Flights have just announced that they will release their long awaited debut album History Be Kind on October 6th, 2014, through Scylla Records.

Bad Sign have just released a video for brand new single 'The Recidivst', which is taken from their upcoming EP 'Destroy'.

Failure Machine has somehow channeled the ghosts of late great soul/R&B artists, dirtied them up (in a good way) and electrified them. A grungier Sam Cooke, if ya get me. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. What is going on out there in Reno lately? Another example of great music coming out of one-armed bandit land!

We caught up with the guys to chat about getting drunk and eating pizza, Halle Berry and supergroups, here's how we got on....

On the evening of 6 November 2013, at the invitation of Raf Simons of Dior, a special Plastikman live show composed of entirely new material took place at the Guggenheim Museum, NYC. The album, EX, was released in June, and then days after its release, a second performance took place at the renowned Sónar festival in Barcelona.

British noise-pop outfit Great Pagans will release their new album ‘Cupid In Error’ on Monday 20th October 2014 by Gazelle Twin’s Anti-Ghost Moon Ray Records. To celebrate the announcement of the new album, Great Pagans are streaming two new songs ‘December’ & ‘So Pure’  below. 

“The intoxicated tantrums of their striking debut ‘Whatever’ have given way to a manageable, strangely enjoyable hangover on ‘Hold Open My Head’… clean guitars cycle in a dream state during the verse and hitch in off-kilter rhythms during the hook”  – Pitchfork

“… their crafty plays on rhythm and dexterously executed shredding are anything but average” – MTV Iggy

“Afrobeats tug at an ostinato bass line and Ms Doolittle's bright vocals bounce along syncopated rhythms, boldly reminding you why they can't be ignored" – THE LINE OF BEST FIT

“If you can watch this video without looking away, flinching, or gasping you're made of tougher stuff than us" – NOISEY

The track has already picked up nearly 11,000 plays in 2 and a half weeks and we were pretty taken by it. 

The track was co-written and produced by multi-million selling trip-hop collective Archive.

We've heard follow up singles, and the next track to come is, in our opinion, even a step up from this. 

Check it out now, you won't be disappointed!

Including London Koko - November 7, 2014

Debut album: The Balcony – September 15, 2014

2013 was a good year for Chris Selman and Simon Williams, AKA Words & Noises. Working with esteemed producer Fred Kindt (Elbow, Cherry Ghost) in the renowned Blueprint Studios, the duo released their debut EP Beating Heart to critical acclaim.

Musicmuso met up with the guys in a pub next to the Granada Studios for a quick jar and a chat about hangover music, the Gallagher brothers and Slash from Guns n' Roses, here's how it went....

Nicole Atkins unveils a new video for ‘Who Killed The Moonlight?’ from her ‘Slow Phaser’ album. The video was animated by the world-renowned Ilinca Hopfner who has worked with Nick Cave  and Grinderman.

Album ‘Hold On Pain Ends’ set for release through Fearless Records on 1st September 2014

Artwork, tracklisting and pre-orders now online - http://thecolormorale.net/preorderhope

Pre-order on iTunes and get ‘Suicide;Stigma’ to download immediately

UK Tour with The Word Alive in October

Shifting Buffalo, aka Ben Fuller is set to release his new album 'Tempus Fugit Already' on August 18th. 14 original songs, drawing on a variety of influences, all composed through the “immersion composition” method.

Sinéad O’Connor will release her brand new single ‘Take Me To Church’ as the first single to be lifted from her new album ‘I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss’. 

The album was released via Nettwerk Records on August 11th 2014.

Vena Portae are an Anglo-Swedish alt-folk band, comprised of BAFTA award-winning singer songwriter Emily Barker, songwriter and performer Dom Coyote, and Swedish producer and multi-instrumentalist Ruben Engzell. 

London collective Lucky Elephant are to release their new album The Rainy Kingdom through Sunday Best on September 8. Produced by Paul Butler (Michael Kiwanuka, Devendra Banhart, The Bees), the album features the track "Old Kent Road" which, along with the already aired "British Working Man", is available as instant grat upon pre-order of the album: 

Described by The Scottish Voice of New Music Jim Gellatly as "an ideal festival band with stacks of energy" Have Mercy Las Vegas gone from strength to strength following their arrival on the Scottish music scene in 2011. 

Musicmuso bumped into the guys at the 'eat all you can buffet night' at the 'Koh-I-Noor' Indian restaurant right next to the M8 motorway in Glasgow, whilst waiting for some fresh naan bread to be delivered, we chatted about Stephen Fry, Elvis and road crossing chickens, here's how we got on....

Manchester five-piece The Travelling Band, famed for their wonderful live prowess and feel-good epic-folk, have announced the upcoming release The Big Defreeze. The album is hugely anticipated following a three-year gap since their last long-player, Screaming is Something, received both critic and fan adulation.