The last time we heard from Richard Ashcroft, he'd released his debut album with new, post-Verve project United Nations Of Sound (the album actually isn't officially out in the US until 3/22). This…   Read Story »

The Verve broke up (again), Richard Ashcroft released a NSFW video about human trafficking, and now he's onto the next one: working with producer No ID (most recently masterminding "Death Of…   Read Story »

The ex-Verve frontman wrote a song/shot a video for The Journey, a short film about a sex worker. The film's intense, graphic, NSFW, and depressing. The song's not bad. Proceeds go to the Helen…   Read Story »

First Brooks & Dunn and now these blokes? A source tells The Mirror, "As far as Nick and Simon are concerned The Verve no longer exists" so they've started a new band called The Black Ships.   Read Story »

This morning, out of nowhere, Flaming Lips ringleader Wayne Coyne tore the Arcade Fire a new asshole, accusing the beloved Canadian indie rockers of being pompous pricks who treat everybody -- crew,…   Read Story »

On the Verve's comeback single "Love Is Noise," Ashcroft & Co. go Forth and sample. Not that sampling is a new move (royalties issues can be so "Bittersweet"), but "Love Is Noise" takes their…   Read Story »

This past Coachella, Richard Ashcroft impressed us with his cheekbones, while the Verve as a whole sorta impressed us by playing new material, not just relying on "Bittersweet Symphony" and "Sonnet"…   Read Story »

Never too far gone from our remembrance (just yesterday they turned up in a Winehouse post), Britpop heroes the Verve have called a truce and are launching a new website, spending time in the studio,…   Read Story »

Richard Ashcroft releases Keys To The World later this month, and I'm digging it even more than his two previous solo albums. What's most intriguing is the ex-Verve frontman's decision to borrow from…   Read Story »