Massive Attack

Massive Attack promise new material

Music Gossip

27 Oct 2010

Massive Attack are planning to "randomly" release new EPs in 2011. The UK dance group took seven years to bring out their last album 'Heligoland' earlier this year, but are keen to follow it up with more new material - which they are planning to…

Massive Attack's different new album

Music Gossip

6 Jul 2010

Massive Attack's upcoming album could be "completely different" to 'Heligoland'. Robert Del Naja - who is one half of the 'Teardrop' electronica duo - explained while their last LP saw them collaborating with musicians they have known for a long…

Massive Attack survived 90s

Celebrity Gossip

31 Jan 2010

Massive Attack nearly "imploded" in the 90s. The Bristol-based group - who have collaborated with numerous music stars, including Madonna and Neneh Cherry - have revealed inter-band fights became so intense they nearly gave up. Grant Marshall…

Massive Attack - Heligoland

27 Jan 2010

(Virgin) Massive Attack have been in the studio for an age with this album, leaving fans restless and critics wondering if they had given up. The result is Heligoland, only ten tracks long but still hard-hitting with an enviable guest list. Damon…

Flattered Massive Attack

Celebrity Gossip

25 Jan 2010

Massive Attack think it's "flattering" when their old songs are used in TV shows. The British musicians - made up of MC Robert Del Naja and Grant 'Daddy G' Marshall - were shocked their tracks were being played in "miserable" and "disturbing…

Singles & Downloads

1 Oct 2009

There’s an almost embarrassing number of good local bands dishing out fine efforts this time. One name that may be familiar is Ming Ming and the Ching Chings, whose double A-side ‘Show Off’/‘OUT in the West of Scotland’ (Badly Built) ●●●● is an errant…

Massive Attack set for Glasgow 02 Academy

16 Sep 2009

‘If a thing’s worth doing,’ declares the latest status update on Massive Attack’s MySpace page, ‘it’s worth doing slowly’. There’s your nine-word excuse, then, for the gap between 2003’s 100 Windows album and their much-anticipated fifth record.

Hear this! - Upcoming gigs and albums Autumn 2009

10 Sep 2009

SEPTEMBER 14 Sep Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 After ‘retirement’, Glastonbury and gigs converting Coldplay fans to the joys of rap music, his masterful album trilogy is now complete. 14 Sep Muse The Resistance The band’s fifth album, it’s tinged…

Circle of friends: Dot Allison

The muse-for-hire finds her own voice

3 Sep 2009

There can be few better kept secrets in music than Dot Allison. The Edinburgh-born singer songwriter has been involved in exciting new music for over fifteen years, collaborating with all kinds of different artists as well as producing four acclaimed…

Horace Andy

9 Jul 2009

After giving us The Congo’s first ever Scottish show, the Summer Reggae Sunsplash season turns up a more familiar talent in the distinctive vibrato of Horace ‘Sleepy’ Andy. Hardly warranting introduction, Andy’s career as first guitarist, then singer…

Various - Protected: Massive Samples

22 Jan 2009

COMPILATION In 2007, Rapster gave us Discovered, a CD full of original tunes which Daft Punk had plundered for their sampling requirements and now it’s Massive Attack’s turn. Not that the Bristol trip hoppers are overly keen on the word ‘sample’.