Klaxons

Tim Burgess' 'explosive' supergroup

Music Gossip

14 Sep 2010

The Horrors, Klaxons and Ladyhawke all star on Tim Burgess' "explosive" new solo album. The Charlatans frontman said it's taken him so long to follow up his first solo effort, 2003s 'I Believe', because he wanted an all-star cast for his second solo…

Klaxons initially unprepared

Music Gossip

27 Aug 2010

Klaxons wasted "a lot of time and money" by going into the studio unprepared. The psychedelic rock band famously had their initial attempt at recording second album 'Surfing The Void' scrapped by their record company, leading to them taking three…

Klaxons 'not a band' on debut

Music Gossip

24 Aug 2010

Klaxons claim they "weren't a band" when they recorded their first album. The UK dance-pop group released their second album 'Surfing The Void' yesterday (23.08.10), and bassist Jamie Reynolds says it is a much more complete body of work than the…

Klaxons embraced album struggle

Music Gossip

20 Aug 2010

Klaxons are happy they struggled to make their second album. The British band - who will release 'Surfing The Void' next month -admit they had an easy time with their first album and needed "sorting out." Singer-and- bassist Jamie Reynolds said…

Klaxons - Surfing the Void

20 Aug 2010

(Polydor) But is it really New Rave? After all, that was just a joke someone cracked in an interview, right? So what The New Wave of New Rave leaves us with is more screeching, snotty-nosed pop with oblique sci-fi references and (this is a stretch) a…

Klaxons 'stronger and sober'

Music Gossip

28 Jul 2010

Klaxons are stronger as a band now they are "sober". The British band - whose second album 'Surfing The Void' is set for release next month - admit their new-found sobriety has had a "massive" impact on the way they perform live. Bassist Jamie…

Klaxons' music doubt

Music Gossip

21 Jul 2010

Klaxons "never thought" they would make music again. The 'Golden Skans' group scrapped the follow-up to their critically-acclaimed 2007 debut LP 'Myths of the Near Future' last year and admit they worried they would be one-album…

Steve Aoki

30 Oct 2009

We Are …Electric and Sick Note join forces to bring you Steve Aoki, not so much a DJ as a one man industry. In terms of musical output he runs Dim Mak Records home to the likes of Klaxons, Bloody Beetroots, Scanners, MSTRKRFT and other cutting edge…

Why Mercury win for Speech Debelle marks return to award's roots

Unlike other big-budget nominees, 2009's £20,000 may actually mean something

17 Sep 2009

The sales of Elbow's fourth album, The Seldom Seen Kid, quadrupled after their Mercury Award in 2008. It's a safe bet that the winner of this year's accolade, Speech Debelle, will match at least that part of the Manchester's band's huge success: the…

2009 Mercury Music Prize shortlist on show

Regardless of who triumphs, contenders' nomination is gain enough

24 Jul 2009

This past year has seen Elbow prove to all just what a Mercury win can do to a band's career. Though toiling for near 15 years in relative indie obscurity, seemingly destined to never play the arenas their songs merited, their 2008 victory for fourth…

Profile - Brodinski

25 Jun 2009

Occupation Parisian purveyor of cool beats, techno, bass and minimal soundscapes. Yet more French taste makers? It’s true that France has been at the cutting edge of dancefloor innovation for a good while now – from Daft Punk through Sebastian…

Top gigs to watch out for over the next few months

10 Sep 2007

Richard Hawley Sheffield-born singer-songwriter and ex-Pulp/Longpigs man returns with more highly acclaimed epic guitar pop. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 0131 668 2019, Fri 14 Sep. Gwen Stefani Everyone’s favourite ska rocker turned electro pop…

Klaxons interview

6 Sep 2007

The List It’s been the buzzword in the music press for the last year. But what does the term ‘new rave’ mean to you? Simon Taylor-Davis I don’t really think the term new rave has anything to do with the actual music: it’s terminology for an attitude.

A night to remember for the Klaxons

5 Sep 2007

Klaxons scooped the Album of the Year accolade at the Mercury awards last night, after Amy Winehouse made a surprise return to the stage. The singer, whose Back to Black album was tipped to win the top prize, was bettered by the ‘nu rave’ act, with…

Klaxons interview

Big noise

30 Jan 2007

For the first time the NME tour is splitting into two camps. The Indie Rock strand is headed by The Automatic who share the bill with Dundee’s indie saviours The View, rockabilly goth punks The Horrors and Mumm-Ra. But perhaps it’s the second leg, the…

Klaxons

Arches, Glasgow, Thu 5 Oct

18 Sep 2006

INDIE RAVE It used to be a genre almost exclusively beloved by chavs, shitkickers and the odd ironic student, but the NME are leading the rave revival charge with a prefab movement succinctly titled New Rave. This debut Club NME tour sees a few of…