Mazzy Star are set to release their first new album in 17 years, Seasons Of Your Day.
The band's fourth studio album will come out on September 24 and was recorded in California and Norway. Click below to listen to the first single from the album, "California". The album follows 1990's She Hangs Brightly, 1993's So Tonight That I Might See and 1996's Among My Swan.
God bless Rod Stewart
Not even creepy celebrity horse-whisperer Alan Yentob could wholly ruin last week’s highly entertaining BBC Arena special on Rod Stewart. His contributions were laughably witless all the same. “You look just like brothers!” he exclaimed excitedly of Rod and long-time mucker Ronnie Woods, which may have been true 40 years ago. These days they don’t even look like cousins.
Bob Dylan has confirmed the full tracklisting for The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971).
The album will be released on multiple formats on August 26 in the UK via Columbia Records.
It includes 35 rarities alongside unreleased recordings and will be available in two disc standard and four disc deluxe editions and a vinyl edition.
Thom Yorke has defended his position on Spotify, after he and producer Nigel Godrich took to Twitter to express their views that the streaming service was "bad for new music" before announcing that they would be pulling their material from it.
A website has been launched for 20,000 Days On Earth, the fictional film charting 24 hours in the life of Nick Cave.
The film, directed by multi-media artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, features cameos from Ray Winstone and Kylie Minogue, is due for release in Spring 2014.
The website contains teaser footage from the film.
David Bowie has unveiled the video for "Valentine's Day" – watch it below.
The track is the fourth single from Bowie's album The Next Day. It was directed by Indrani and Markus Klinko, who previously collaborated with Bowie on the artwork for the 2002 Heathen album. The track will also be released as a limited edition picture disc on August 19, with the track 'Plan' as a b-side.
Bob Dylan has released a trailer for the Bootleg Series Volume 10.
The trailer for Another Self Portrait (1969 - 1971) includes interviews with Al Kooper and David Bromberg, who both played on the sessions, as well as clips for songs including “Went To See The Gypsy”, “Pretty Saro”, “Tell Old Bill”, "Time Passes Slowly” and “When I Paint My Masterpiece”.
More information about Another Self Portrait (1969 - 1971) is expected later today.
When unpleasant right-wing governments seize control by one means or another, a lot of wishful thinking often goes on among radical artists. Hard times, they speculate, will encourage a new counterculture; angry political art will flourish in the face of oppression. We heard a lot of this rhetoric from dissenters trying to put a positive gloss on the election of David Cameron in 2010. But as yet, a provocative cultural revolt against the Tories, if there is one, remains too underground to register on most radar.
