The Ting Tings - Be The One - Single Review

Be The One is the latest single from the Ting Tings, and while it has that unmistakeable Ting Tings sound, it's also a fully, more audibly satisfying track.

Gone are the sharp staccato vocals of That's Not My Name, replaced by lead singer Katie White singing in quite …

UK Pop Charts - 12 October 2008

Pink takes the UK number one spot this week with her rockin' breakup anthem So What? while Oasis score an album chart-topper with Dig Out Your Soul.

It's a strange week in the singles chart though - a whole lot of awesomeness (Kings of Leon, Rihanna, Sugababes) and …

Leona Lewis - Forgive Me - Single Review

Considering she 'graduated' from The X Factor almost 2 years ago, it's hard to believe that Forgive Me is only Leona's fourth single.

Interestingly, this is her first up-tempo single to be released from the Spirit album. Written by Akon (and Claude Kelly and Giorgio …

Lil' Kim gets sued by her record company

That delightful female rapper, Lil' Kim is apparently being sued by her record company. Brookland Media are claiming that Kim has failed to deliver on her contract, and have filed a $2.5 million lawsuit in an attempt to get her back in the studio.

However, Lil' Kim …

OMG! Chinese Democracy in 44 days!

Word reaches me, Dr Pepper lovers, that Guns N' Roses will release their long long long long long awaited Chinese Democracy album on 23rd November of this very year.

A major pat on the back for Axl, perhaps showing exactly how petty he can be when someone makes fun at …

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Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul is now streaming on MySpace!

If you want to get a not-so-sneaky listen to the new Oasis album, Dig Out Your Soul, the whole thing is streaming live on MySpace right now! In fact, this is so fresh, most of the tracks have a play count of zero as I write this!

I've been listening to the much hyped …

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 …

Linkblog for Sep 06 to Sep 13

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 …

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 …