Coldplay are on a world tour, taking them, well, around the world. One of the stand out songs from Mylo Xyloto is the surprising duet with Rihanna. Since they can’t take her on tour ($$$$), they have her on video...
Damon Albarn Dashes Hopes of Future Blur and Gorillaz Projects When Gorillaz finished their last album, word was it was their last. Damon Albarn has now spoken frankly and said that him and Gorillaz collaborator, Jamie Hewlett, aren’t on good...
95% of this post will be about the Brit Awards Top stories in the UK this morning all centre around last night’s Brit Awards, celebrating the best in British music. Much like the Grammys, North London singer Adele cleaned up,...
Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn Debut New Blur Song At last night’s War Child benefit show in London’s Shepherds Bush Empire, Blur members Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn played a new Blur song called Under the West Way (via Consequence...
Mumford & Sons Almost Done Second Album Everyone’s favourite folk rockers, Mumford & Sons, are just about to wrap up recording their second album (via Gigwise). I think they’re just trying to figure out creative ways to spend the last...
Bon Iver Wins Best New Artist, Snub Grammys, Should Rename Himself Bonnie Bear Last night, the 2012 Grammys took place. Like Bon Iver, I held out watching from watching them. Unlike Bon Iver, I did not win a Grammy. Bon...
As 2011 draws to a close, it’s time to join the other media outlets and make some lists, so that readers can a) validate their opinion on songs or b) criticize those who do not share the same opinion as...
2.5 Million People are Paying Subscribers to Spotify While hundreds of millions of people illegal download porn music, 2.5 million good souls decided to pay Spotify to legitimately stream music (via Slash Gear). No (useful) information was revealed though, such...
Rihanna to Partner with Best Buy Apologies for this blog turning into a bit of a Rihannafest of late, but when you do interesting things, you’re going to get talked about. Best Buy has said that you will get the...
Hot off of her collaboration on Coldplay’s new record, Mylo Xyloto, Rihanna has a couple of other cool collaborations and samples up her sleeve. Her new record is Talk That Talk, which is out next Tuesday, and features a sample...
Amy Winehouse’s Pre-Death Album Plans If Amy Winehouse hadn’t have died, OR if she rises from the dead, her third album would’ve likely featured a jazz supergroup (via NME). Amy’s producer, Salaam Remi, has said that Winehouse was hoping to...
It’s still technically the morning, but apologies for the delay – looking after someone who had ACL surgery is a touch time consuming. Online Music Sales Up in 2011 (I Think PHM Said This Yesterday) Good news, people who like...
Zoe Deschanel and Ben Gibbard Separate, Indie Fans Cry Do you remember that time when PeteHatesMusic commented that Zooey Deschanel wasn’t wearing her wedding ring, and that I would start a rumour of them breaking up? Well, it appears that...
Need a Halloween Idea? Don’t Pick Nicki Minaj So Halloween is on Monday, meaning the par-tays are this weekend. What are you going as? If you’re still out of a costume, and looking to go as a musician, perhaps do...
Well well, how’s that for a headline, kids? The direct quote from Chris Martin is “I know our lyrics are a bit shit, but (the ones for ‘Charlie Brown’) I like them a lot.” (via NME). 5 albums, and millions...
