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HMV announce extra stock of vinyls

HMV To Up Vinyl Stock

After its disastrous £36million half-year profit loses HMV are making a bid to boost custom by announcing that they plan to up their stock of vinyl in shops around the UK and online. Speaking to NME, HMV’s official spokes person said, ‘A lot of customers have been asking us to increase the amount of racking we dedicate to music … read more»

Things We Learnt This Week

All the other ‘sound of 2012′ polls are a bit shit so we did our own. (Here) There’s no accounting for musical taste and LMFAO can still become the biggest selling single of the year. (Here) M83 wanted to chat with us and so did S.C.U.M. (Here) and (Here) Franz Ferdinand are back and they’re headlining Field Day 2012. … read more»

The Only Way is Essex for Kylie

  Despite the Vice Chancellor nervously fumbling with his words and pronouncing the songstress’ surname as Mino-gee, this evening Kylie Minogue was awarded with an honorary degree from Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford, Essex. Has she ever been to the University, stepped foot in the town centre or even remotely heard of the place? … read more»

The Young Creative Chevrolet Design Awards.

Last night Chevrolet celebrated 100 years of design as they hosted The Young Creative Chevrolet Design Awards and honored young European talent in London’s iconic Battersea power station. The night began with the drinks reception set within the phenomenal location its safe to say every guest acknowledged what an honor it was to step foot … read more»

Ben Folds Release : The Best Imitation Of Myself : A Retrospective

After retiring from Chat Roulette, we know know why, Ben Folds has been gearing up to release The Best Imitation Of Myself : A Retrospective. Out on the 10th October the single CD and expanded 3CD will be the first release in 11 years to include new material. This will be a career-spanning anthology on the singer-songwriter-pianist. Ben says … read more»

Alan McGee ' I thought the Sony Warehouse Fire Was Funny'

Music Mogal Alan Mcgee is getting a virtual ear bashing all over the web today for his insensitive comments about the Sony warehouse fire. A music pioneer himself starting Creation Records in 1983 ( The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, Oasis and The Libertines.) and a music columnist for the Guardian will probably be regretting his … read more»

Thursday Mixtape : 6 of the best songs in film.

    6 Of The Best Songs In Film.   Submitted by : Polly Mackey, Music PR You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry (Pulp Fiction) - Listen Not many songs can evoke me to dance when stone-cold sober, but this can get me twisting like an idiot, any time of day. It’s also taken from my all time favourite film scene – … read more»

Metronomy, Everything Goes My Way

The new Metronomy single, Everything Goes My Way will be out on October 17th. The single is backed by remixes from Jesse Rose, Duke Dumont Azari and lll with the main track fesaturing the sweet vocals of Roxanne Clifford from Veronica Falls. This will be the third single from Metronomys Mercury Music Prize nominated album, The English … read more»

Birdy, People Help The People

That little lady Birdy who had everyone gushing over her Bon Iver cover has swept in again and announced her new single. People Help The People will be released on the 3rd October will be her third single to date and will be released on 14th Floor / Atlantic. Performances of Shelter and Ed Sheeran’s The A Team made her the second most … read more»

Marina And The Diamonds, Radioactive

The little lady with the big voice the is Marina And The Diamonds is returning after a long summer of touring and festivals with new single, Radioactive set for release on October 3rd. It has been some time since we had a release to write about from Marina and The Diamonds so Radioactive, coming out through 679 Recordings is news for sore … read more»

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