New Entry: Family Friends Reveal New Single “I’m Like You”

Melbourne/London based garage pop/psych duo Family Friends (brother sister duo Tom and Rebecca Fitzsimons) have revealed their new single "I’m Like You".

The song is taken from their upcoming new EP 'Look the Other Way', which will be released on 24 February via Beatnik Creative. Pre-order your copy here.

Stream it below.

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Watch: Heat Reveal Music Video For "Lush"

Montreal indie rock/shoegaze band Heat have revealed the video for their newest single "Lush".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming debut album 'Overnight', which will be outon January 20 via Topshelf Records. Pre-order your copy here.

The video was directed Charles Andre Coderre. Take a look below.

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New Entry: Heat Release New Single "Lush"

Montreal indie rock/shoegaze band Heat have released their new single "Lush".

This is the first taste from their upcoming debut album 'Overnight', which will be released on January 20 via Topshelf Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Stream it below.

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Watch: Flesh Unleash Music Video For New Track "Not Gna"

Manchester snotpop/alt band Flesh have unleashed the video for their infectious new track "Not Gna".

The '90s-infused song is part of our current playlist and is available now through thier Soundcloud page.

Check out the video below.

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Watch: Warm Brains Shares "Happy Accidents" Music Video

London based producer Rory Attwell (former Test Icicles member) solo project Warm Brains has shared the video for "Happy Accidents", 

The song is part of our current playlist and is the title-track of their recent EP, released via Art is Hard Records. Grab your copy here.

According to the press release "nostalgia runs through the very veins of lead track ‘Happy Accidents’. From the kitchen-sink’esque description of an afternoon spent with relatives to the call and answer chime of the lead guitar part. There’s something distinctly 90’s about the track; whether it’s the mention of “Saturday grandstand” or the fact that this sounds exactly how I wish Blur sounded at the time."

The surreal clip, directed by Paxi. Watch it blow.

Website: warmbrains.com

Watch: The Ocean Blue Reveal "Ground Gives Way" Music Video

Pennsylvania-based indie band The Ocean Blue have revealed the video for "Ground Gives Way", another cut taken from the band's latest album 'Ultramarine', released back in March via Korda Records. The song is part of our current playlist.

Directed by Ginny Pitchford, the clip was designed and made in California, and features live performance footage along with some futuristic images of outer space.

Watch it below.

Website: theoceanblue.com

Watch: Real Lies Premiere Music Video For "'World Peace"

London bedroom pop trio Real Lies (one of our new favourite bands), have premiered the video for "World Peace", taken from their double A-side single 'World Peace/Deeper', which will be released via Sweet Exile/Marathon Artists on 4th November.

'World Peace' it's brilliant tune that has all the hallmarks of an early 90s anthem, fans of New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Perfume, Flowered Up and Happy Mondays are sure to find plenty pleasurable about this track.

The video was directed by filmmaker Rollo Jackson, who also directed the clip for "Deeper". Watch it below.

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Watch: Suede Premiere "For The Strangers" Music Video

Suede have premiered the music video for their latest single "For The Strangers". off their their critically acclaimed sixth studio album 'Bloodsports', released back in March. 

The song is part of our current playlist www.koolrockradio.com and will be released as a single on October 2. It will available digitally through iTunes and as a double 7" vinyl along with "Hit Me", and new tracks 'Darkest Days' and 'Human Tide'.  

The black and white video for the track was directed by Ben Lankester and uses footage from their triumphant comeback gig at Alexandra Palace in March. Watch it below.

You can buy "For The Strangers" here. 

Placebo Reveal "Loud Like Love" Tracklist, Announce New Single

Placebo have revealed the tracklist for their upcoming seventh studio album "Loud Like Love", which is due for release on  September 16.

The 10-track album was produced by Adam Noble and recorded in London's RAK Studios and is the follow-up to 2009's 'Battle For The Sun'. Check a teaser video for the album here. 

The band have also announced that the the first single will be 'Too Many Friends', released on July 9. Recently, the band flew to Los Angeles to film the video for the single, directed by Saman Keshavarz which will be premiered in a few weeks.  

The tracklist for "Loud Like Love" is as follows:

01. Loud Like Love 

02. Scene Of The Crime 

03. Too Many Friends 

04. Hold On To Me 

05. Rob The Bank

06. A Million Little Pieces

07. Exit Wounds 

08. Purify 

09. Begin The End 

10. Bosco

Website: http://placeboworld.co.uk

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Placebo Unveil Teaser Video For New Album "Loud Like Love"

Placebo have unveiled a new teaser clip featuring music from their upcoming seventh studio album "Loud Like Love", which is due for release on  September 16.

The clip shows the three-piece playing the title track from the new album. Watch the trailer below.

The album features 10 new tracks recorded in London last year and produced by Adam Noble, and is 

available for pre-order now in different formats. 

