Oasis - The Shock Of The Lightning - Single Review

In their 17th year, you'd have thought Oasis would have imploded by now.

However, their new single The Shock Of The Lightning shows that they're not showing any signs of slowing down or stagnating.

As it stands, The Shock Of The Lightning is a surprisingly hard …

Spoilsport! Robert Plant denies Led Zeppelin reunion rumours.

As we said last week amid all the speculation of a Led Zeppelin reunion - it ain't over with Zep until someone releases an official statement.

And now someone has released an official statement: stand up Mr Robert Plant. Via his website, Plant has released an official …

Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues

What's the ultimate Led Zeppelin song? In my humble opinion, it's not Whole Lotta Love, Dazed And Confused or even Stairway To Heaven.

It's a less well-known tune called Traveling Riverside Blues. In keeping with the Delta Blues obsession that spawned the blues rock of …

Can an unsigned singer get a Top 40 hit on Internet sales alone?

A young singer by the name of Callaghan is aiming to get one of her songs into the UK Top 40.

The catch? She's flying completely without a net - no manager, no record deal, no distribution and the bare minimum of promotion.

She makes the point that it only takes …

UK Pop Chart - 28 September 2008

Hey, it's an interesting pop chart this week, so we thought we'd do one of our fabulous round-up posts. And can anyone explain to us why Faith Hill is back in the charts with There You'll Be? Does anyone else feel like they've time travelled back to 2001 again?

Let's …

Overselling Leon Jackson just a bit?

Alright, maybe we accepted that Leon Jackson's latest single wasn't too bad after all. But we didn't go as far as to claim he's the biggest thing to come out of the UK music industry, did we?

According to Leon himself, Simon Cowell is comparing him to Michael Buble and …

There just might be a Led Zeppelin tour after all...

The Led Zeppelin rumour mill has been in overdrive since way back in June 2007 - that's when we first started talking about possible reunions.

As you all know, Robert, Jimmy and John reunited, with the rightful heir to the drum riser, Jason Bonham, and the band …

Linkblog for Sep 13 to Sep 20

Sugababes - Girls - Single Review

It may be worth noting, dear reader, that the title is not Here Come The Girls. It is merely Girls. Very minimalist.

And although the Sugababes only released their fifth album (Change) last October, this new single is from their forthcoming sixth album. Entitled …

Those Dancing Days - Home Sweet Home - Single Review

OK, for those of you not familiar with Those Dancing Days, you should probably check this out. It's their new single, Home Sweet Home.

What do we like about it? Well, those cute Swedish accents for a start - that kind of drawling but musical delivery. Or maybe it's …

Watch Leona Lewis' New Single 'Forgive Me'

Leona Lewis is due to release her newest single, titled 'Forgive Me', on October the 27th.

In this video we can see Leona actually dancing and not just just sliding up and down a wall, so that's a defnite improvment! I like the funky upbeat track, and it's nice to see …

Linkblog for Sep 06 to Sep 13

The Feeling - Join With Us - Single Review

The musical equivalent of the credit crunch is happening in the Indie scene at the moment, and it seems The Feeling may be ..er.. feeling the pinch.

Join With Us is the title track from the band's second album, but the singles they've released lately don't seem to be …

Listen To Avenue Covering Take That's Patience

So Avenue, the band that was kicked off X Factor in 2006 for already having a record deal are trying to launch a career outside the show, and have started off by covering Take That's hit song, Patience.

As a die hard Take That fan, I was slightly sceptical about this …

Recommended: The Good Natured

A reader shot us an email this afternoon to share the amazing electro-songwriting talents of Sarah McIntosh. Sarah performs and records under the name of The Good Natured.

So good was the nature of the music (feel free to cringe at the wordplay, folks), that we …

Leon Jackson - Don't Call This Love - Single Review

The long-awaited and marginally hyped second single from Leon Jackson is hitting the stores in October.

Let's just remind ourselves of what we said last Christmas when Leon was storming the charts in a blaze of X Factor-led publicity.

Is it possible that Leon may be …

Pop Chart Round-up - 7 September 2008

Yikes! Can you believe our last chart run-down was way back in June?

We're sure you understand, folks. When the pop chart doesn't change substantially from week to week, is there any point in repeating ourselves each week?

Anyway, it's September. The Autumn season is …

Alice In Chains return with new frontman, new album

You can't stop the rock reunions. Alice In Chains are the latest act to reform, despite the sticky issue of having a deceased lead singer.

It's been 13 years since the band's last album, and 6 since their legendary lead singer Layne Stayley died from a drugs …

CSS - Move - Single Review

Oooh, if you're a fan of CSS, you'll no doubt like their latest single, Move.

We can't claim to be experts on the Brazilian six-piece, so Move comes as a welcome introduction to the group. It's a quirky slice of electro-pop, and a breath of fresh air.

Is this what we've …

Linkblog for Aug 23 to Aug 30