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Andrew Bird announces new album, 'Break It Yourself', to be released in March.

Andrew Bird has announced that he will be releasing 'Break It Yourself', his first album since 2009's Noble beast, on 5th March 2012. A tour will follow the album starting with a performance at the Barbican theatre in London on the release date.
Details below:
http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/whats-on.asp?t=&mn=3&yr=2012&dy=5

The Black Keys- Song of the Week

I've been a fan of the alt-blues rockers, The Black Keys since I first heard their 2010 record Brothers. The album was full of fun and intelligent rock tunes such as lead singles, Tighten Up and Howlin' For You. So naturally I was incredibly excited when I found out that they had released their new album, El Camino, earlier this week. I had heard lead single, lonely boy, a couple of weeks ago but hadn't seen the video. Of course I should have known it would be fantastic and funny, The Black Keys are well known for their humour, however this video for Lonely Boy is so simple and yet it has had me in stitches. The video has gone viral thanks to the dancing of security guard Derrick T. Tuggle. Why not have a little boogie to the song yourself?

Snow Patrol- Song of the day

Arguably the most succesful Irish band since U2, Snow Patrol have set the charts and critics alight since their major label debut in 2003 with Final Straw. This month they released their sixth album, Fallen Empires. The lead single from the album, Called out in the Dark was released in August, the second single, This Isn't Everything You Are was later released in October. These songs along with various recommendations from friends proved enough to make make me want to buy the album. What I found was an album that we've all come to expect from Snow Patrol, full of euphoric highs and devastating lows. One of these particular lows is New York, where Gary Lightbody confides in us the listener about his lover who has left him behind to go to New York.
"If you were here beside me,
Instead of in New York,
If the curve of you was curved on me,
I would say I loved you
Before I even knew you
Because I loved the simple thought of you"