Ellie Goulding will release her new album, Halcyon Days in August. The album will feature a cover of Alt-J's "Tessellate" and features appearances by DJ Fresh and Madeon.
Daft Punk have officially launched their own brand of condoms in support of their international blockbuster single, "Get Lucky." Now, we can all "Get Lucky" to "Get Lucky" using "Get Lucky" condoms - yes, we have been waiting all day to say that.
Metal heads Pelican will release their new album, Forever Becoming in October.
Longtime friend and Arctic Monkeys producer, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age has shed some light on the Monkeys forthcoming album, AM. Speaking at the Rock For People festival at Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic last weekend, he said, “I sang on the new Arctic Monkeys record. It’s a really cool, sexy after-midnight record. It’s called 'AM', so I guess that’s really obvious. And it’s really good. It’s really good. It’s not disco [as such], but it’s like a modern, dancefloor sexy record. It’s really good."
Speaking to Wall Street Journal, Damon Albarn has confirmed that Blur will record new material after Albarn wraps up working on his solo album. Albarn is currently working with XL Records boss, Richard Russell, who he worked with on Bobby Womack's awesome 2012 album, The Bravest Man in the Universe. No release date for Albarn's solo album has been set.
