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 [...]

The Oxford have named the album ‘Total Life Forever’ and will release it on May 10, they have revealed on their MySpace blog at Myspace.com/foals.
The band also wrote that “something pretty, pretty, pretty good will be happening on the airwaves this coming Monday (March 1)”.
Foals have also revealed that they are set to play gigs [...]

Details of the collaborative album between Wu Tang Clan members Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and Method Man has been announced.
‘Wu-Massacre’, which will be released on March 30, includes appearances by Wu-Tang members Inspectah Deck and Cappadonna and also features production by RZA and Mathematics.
As Pitchfork reports, a tentative tracklisting for ‘Wu-Massacre’ has been revealed and is [...]

New York indie kingpins The Strokes have released behind the scenes footage of work on their new album.
The Strokes dominated the past decade of indie rock, with their debut album ‘Is This It?’ spawning a thousand imitators. Sleek and effortlessly cool, the record pushed the guitar back to the forefront of pop.
After years of continual [...]

Sunderland post-punk tykes The Futureheads are to get political on their new album.
Times are tough. With the recession still snapping at the heels of consumers the British economy is lagging behind the rest of Europe. Secluded in their home studio, The Futureheads have been unable to ignore what’s going on around them.
Due to return with [...]

Bristol trip hop dons Massive Attack are to turn their album ‘Heligoland’ into a series of short films.
Massive Attack are back, and with renewed ambition. With 3D and Daddy G on speaking terms again, the Bristol dons have unleashed their spectacular new album ‘Heligoland’ featuring appearances from Damon Albarn, Guy Garvey and more.
Acclaimed by critics [...]

New York indie icons The Strokes have hit the studio in order to record their long awaited fourth album.
Bursting out of New York with their ‘Modern Age’ EP in 2000, The Strokes could not have dreamed of the impact they would have on the following decade. Debut album ‘Is This It?’ sparked a thousand followers, [...]

The Dead Weather’s Jack White has revealed that their new album will be out in April.
Talking to Australian radio station Triple J, White gave an update on the progress of the record.
“The Dead Weather are finishing recording the last couple of songs,” White said. “I’m going to start mixing in the next two weeks, so [...]

Seminal Canadian outfit Broken Social Scene are to release their first new album in five years.
Broken Social Scene have helped to change the shape of Canadian music. The loose knit collective have released a string of celebrated albums, with their relationships and solo projects producing countless more.
In charge of the Arts & Crafts label, Broken [...]

I think we can just about slot Los Campesinos! into the ‘indie veterans’ box now, with 2 cracking albums in the bag and some excellent tours under their belt they certainly carry some weight on the scene.
Which is why we are very excited to hear that the new album, “Romance is Boring”, is finally [...]