Tag Archives: Arctic Monkeys

Meet Chas & Dave, Forebears of Arctic Monkeys

Some cultural institutions are a little tricky to explain in one go, you kind of have to live through them to understand why they’re important and why they happened. So if I tell you that there was a duo in the early ’80s ...

Alex Turner to Gary Barlow: Sorry Mate

Alex Turner has something he’d like to say to one of his pop elders.

In the new issue of NME, the Arctic Monkeys frontman offers his sincere apologies to Take That‘s Gary Barlow. In 2006, a then-20-year-old Turner referred to the British chart-topping boy band as “a load of old ...

Well, What Would YOU Call An Arctic Monkeys Album?

We all remember where we were and what we were thinking the first time we heard there was a hot new band coming from England called Arctic Monkeys, right? We were thinking “Arctic Monkeys? Really?

Arctic Monkeys Album No. 4 Comes out in June, Has Raunchy Name

Alex Turner and company are back after a two-year hiatus! The boys from Sheffield dutifully hunkered down in a L.

Music Roundup: I’m Not a ‘Tormented Weirdo,’ Says Phil Collins

It seems that there’s been some misunderstanding surrounding Phil Collins‘ recent retirement. As we reported last Friday (March 4), FHM magazine said that the 60-year-old English musician would like to give his body a proper ...

Music Roundup: Beady Eye Brings Us ‘Different Gear, Still Speeding’

Don’t look back in anger, Oasis fans. I know, when Noel Gallagher left the band in August 2009, that was pretty hard to take. But Liam Gallagher is still here, creating a proper rock ‘n’ roll ruckus with Beady Eye.

Music Roundup: Adele Bests the Beatles

While the rest of the world has been enjoying it for nearly a month, Adele finally brings her long-awaited second album, 21, to U.S. shores today.

Today’s UK Twitter Trends (Feb. 22): Tom Jones and TITP, Meadham Kirchhoff

What’s trending on Twitter in the UK today? Tom Jones heads to T in the Park while Meadham Kirchhoff debuts their fresh new ideas at London Fashion Week.

Music Roundup: The Bewitching Brilliance of Esben and the Witch

We fell madly for Esben and the Witch‘s goth-tinged soundscape upon hearing the eerie “Marching Song” last fall. And this week, the Brighton, England trio finally brings their long-awaited debut album, Violet Cries, to ...

Arctic Monkeys Follow Up BRITs Triumph With NME Wins

The lads from Sheffield surprised everyone by scooping the two biggest awards of the night at last week’s BRITs, and now they’ve surpassed that triumph at today’s Shockwaves NME Awards, taking home three gongs. Arctic ...