The Verve split up (again)

Cue the bittersweet symphony – for the third time, the Verve have broken up. Several months after guitarist Nick McCabe said the band were on an indefinite “holiday”, McCabe and bassist Simon Jones are reportedly no longer talking to frontman Richard Ashcroft.
“The Verve seem to be on holiday and show no sign of not being [...]

British Musicians defend illegal downloaders

They get together under the ‘Featured Artist Coalition’ banner and said that fans should not be prosecuted for illegally downloading music from the internet. The declaration came as some of Britain’s best-known artists appeared together at the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), in London on Wednesday. The meeting aimed to discuss artists’ rights in the music [...]

MySpace reveals it’s top 8 artists of the year

Gorillaz have topped a list of the most popular acts on MySpace this year, ahead of the likes of Coldplay, Oasis and Lily Allen.
The website has revealed its top eight most watched, most listened to and most popular acts, along with the top eight most watched videos.
In the list of most popular music acts, Gorillaz [...]

The ultimate essential Best Of 2008 by the one and only Popscene blog (you should already have these records in your collection!)

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Top 25 Singles of the year

01. MGMT – Time To Pretend

02. Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire

03. The Gaslight Anthem – The ‘59 Sound

04. Oasis – The Shock Of The Lightning

05. The Streets – The Escapist

06. Vampire Weekend – Walcott

07. MGMT – Kids

08. Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To [...]

new videos… the verve, ladyhawke, ryan adams (live)

The Verve – Rather Be
The Verve will be releasing ‘Rather Be’ as the second single from their latest album ‘Forth’ on November 17th.

Ladyhawke – Delirium
new single by the sweetest girl from modular records

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Fix It
The guys performed the brilliant track ’Fix It’ [...]

The Verve “Forth” – 4 track preview

This is an exlusive preview of The Verve’s eagerly-awaited new album “Forth”. It’s just a favour to get a small taste of the LP from their Label “Parlophone”. To everyone who listen to the tunes > GO AND BUY THE FUCKIN’ ALBUM ON THE DAY OF THE RELEASE! SUPPORT THE MUSICIANS!

02. Love Is Noise
04. Judas
07. [...]

another new track from the verve’s forthcoming new album “Forth”

Hot off the back of their stunning headline performance at Glastonbury, The Verve performed a stunning intimate performance at Maida Vale for BBC Radio 1 and played the new song “Rather Be”. You can watch their whole performance here. We got a great recording of “Rather Be” exlusive for you.
MP3: The Verve – Rather Be [...]

the daily one ~ politikerschelte von the verve & rage against the machine, pete doherty solo in london

Beim den am vergangenen Wochenende über die Bühne gegangenen größten Festivals Schottlands und Irlands, dem “T In The Park” bzw. “Oxegen” gaben sich die beiden Headliner Rage Against The Machine und The Verve bei ihren Auftritten am Samstag jeweils von einer politischen Seite. Von ersteren ist man diverse Äußerungen ja schon gewohnt, “George Bush should [...]

Videoclip zur neuen The Verve Single

“Love Is Noise”

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New Verve Cover Art Revealed

Richard Ashcroft, Simon Jones, Nick McCabe, and Peter Salisbury are just about ready to regale us with Forth, the appropriately — if ironically spelled — titled album via the band’s (also matter-of-factly christened) imprint, On Your Own. And while the hungry throngs have heard their recently premiered, transcendent new single, “Love Is Noise”, not a [...]