Blur have announced that they will release 'The Magic Whip', their first album in 12 years, on April 27.
The band – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree – made the announcement at press conference hosted by outgoing BBC Radio 1 presenter Zane Lowe at Chinese restaurant The Golden Phoenix in London's West End, which is ongoing at present.
The album's producer, Stephen Street, also attended.
Blur recorded an album's worth of material in five days in Hong Kong in May 2013.
However, in an interview published by NME in July 2014, Damon Albarn said that because he likes to work in shorter, more concentrated periods of time he feared that he would never return to the tracks the band made while in Asia.
"There are about 15 songs we recorded in Hong Kong," he said at the time. "The annoying thing is, if I'd been able to write the lyrics there and then about being there, we'd have finished the record. But sometimes, if you can't do it all at once, it dissipates really and I don't know what I'd sing about now with that record. There's some great tunes on there, but it may just be one of those records that never comes out."

'Gunga Din' - taken from the new album 'Anthems for Doomed Youth' – released 4th Sept 2015.

The Libertines ended 2014 by announcing their return. They signed a record deal and announced intentions to release a new studio album—their first since their 2004 self-titled album. That album is called Anthems For Doomed Youth and it's out September 4 via Harvest. That's the album art above—find the tracklist below.
The album's deluxe edition comes with four bonus tracks recorded live at Karma Sound Studios on May 20 of this year.
The album features a few songs that the band have recently performed live, including "Gunga Din" (previously reported to be called "Gunga Gin").

"One for the Road" is a song by English band Arctic Monkeys from their fifth studio album, AM. It will be released on 9 December 2013 as the fourth single to promote the album. The 7" vinyl edition of the single will feature a B-side titled "Youre So Dark".

Blur宣布时隔12年的新专辑The Magic Whip将于4月27日发行。
首支单曲Go Out。

Third album for UK indie guitar-pop act, their follow up to the 1998 release, 'Six'. 11 tracks including the first single, 'I Can Only Disappoint U'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Japanese pressings of Libertine's best album, 'Time For Heroes'. Comes with two bonus tracks, 'Vertigo' & 'Music When The Lights Go Out'. EMI. 2008.

The Don't Look Back Into The Sun/Death On The Stairs EP is a Japan-only 7 track EP released by The Libertines in September 2003. It is a multi-media CD released containing the video to "I Get Along" as the eighth track listing. The version of "Don't Look Back into the Sun" was one second longer than the single release, and "Death on the Stairs" is an alternative recording to the one released on Up The Bracket.

