Kings Of Leon- Crawl (Link 2) (Link 3) or download from the band (preferably).
Discuss: Kings Of Leon- Unstoppable?
Kings Of Leon will creep up on you. Just when did they get this big? “This” being “walk-in-the-park Glasto headlining” big and “trotting out brilliant albums every year” big. I get the simultaneously wonderful and terrifying [...]

Update 2: The fileden links went down due to popularity! You guys sucked up 5 Gb of bandwith in about 5 hours. I’ve re-uploaded all the individual tracks on zshare for your listening pleasure. Enjoy.
Update: The Lemur is turning 17 tomorrow- Blogstars have put together another completely original mixtape to celebrate the event. Make sure [...]

Update: Links changed!
Santogold- I’m A Lady (Diplo Mix ft. Amanda Blank) (Link 2)Santogold- Les Artistes (XXXchange Mix ft. Movado) (Link 2)Richie Spice And Ratatat- Marijuana (Link 2)
You may have heard of Diplo and Santogold’s new mega collaboration mix-tape ‘Top Ranking’. I was late on the uptake (that changed, and fast), and if you still haven’t [...]

Nickel Eye- Brandy Of The Damned (Link 2)Nickel Eye- Dying Star (Link 2)(Links up for limited time in interest of the artist)
Julian Casablancas will be getting worried now. Joining Albert Hammond Jr. in the ‘this 4th album is taking fucking forever, I’m leaving’ crowd is Nikolai Fraiture. You know him, he’s the one that dresses [...]

Update: Check this out: download the band’s new single for free from RCRD LBL. Tickets are now on sale for the band’s upcoming US tour. Catch them quick- the shows are already selling out.
In related news, Shockhound have a brilliant new competition- I think you guys should sign ASAP. The Outside Lands Festival giveaway is [...]

Kirsten Price- Magic Tree (Link 2) (Link 3)
I’ll be honest- I’m not a singer-songwriter guy by any stretch of the imagination. You could stretch Sufjan Stevens into that category, but his music is extremely inventive and massively expansive. Lightspeed Champion is too honest, relevant and depressed to be cornered. Scouring my library, Paolo Nutini is [...]

Rihanna Disturbia le ClipGeüpload door rihanna-elodie
Rihanna- Disturbia (Link 2) (Link 3)Rihanna- Disturbia (Jody Den Broader Remix) (Link 2) (Link 3)Rihanna- Disturbia (Anthony Lago Vs. Flashlight Creeping Club Remix) (Link 2) (Link 3)
So, Rihanna has really changed. There is obviously much more to this Barbadian teen (apparently not- she’s now 20) that we first thought.
‘Disturbia’ is [...]

Update: So the list has been announced in a ceremony today, with some notable absences. Duffy, Coldplay and Lightspeed Champion were all left off the list, whilst Laura Marling and Burial both look like serious contenders for the prize. Official list as follows:
Adele – ‘19′British Sea Power – ‘Do You Like Rock Music?’Burial – ‘Untrue’Elbow [...]

Above and below- two of the most breathtaking posters you will ever see. Click through for glorified super high-res versions!
Santogold- Starstruck (Diplo Remix) (Link 2)
Discuss: Did you help The Dark Knight break these records? What’s your verdict?
The dreams have come true. The Dark Knight has broken a long list of records on it’s opening weekend, [...]

The Rest- The Close Western (Link 2)
If you read a selection of the more prominent blogs- my own core selection includes PMA, Hypeful, Gorrilla Vs. Bear and Stereogum- you generally get a comprehensive list (but by no means complete) of stuff that you’re probably either listening to, or should be. Sometimes we miss stuff once [...]

Santogold/M.I.A./Gorilla Zoe- Get It Up (Radioclit Remix) (Link 2)
Whilst Santogold is once again taking the web by storm, second time around she’s not alone. Instead, her new mixtape with Diplo (’Top Ranking’- I will be posting on this once I buy it) has brought together Santi and M.I.A, alongside a host of other crazy collaborations. [...]

Coldplay- Free gig at Madison Square Garden… why wasn’t I invited?
Coldplay- Death Will Never Conquer (Link 2)
I would love to be Brian Eno. Not for the reputation, nor the money, but purely so I could take a listen to all the off-cuts from Coldplay’s latest album, ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends’ [...]

Update- Empire, Joblo and a few other sites have cottoned on to the ‘new terminator model’. In the time it took me to write this, it appears loads of people have freeze-framed! View a trailer analysis. Films, Films, Films.zip (Link 2)
Well- here we are. As requested, welcome to The Cold Cut summer movie extravaganza. It’s [...]

Lily Allen- Who’d Of Known (Link 2) (Link 3)
‘Smile’ was the song that alerted us all to Lily Allen’s presence. At first a sickly sweet relationship tale, it morphed over a summer of domination into the song that we all loved to hate, as most radio friendly single’s do. Next came ‘LDN’, which also metamorphosed, [...]

Bloc Party- Mercury (Telemitry Mix) (Link 2) (Link 3)
Telemitry, take a long, exaggerated bow. For you are the true master. Where have you been for the last few weeks?
Since the Telemitry remix of ‘Viva La Vida’ -which turned it into a sure-fire dance floor hit- I have been waiting for a similar challenge to come [...]

7/10
More so than any other musician of the last two decades, Beck Hansen has never been comfortable in his own skin… He is driven by an obsession to continually reinvent himself between albums and tours. It’s a dilemma which has garnered him tags of ‘the most idiosyncratic musician alive’ and ‘alternative’, coupled with his challenging, [...]

Pharrell, Santogold and Julian Casablancas- My Drive Thru
I’m not in the mood to regurgitate a former post and start ramming ‘My Drive Thru’ down your throats. It seems to fit into the Marmite mold- you love it or you hate it. I am in the former category, purely because this song is too cool for [...]

Beatology.zip (Link 2)
When Jay-Z performed on Glastonbury 2008’s second night, he effectively altered British music festivals. In doing so, he simultaneously made a mockery of all those who doubted whether hip-hop belonged in a British festival atmosphere- yes, Noel, that’s you. I personally hate the fact that these genres are largely left out of European [...]

Pin Me Down- Cryptic (Link 2)Pin Me Down- Pretty In Pink (Link 2)
This really isn’t me, but all I can say is… fuuuuuuuck. Why didn’t someone tell me earlier? Why did you leave me out of the party? Pin Me Down are so, so, so incredibly ace, and clearly destined for huge things. Why ‘Cryptic’ [...]

Bloc Party- Mercury (Link 2)
I’m not a ‘report every piece of music news’ kind of guy, so I wasn’t going to talk about Bloc Party’s cryptic countdown (see full story) until it came to fruition, and it has. The countdown was (as suspected) for the release of new material. Or more specifically, a new single, [...]

Akon/Michael Jackson- Hold My Hand (Link 2)
Sorry to go fan-ish on you, but it looks as if MJ is about to break cover with some new music, hot on the heels of this new song from Akon’s third album (currently unfinished). Regardless of all the palaver surrounding the “king of pop” (I’m not sure if [...]

8/10
N.E.R.D.- Anti Matter (Link 2)NERD- Spaz (Link 2)NERD- You Know What (Link 2)
N.E.R.D.’s ‘Seeing Sounds’ is surprisingly simple to review. In short, this is an album that almost (it’s annoyingly close) realises their potential. That being said, their potential is a modern classic, so the results are still brilliant.
If we are honest with each other, [...]