• 3D Lenticular Super Deluxe Bos Set: http://smarturl.it/LLL_super_dlx_boxset
• Limited Edition Digi Pack CD & DVD: http://smarturl.it/LLL_digipack_cd_dvd 
• Standard CD album: http://smarturl.it/LLL_standard_cd
• ** 2 x 12" Gatefold Coloured Vinyl Set: http://smarturl.it/LLL_vinyl_set

Watch: Suede Unveil Music Video For "Hit Me"

Suede have unveiled the video for "Hit Me", the latest single taken from their critically acclaimed new album 'Bloodsports', released in March. The song is part of our current playlist www.koolrockradio.com.

The video shows destruction and reckless vandalism inside a museum. Watch it below.

You can buy the single's radio edit and it's attendant b-sides on iTunes.

Placebo Announce New Album 'Loud Like Love'

Placebo have announced that they will released their forthcoming seventh studio album, titled 'Loud Like Love' on September 16th.

The follow-up to their 2009's Battle Of The Sun, will feature 10 brand new tracks recorded in London at RAK Studios during 2012 and early 2013, and has been produced by Adam Noble.

The album can be pre-ordered from midday on the 31st May and will be available to fans in the following formats:

- 3D Lenticular Super Deluxe Box Set 

- Limited Edition Deluxe Digi-Pack Version 

- Double 12" Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Edition

- Standard CD Album 

The band have also announced a series of UK dates for autumn, including dates in Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and London. Check out the full dates on their website.

Tickets For Stone Roses Movie Premiere Sell Out In Less Than a Minute

Tickets for Shane Meadows' upcoming Made Of Stone: Stone Roses documentary film premiere, which will take place at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, went on sale yesterday (18 April) and have sold out in less than one minute. 

The tickets are also sold out for the UK cinemas who are taking part in the nationwide broadcast, which has led to Picturehouse putting on additional screens. 

Speaking about the news Meadows says: "I'd love to think the tickets selling out so quick was down to the fan base I've built up over the last 15-20 years, but I know it's them lot that everyone's really coming to see. Bald Chunkers like me don't sell out stadiums, but if we've got a Guinness World Record I would deffo take the credit."

In a recent interview about the film, the director said: "It's not very often one of your heroes asks you to make a documentary about your all time favourite band, that are getting back together after twenty years." He was not only given unprecedented access to the band for almost a year, but he also followed fans of the Stone Roses around the world, to understand the influence that the band's music has on them.

The film will debut for the first time on Thursday 30 May and have a general release on 5 June. You can watch the trailer here.

Watch: The Ocean Blue Unveil Brand New Video For "Sad Night, Where Is Morning"

The Ocean Blue have unveiled the video for "Sad Night, Where Is Morning", taken from their recently released new album 'Ultramarine', the band’s first new album in 13 years. The song is part of our current playlist www.koolrockradio.com.

The video was directed by Christian Erickson.Watch it below.

'Ultramarine' is out now via Korda Records. You can buy your copy on iTunes.

Watch: The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone Official UK Trailer

Shane Meadows' highly anticipated documentary THE STONE ROSES: MADE OF STONE, about the legendary Manchester band, will open on 5 June across the UK and Ireland through Picturehouse Entertainment.

The release will follow a premiere on Thursday 30 May in Manchester at a location to be announced, with the band set to make a rare public appearance alongside director Shane Meadows and producer Mark Herbert.

Featuring unprecedented access to previously unseen archive footage, THE STONE ROSES: MADE OF STONE is a revealing journey through the life of one of the most revered and influential bands in British music history.

The documentary includes never-before-seen material spanning the band's musical history, the personal experiences of many of those touched by the band and their music, and unparalleled access to the record-breaking sell-out concerts which took place in summer 2012, this is the definitive record of the definitive band of the past 25 years.

Watch the trailer below.

Watch: Republica Unveil New Video For "Christiana Obey"

British band Republica are back with a new 8-track EP titled 'Christiana Obey', which is available now digitally on iTunes and Amazon. 

Watch the video for the title track below, it was directed by Ben Simon. 

The song is part of our current playlist www.koolrockradio.com.

Christiana Obey ep tracklisting

1. Christiana Obey (Republica Mix)
2. Suck Baby Suck
3. Whiskey Jack
4. I Am (Christiana Obey Original Version)
5. Christiana Obey (Andy Gray Radio Edit)
6. Christiana Obey (Tenek Mix)
7. Christiana Obey (Disobedient Mix by Fatter Faction, Ben McCusker & Dan Spier)
8. Christiana Obey (Republica Radio Edit)

Physical copies of 'Christiana Obey' are on sale through the Republica store on Ebay.

'The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone' Documentary To Be Released In June

The Stone Roses documentary 'Made Of Stone' will open in British cinemas on Wednesday 5 June following a premiere in the group's hometown on Thursday 30 May. 

The film was made by This Is England director Shane Meadows and goes behind the scenes on the Manchester band's 2012 reunion, from the early stages to their celebratory hometown gigs at Heaton Park. 

