Indie Music

14 December 2009

Best album boost for Animal Collective

Maryland trio Animal Collective's album has received another best album of the year top spot.Just a week after the group's Meriweather Post Pavilion was named the year's best album in ...

10 December 2009

Radiohead’s Kid A: Album Of The Decade

The ever-successful Brit band Radiohead have won yet another accolade as their 2000 album KID A has been named the album of the decade by Rolling Stone magazine.A day after ...
9 December 2009

Jónsi - Go

Parlophone Records are proud to announce the release of ‘Go’, an exhilarating, joyful and fearless album from Jón Thor Birgisson, known to the world as Jónsi, the lead singer of ...

9 December 2009

Scouting For Girls Announce New Album Details

Scouting For Girls are pleased to announce details of their second album for release in 2010. The British pop band release ‘Everybody Wants To Be On TV’ through Epic Records on ...
8 December 2009

Lightspeed Champion new video - 'Marlene'

New video from Lightspeed Champion, filmed out in the sweltering heat of Death Valley.'"Marlene" A compass amidst a "Chancellors Nightmare" foretold through the soap of modern ages.' Dev Hynes 2009 ...

1 December 2009

Morrissey Turns Fashion Designer

Morrissey is set to swap singing for fashion design - he's teaming up with Stella McCartney to create a leather-free shoe range. The former Smiths frontman - a committed animal rights ...
26 November 2009

The Strokes Back In The Studio

The Strokes are heading back to the studio in January to record their first new album in four years. The group has been on hiatus since the release of their third ...
23 November 2009

The Temper Trap - Fader Video

FemaleFirst’s favourite band (this week) have just sent us their new video, and you know what? We think we’ve fallen a little bit in love with it. Their new single, Fader, ...
20 November 2009

Coldplay Star Marries

Coldplay Star Jonny Buckland wed his longterm girlfriend in London on Saturday. The guitarist married jewellery maker Chloe Lee-Evans in front of close family and friends, including his bandmates Chris Martin, ...
20 November 2009

Kings Of Leon Win At Woodie Awards

Kings Of Leon were the toast of American universities on Wednesday after students selected them to win the top prize at the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards. Students across the U.S. voted ...
16 November 2009

Nathan Followill Gets Married

Kings Of Leon star star Nathan Followill has wed his girlfriend at a farm in Tennessee. The drummer exchanged vows with singer/songwriter Jessie Baylin on Saturday, and Baylin's high school pal ...
13 November 2009

Goldhawks - Running Away

Goldhawks release their debut single, Running Away, on Vertigo on December 7th.  The single comes amid a busy autumn’s touring for the band, who’ve just returned from a brace of ...

10 November 2009

Fran Healy On Travis Hiatus

Scottish rocker Fran Healy is to take a "vacation" from Travis so he can concentrate on recording his first solo album. The Turn hitmaker reveals the bandmembers, who have released six ...
3 November 2009

Ash - Joy Kicks Darkness Video : Your Thoughts Please….

When I was younger I was completely convinced that I was going to marry Tim Wheeler in a few years… unfortunately the introduction to Sebastian Vettel has knocked Tim down ...

23 October 2009

John Mayer Defends Pot Smoking

John Mayer has defended his decision to sing about smoking marijuana on his new single. The singer is releasing Who Says as the first song from his new album Battle Studies, ...
15 October 2009

Oasis & Coldplay Sweep UK VMA’s

British rockers Oasis & Coldplay were the big winners at the U.K. Music Video Awards in London on Tuesday with both bands scoring a clutch of trophies. The Live Forever hitmakers, ...
14 October 2009

Soft Toy Emergency - Critical

Liverpool electro-pop outfit Soft Toy Emergency release Critical, their debut single for independent UK label All Around The World, this November. Critical has already become an underground hit with multiple Radio ...

6 October 2009

The Killers Settle Legal Dispute

The Killers have settled a legal battle with former manager Braden Merrick over a contract dispute. Merrick sued the band for breach of contract and wrongful termination after dissolving their relationship ...
5 October 2009

Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone

Arctic Monkeys release ‘Cornerstone’, the second single from their recent, number 1 album ‘Humbug’ on Monday the 16th of November 2009. After the great success of the ‘Crying Lightning’ Oxfam collaboration, ...
28 September 2009

Are The Cinematics Staring At The Same Stars?

After conquering America and the rest of Europe, the Scots’ new single, ‘New Mexico’, suggests they are on the right track to success back home in the UK ‘New Mexico’ is ...

24 September 2009

Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full Of Lead

Paolo Nutini releases his exuberant new single ‘Pencil Full Of Lead’ on October 26 – the third to be taken from his critically-acclaimed No.1 album ‘Sunny Side Up’, which has ...
24 September 2009

Empire Of The Sun’s Luke Steel Goes Solo

Empire Of The Sun singer Luke Steele is preparing to kick-off the duo's Australian tour on his own - he hasn't seen bandmate Nick Littlemore for more than five months. The ...

15 September 2009

Morrissey Denies Rourke Legend

Morrissey has exploded a classic The Smiths myth in a new rant addressing the way his former bandmate Andy Rourke was fired from the group. Rourke was temporarily axed from the ...
15 September 2009

Subliminal Girls Split

British indie band Subliminal Girls have split. Frontman Jim Rhesus has announced the break-up in an online statement, a year after the group attempted to revolutionise the music industry by releasing ...