ICYMI:

Just in time for the iTunes Festival segment of SXSW this weekend, headliner Coldplay has released new music for their upcoming album via YouTube. Ghost Stories, the follow-up to 2011's Mylo Xyloto, is set to premier May 19th and the first two singles barely push the envelope die-hard Coldplay fans come to love from albums past. Newest track "Magic" is a bit too pop-infused, nearly butchering Chris Martin's signature croon with lyrics so basic...

On the Radar:

Kitten Grunge-pop band Kitten is known for their electric live performances and youthful energy in their musicality. The band has yet to pull together a full LP, but that will all be a thing in the past when their self-titled album drops in a few months. Loose cannon and frontman Chloe Chaidez talks about their side project used to preoccupy Kitten's (and their fans) time before the album releases: In the process of recording the Kitten...

ICYMI:

theguardian.com Swedish singer Lykke Li reveals the title of her upcoming, dream-pop album I Never Learn via YouTube. The trailer hued and slightly faded, shows a displaced Li clad in all white pensive on a hilltop overlooking a distant city. It's disheartening and stark with dying flowers and tears shed over lost love, a low banter (an unnamed single) soundtracking the clip. Li told NME, "It's always about me and the guilt and the shame and...

In Review:

Phantogram Voices Normal 0 0 1 337 1925 16 3 2364 11.1539 0 0 0 Sprouted in 2007, the electronic rock duo Phantogram has turned heads and sparked the interests of music lovers from all spectrums. The natives of New York, Sarah (lead vocals and keyboards) and Josh (vocals and guitar) have an impressive touring track record: acts include supporting The xx, Beach...