MANSUN是英国已经解散的英伦摇滚团体简称，他们的团名是取自The Verve的同名EP（当时叫Verve）里的一首美丽脱俗的歌曲“a man called sun”。虽然比不上Radiohead和Suede但或许是因为他们也只不过出了三张专辑，成军时间也只不过短短的六七年，但是他们绝对是BRIT-POP末期最异军突起的一团，因为MANSUN有个俊俏的主唱Paul Draper，Paul的声音也如同Radiohead、Suede一样妖魅，吉他手Dominic Chad弹奏起来也是非常辛辣。Paul受70年代Prog-Rock影响很深，以致于MANSUN的专辑都是一气喝成，且听他们的处女大碟《Attack of the Grey Lantern》，每一首歌间都是彼此连贯在一起，完完全全一刻都无法令人喘息。
Mansun曾在电影"Spawn(再生侠)"的原声大碟里与808 State合作一曲。
作为Brit-pop的后起之秀，他们是英伦摇滚音域上空最闪亮的星星之一，虽然比不上Radiohead和Suede，或许是因为他们也只不过出了三张专辑，成军时间也只不过短短的六七年，但是他们绝对是Brit-Pop末期最异军突起的一团，他们的音乐唯美迷人，即使颓废也是那么优雅、华丽，Mansun能让我们想起很多艺人——Suede、Manic Street Preachers、Tears for Fears、David Bowie、ABC、Blur和Prince，但Mansun也不是在完全模仿他们。他们是对90年代indie rock的一种融合，吉他和鼓机紧紧跟随着旋律的发展，颠覆性歌曲结构，使得Mansun的音乐宏大而又灰暗，相当吸引听觉。
ｍａｎｓｕｎ是从日本红起来的。如果当年他们不是突然在日本红起来的话，可能没有人会留意到他们。来自伦敦西北部的ｍａｎｓｕｎ 的成员某次在酒吧一见如故，于是便组成了乐队。他们的队员包括主音ｐａｕｌ、吉他手ｄｏｍｉｎｉｃ、低音吉他手ｓｔｏｖｅ及鼓手 ａｎｄｉｅ。电台ＤＪ们视他们为新一代偶像，只可惜当年伦敦已成为了Ｓｕｅｄｅ、Ｂｌｕｒ、Ｏａｓｉｓ等的天下。挣扎了几年后，他们才在日本崭露头角，成为日本人的偶像。１９９６年的年尾，他们在东京所开的演唱会场场爆满。从此他们成为了英伦乐队的光荣。
１９９７年，乐队的首张专辑《灰色灯笼的进攻》（Ｔｈｅ Ａｔｔａｃｋ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　Ｇｒｅｙ　Ｌａｎｔｅｒｎ）在英国打上排行榜首位，令乐队一举成名。这是一张完美的专辑，概念的完整巧妙和音乐细节的精益求精直逼ra diohead的巅峰经典《ok computer》。mansun有许多外号："post oasis" , "british r.e.m." , "new radiohead" ,"new duran"……不过如果仅从这张专辑看，"new radiohead"的称号是最贴切的。当然，这并不意味着他们是radiohead的翻版，两个乐队的音乐也是千差万别，只不 过《attack of the grey lantern》和《ok computer》都是超完美的概念化brit-pop作品，在整体唯美氛围的构筑上也确实异曲同工，都运用了大量的电子音效。融合大量管弦乐、舞曲HIP HOP节拍，当然还有动人的歌曲。专辑如同歌剧般一气呵成，恢弘而流畅。在音乐风格上，他们既非走自披头士以来的流行路线，也没有跟风创作较硬的摇滚。如果要拿其他Ｂｒｉｔｐｏｐ乐队类比的话，Ｍａｎｓｕｎ的对应乐队应该是山羊皮（Ｓｕｅｄｅ）或是“疯癫街道传教士”（Ｍａｎｉｃ　Ｓｔｒｅｅｔ　Ｐｒｅａｃｈｅｒｓ），它们全都属于那种风格远离主流Ｂｒｉｔｐｏｐ风而同时又能笼住一批死硬乐迷的组合。风格的难以定义使得Ｍａｎｓｕｎ最初未受到评论家们应有的重视，在《灰》专辑打败了Ｂｌｕｒ登上冠军宝座后，Ｍａｎｓｕｎ立即被捧为年度最棒的新生乐队。首张专辑刚推出即登上英国销量镑冠军。将电子舞曲、吉他流行曲与弦乐完美地结合，他们为摇滚披上了电气化的优雅外套。Attack of the Grey Lantern是对new wave和90年代indie rock的一种融合，吉他和鼓机紧紧跟随着旋律的发展，同时又加入显得不和适宜却又短促的——近乎5分钟左右——颠覆性歌曲结构，使得Mansun的音乐宏大而又灰暗，相当吸引听觉，比如“Mansun's Only Love Song”——没有什么歌曲题目可以比这首更为直白了，歌曲魂灵乐上融入着流行元素，“Stripper Vicar”那以new wave的背景主音衬托硬摇滚旋律，以及“Taxloss”将Suede灰暗的glam摇滚节奏与焦虑的迷幻乐相结合。这张专辑可以说野心勃勃甚至是自命不凡，但Mansun仍有足够自信和技能把Attack of the Grey Lantern做成一张具有非凡创新力的专辑。（但美国版的专辑Attack of the Grey Lantern却是命运稍为不同。由于种种原因，原来专辑歌曲顺序被打乱了，而且“Stripper Vicar”给乐队早期比较次等的一首单曲“Take It Easy, Chicken”所替代。由于专辑中原来的单曲以及编排都是互相联系互成联系，体现音质和情感声音上的不断切换，因此对这张专辑的重新编排简直就场灾难，就这样莫名其妙地破坏了专辑的总体概念。）
一年后乘胜追击的第二张大碟SIX，Mansun的选择是铤而走险艰深的Prog-Rock曲调，天马行空的歌曲不断在专辑里流串，Paul Draper的演唱功力在这张专辑里也尽显无疑，尤其是假音的提升（在Television中更是展现的淋漓至尽），可以说这是Mansun最经典的专辑，每一首歌都精彩得令你惊讶，整张专辑就象在上演一部传奇故事，环环紧扣，高潮迭起，变幻多端，过瘾至极，SIX！绝对是乐迷心目中的狠专辑!一张更加贴近市场的专辑。
如果说第二张专辑SIX令人啧啧称奇，第三张Little Kix专辑的推出，则同样让人惊讶不已，但这种惊讶不象上一张专辑那样具有赞赏的成份，而更多的是令人感到不解的郁闷，因为与第二张的自信和前卫风格截然不同，这张Little Kix真是大众化的可以了，无丝毫实验性可言，但也不能说这张专缉不好了，主唱Paul Draper是如此形容这张专辑的“Epic, Soulful, Melancholy, Sad Rock”专辑曲风非常优美，舒缓，流畅，每一曲都很值得去听，尤其是那首I Can Only Disappoint U 优美动人，柔情似水。还有那首We Are the Boys也始终令人念念不忘，喜爱柔美情歌的朋友，这张专辑是绝佳的选择，你会发现里面每一首歌都那么美妙动人。
Mansun是个饱受非议的乐队，little kix这张专辑做得偏流行，个人认为这是他们在以一种特殊的形式在反抗，以一种庸愚的方式对待那些庸愚的人们。
２００３年，Ｍａｎｓｕｎ还在忙于新专辑的制作，５月初乐队灵魂人物保罗·德拉帕（Ｐａｕｌ　Ｄｒａｐｅｒ）接受采访时说乐队已完成了１５首新歌。尽管如此，与许多曾经辉煌的乐队一样，Ｍａｎｓｕｎ最终仍然没能逃过解散的命运。但乐队成员表示Ｍａｎｓｕｎ的解散并非由于成员之间不和。“这背后没有什么险恶的东西，我们友善地解散了。我们只想各自去做点其他的事，”吉他手多米尼克·查德（ＤｏｍｉｎｉｃＣｈａｄ）说。就像是Little Kix最后一首歌里面唱的:
"WE MUST SAY GOODBYE TO YOU"