The event will be satellite-linked to 100 cinemas as part of nationwide preview screenings running concurrently with the premiere launch, with tickets for both the host venue and the satellite-linked cinemas made available to the public.

A premiere for the film, with all members of the band in attendance, will take place in Manchester on May 30 with a number of fans who attended last year's Warrington Parr Hall and Heaton Park gigs who are featured in the film receiving tickets to the premiere in Manchester. Images of the chosen fans will be posted on the film's official Facebook and Twitter pages in the coming weeks.

"Making this film, I got to be part of something truly remarkable, the double decade awaited ‘resurrection’ of my all time favourite band, The Stone Roses," said Meadows.

"People say that you can’t recapture your youth, it’ll never be the same second time round etc, but that’s utter rubbish. The Roses were never allowed to reach their peak first time around so, as far as I and millions of fans around the world were concerned, with this comeback the Roses could be even greater." He added.

Watch: The Ocean Blue Unveil Brand New Video For "Blow My Mind"

The Ocean Blue have unveiled the video for  "Blow My Mind" taken from their forthcoming album 'Ultramarine' (the band’s first new album in 13 years) out on  March 19 via Korda Records. The song is part of our current playlist www.koolrockradio.com.

In a recent press release band singer/songwriter David Schelzel said: "This record unfolded in slow motion, at a glacial pace. We are not on the clock we were when we were on the major labels. And we were not in an insulated studio world for months making the music. We made it mostly in our own studios, on our own time. Regular life drifted into this one more than our earlier records."

The album was produced by Schelzel and drummer Peter Anderson.  

The video was directed by Allison LaBonne. Watch it below.

Shane Meadows Unveils Stone Roses Documentary Title

Filmmaker Shane Meadows' forthcoming documentary on the Stone Roses reunion has been entitled "The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone". 

The renowned director has teamed up with Film4, 4DVD and Warp Films for the project, which tells the story of the Manchester band’s comeback tour last year which was defined by the record breaking three-night stay at Manchester’s Heaton Park.

Meadows has said: “When Ian Brown rang me to tell me my favourite band of all time was getting back together again, it was like every Roses fan’s wildest dreams were coming true. People tell you that you can’t recapture your youth, it won’t be the same. I don’t believe that.”

“I’m going to make up for the nightmare of a lifetime at 17 years old, being sat in a flat having a bad trip when I could have been at Spike Island, being part of one of the most momentous things ever.”

Film4 executive producer Katherine Butler added: "It’s hard to think of a film that could be any more exciting. A combination of Shane’s wonderfully insightful directorial eye, the seminal genius of The Stone Roses, and our brilliant friends at Warp – what else is there to say? We’re thrilled."

The film includes footage of the band's early rehearsals and subsequent performances on the road in Spain, Germany and Japan, and it's scheduled for cinema release later this year.

Electronic To Re-Issue Debut Album

90′s supergroup Electronic, featuring Bernard Sumner (New Order/Joy Division), Johnny Marr (The Smiths) and Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys), will re-released their debut self titled album in an expanded and remastered edition, featuring some previously unreleased tracks.

The reissue will include a newly remastered edition of the original album on one disc, accompanied by a second CD featuring a dozen alternate versions, remixes, edits, B-sides and instrumentals, including the Tennant-sung non-album single "Disappointed" and two versions of the title track to 1999's Twisted Tenderness.

Musing on the group's origins recently, Johnny Marr said: "We were two musicians who wanted to get away from the suffocating politics of the band. At the same time it was OK for duos and DJs and non-groups to make records, and that really appealed to Bernard and me. We saw ourselves more in the tradition of David Byrne and Brian Eno, with a lot of technotronics and FX, and Kraftwerk was a very important touchstone for Bernard. So the times were perfect because it was all right to make records with machines, and not have to be four guys stood up against a wall."

The new edition of 'Electronic' will be released on April 8th. The Tracklisting is as follows:

CD 1 
01. Idiot Country (2012 - Remaster)
02. Reality (2012 - Remaster)
03. Tighten Up (2012 - Remaster)
04. The Patience Of A Saint (2012 - Remaster)
05. Getting Away With It (2012 - Remaster)
06. Gangster (2012 - Remaster)
07. Soviet (2012 - Remaster)
08. Get The Message (2012 - Remaster)
09. Try All You Want (2012 - Remaster)
10. Some Distant Memory (2012 - Remaster)
11. Feel Every Beat (2012 - Remaster)

CD 2
01. Disappointed (Stephen Hague 7” Inch Version)
02. Second To None (Edit) *
03. Lean To The Inside (Edit) *
04. Twisted Tenderness (Guitar / Vocal Mix) *
05. Idiot Country Two (12” Version)
06. Free Will (Edit) *
07. Until The End Of Time (Edit) *
08. Feel Every Beat (Edit) *
09. Getting Away With It (Instrumental)
10. Turning Point (Edit)
11. Visit Me (Edit) *
12. Twisted Tenderness” (Instrumental) *

* Previously unreleased