t worry [...]
Swedish House Mafia Host Huge Weekend of Dance at Brixton Academy
Deep House legends Swedish House Mafia return to Brixton academy with a whole host of amazing DJ’s in tow.
On May 28th and 29th The O2 Brixton Academy will play host to 2 nights of mind blowing dance music, the legendary venue has held some of the most memorable club nights of our generation and this [...]
The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan launches open auditions to find new band members
The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan has launched open auditions to find a new bassist and keyboard player to replace Ginger Pooley after she quit the band last week.
The auditions aren’t the first Corgan has held - last year they replaced drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, the same way.
“We were lucky enough to find drummer Mike Byrne [...]
Pink Floyd sue EMI over download royalties
Pink Floyd are suing their record label EMI, claiming that it has no right to sell their songs except as part of full albums. According to a 1999 contract, tunes like Money and Another Brick in the Wall cannot be “unbundled” from the albums on which they appear; EMI alleges this does not apply to [...]
Save 6Music Campaign Hits The Roundhouse
The official campaign to save BBC 6Music has confirmed details of a one off show at the Roundhouse.
BBC 6Music was founded in 2002, but to many fans listening to the station has become a way of live. Widely credited with helping to push new and left field artists, fans were shocked when the BBC confirmed [...]
Rapper Guru in coma after heart attack
Rapper Guru is reported to be in a coma after suffering a heart attack yesterday (Sunday 28 February). The 43-year-old is set to undergo surgery today at a hospital in New York.
The rapper’s condition was confirmed by DJ Premier, his partner in the seminal hip-hop group Gang Starr, in a phonecall to radio show Hip [...]
‘In For The Kill’ remix shows people don’t want ‘happy crap’
La Roux’s Elly Jackson has said she believes that the success of the Skream remix of ‘In For The Kill’ “showed that people don’t want mindless happy crap” from their music.
‘In For The Kill’ was voted Best Dancefloor Filler at the Shockwaves NME Awards last night. Speaking to NME.COM in an exclusive video interview you [...]
Scroobius Pip to release poetry book
Scroobius Pip has announced that he is releasing a poetry book.
Called Poetry In (E) Motion, the project started back in 2008, when Scroobius Pip asked fans over Myspace to help him illustrate a series of poems that he’d written.
“It was in equal parts torturous and joyous,” Pip says on his MySpace blog. “Realising that such [...]
Jamie T wins Best Solo Artist at Shockwaves NME Awards
Jamie T has beaten Lady GaGa and Florence And The Machine to the Best Solo Artist award at the Shockwaves NME Awards tonight (February 24).
The London musician also fended off competition from nominees Julian Casablancas and Dizzee Rascal. He picked up the award from guest presenters Mark Ronson and Agyness Deyn at the O2 Academy [...]
Matt Groening to curate ATP Festival in Butlins, Minehead
Sick of praying for good weather at festivals and getting wet and muddy anyway? Sick of the wind making bands sound awful? All Tomorrow’s Parties is a boutique festival for music lovers at which a famous curator picks a line-up of artists old and new, famous and obscure for a unique festival weekend in which [...]
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- Rapper Guru in coma after heart attack
- ‘In For The Kill’ remix shows people don’t want ‘happy crap’
- Scroobius Pip to release poetry book
- Muse Wade In Internet Debate
- Jamie T wins Best Solo Artist at Shockwaves NME Awards
- Matt Groening to curate ATP Festival in Butlins, Minehead
- Giggs’ UK tour cancelled following police consultation
- Foals announce new album title and release date
- New London based label One Bird Records Launched
- Cobain Biopic Go Ahead
