Every blog does a Christmas mix, so here's ours, with a small twist: All of these tracks are new for this year Xmas songs, not the classics or Sufjan leftovers. I've also included streams for charity…   Read Story »

NAME: The Futureheads PROGRESS REPORT: Recording the followup to 2008's This Is Not The World in their studio in Sunderland, UK. After Field Music's David Brewis mentioned working with his friends…   Read Story »

NAME: Field Music PROGRESS REPORT: Recording their third full-length LP, working title Field Music III, at their studio/rehearsal space in Sunderland, UK. Field Music released two records of quirky,…   Read Story »

The release of This Is Not the World this past May didn't exactly (not at all) send shock waves (or ripples) around that aforementioned world. Maybe in an attempt to gain momentum for their current…   Read Story »

"Walking Backwards" is probably a love song, or at least a song about love falling apart; "I can see your breath and feel your fingertips" isn't the kind of line you drop in a song that's anything…   Read Story »

It's nice to see Barry Hyde so excited about This Is Not The World standout "Radio Heart." In fact, the Futureheads frontman puts so much effort into his one-man Black Cab Session of the tune that…   Read Story »

Having got "The Beginning Of The Twist" out of the way, the Mackems have pushed on to an exploration of radio waves with this new vid for the catchy "Radio Heart." The band, and the lovebirds at the…   Read Story »

Our first listen of the Futureheads' new single -- the second from the Mackems' (thanks Bender Bending Rodriguez, for the terminology) forthcoming This Is Not The World -- left us wanting, for…   Read Story »

The Futureheads blast the web today with a new track, offered up for your consideration in streamable, downloadable, or viewable format. Here's the version you watch -- obviously not a "proper" vid,…   Read Story »

Stream NME's "CoolList" here. 1. Goldie Lookin' Chain "21 Ounces" 2. Kaiser Chiefs "I Predict A Riot" 3. The Futureheads "First Day" 4. The Rakes "Strasbourg" 5. Nine Black Alps…   Read Story »