Metronomy release their fourth studio album ‘Love Letters’ today through Because Music. The album aims to do fresh things in an old fashioned way – taking a more traditional analogue approach to recording, yet at the same time injecting the music with tight electronics and experiments in sound.
Coldplay have announced details of their sixth studio album and revealed two new songs. ‘Ghost Stories’ - the follow up to 2011’s ‘Mylo Xyloto’ - is set to be released 19th May via Parlophone / Atlantic.
Trophies for Lily Allen, Disclosure, Haim and The Clash at the 2014 NME Awards.
Bastille continued their phenomenal year last week when they took home the Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act, whilst this week their debut album 'Bad Blood' has returned to the top of the album charts.
Paul Heaton - of legendary groups The Housemartins and The Beautiful South – has announced a UK tour this spring. For the first time since the days of The Beautiful South he’ll be reunited with former band member Jacqui Abbott, and the pair will be performing some of The Beautiful South’s biggest hits – alongside new material.
Universal Music Publishing has renewed its worldwide publishing deals with Florence Welch (Florence + The Machine), Paul Weller and Steve Booker.
Three years after their much loved self-titled debut, Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and James Mercer return as Broken Bells with their second album ‘After The Disco’, released today and including lead single ‘Holding on for Life’. The album’s theme came from late night conversations between Danger Mouse and James Mercer about the feelings you get the day after the party, and once you grow up and leave your partying days behind.
The Family Rain release their debut album today ‘Under The Volcano’ through Vertigo / Virgin EMI Records. Recorded over four weeks at Berlin's famed Hansa Studios, it’s ten tracks of primal, blues-powered rock 'n' roll. Nagging melodies combine with heavy, metallic riffs to produce a searing rock record of intelligence and wit.
To celebrate a career spanning a decade and three Top 10 albums, Hard-Fi release ‘Best of 2004 – 2014’ today, containing their biggest hits alongside band and fan favourites. Hard-Fi’s double Platinum debut ‘Stars of CCTV’ sold over 1 million copies worldwide, topped the UK album charts, and earned them a 2005 Mercury nomination. It spawned five Top 15 singles including ‘Hard to Beat’, ‘Cash Machine’ and ‘Living for the Weekend’, and made them the most played band on Radio 1 in 2006.
Universal Music Publishing is delighted to welcome Raleigh Ritchie to the UMP family. His musical style is a unique amalgamation of R&B, soul, indie and pop - of which Raleigh himself says, “I know what my kind of music is I just don't know what to call it”.