Queens Of The Stone Age are set to re-released their self-titled debut album, which is near-impossible to find as of this present moment, later this year. The LP, first released in 1998 when Josh Homme was only marginally less tall than he is now, will be available through Homme’s own Rekords Rekords label. At the [...]

Posted on September 1st, 2010 by Max
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At first we thought that James Murphy retiring of the LCD Soundsystem moniker would involve everything related to it. Now, it seems more like he’s doing a Trent Reznor: retire from touring but still make music regardless, and he hinted to The Quietus that he “might make another album.” He also said: “We’ll still make [...]

Posted on August 30th, 2010 by Max
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Yes! It’s a new Sufjan Stevens album. Fresh from releasing his most recent EP, All Delighted People, through Bandcamp last week the singer-songwriter has announced a brand new LP, The Age Of Adz (pronounced odds), as well as revealing the artwork in the process. This is his first proper album since 2005′s Illinoise if you [...]

Posted on August 26th, 2010 by Max
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The frontman of that rather chirpy indie rock quintet Maxïmo Park, Paul Smith, is set to embark on a solo tour later this year in support of his debut solo album. The man who refuses to be seen without some sort of trendy hat on his head will be releasing Margins on the 11th October [...]

Posted on August 25th, 2010 by Max
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I didn’t watch the X-Factor this past weekend but 11.3 million other people did. You may think, after it has emerged that auto-tune is applied in post-production, I’m about to launch into a rant about how the X-Factor is blatantly lying to its audience and how people just won’t care anyway, but I won’t. That’s [...]

Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by Max
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