From their formation in 1995 to their split in 2003, Mansun released three critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums including the No.1 album Attack Of The Grey Lantern. The band also released fourteen EPs, nine of which entered the UK Top 20 singles chart and four of which were Top 10 hits. Legacy is their first ever Best Of collection and has been compiled by frontman Paul Draper, who also wrote the liner notes for the release. Legacy features the lead tracks from all the band's EPs including Stripper Vicar, Taxloss, Being A Girl and the classic Wide Open Space. Also included in the tracklisting is their last 7" only single 'Slipping Away', plus fan favourites 'Getting Your Way' and the epic 'The Chad Who Loved Me'. This release is long anticipated by the Mansun fanbase, who were asked to send in their photos early in 2006 to contribute to the album's artwork. EMI. 2006.

Radiohead on its top form. Hearty hearty britpop.

Radiohead的处女作《Pablo Honey》虽然十分出色，但现在看来它更像是乐队在为这一张更加舒展的经典《The Bends》所做的准备，热身。同《Pablo Honey》一样，这张唱片的整体音乐构架仍然是建立在不断回旋缭绕的吉他声音之上，三把吉他共同奏出的断断续续的旋律不仅仅是唱片中最为精彩的部分，同时也成为了Radiohead的音乐标志。这种用最传统的乐器所奏出来的不同声响在听觉上创造了一种有力的回馈，它将听者的欲望和痛苦共同挖掘了出来。同时从某种程度上说《The Bends》又是一张深受前人影响的摇滚专辑，偶尔从唱片中你会发现U2,Pink Floyd,R.E.M甚至是The Pixies的影子，但是Radiohead将前人的音乐手法用不同的音乐气质进行了一个极为另类的演绎--专辑中的音乐极具空间感，却并不像Pink Floyd蒙胧缥缈，这就让歌曲听起来更加具有生命力，更富有执着的感情。Thom Yorke那些充满了反复的自问，纠缠，扭曲和欲望的歌词赋予了唱片另外一种忧郁的气质，在音乐之外，一股精神暗流通过他时而温柔时而神经质的演唱传达给了听众。Thom的嗓音应该是让人温暖的，但当感情爆发的时候，你依然能见到它高亢的一面，在汹涌的音乐下这病人般的声音实在令人无法自拔。等到这张唱片出现的时候，摇滚乐已经走过了四十年的路程，而《The Bends》却还是轻易的成为了经典，这正是因为Radiohead在努力创造独特的音乐情绪的同时也保留了摇滚乐的爆发力和极佳的旋律性，这使得这张唱片不仅仅得到了评论家的一致好评，同时也在市场上获得了巨大的成功。直白的说,《The Bends》是一张让你第一次聆听就能被深深吸引，而在接下来的每一次听觉过程中又都能发现新的音乐细节和聆听乐趣的摇滚专辑。

Third single from UK indie act, follow-up to 'Shiver' and the 'Blue Room EP'. Tracks include 'Yellow', 'Help Is Around The Corner' and 'No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground'. 2000 release. Digipak.

Japanese edition of the band's first hit single from 1993,backed with three non-album tracks: 'Yes I Am', 'Blow Out'(Remix) and a live version of 'Inside My Head' recorded at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago. Standard jewel case. EMI release.

RADIOHEAD Reckoner (Official 2008 UK XL label 1-track promotional only CD-R acetate for the song taken from the 'In Rainbows' album. Custom printed disc in a custom card wallet sleeve with 'In Rainbows' lacquered text repeated over the front & back)

b/w Killer Cars and Planet Telex (LFO JD mix)