New Bloc Party record to be released this year

Frontman of a great band Bloc Party, Kele, has now confirmed that new record will come out later this year.

According to Radio 1, Kele said that the album should be out at some point in 2012. He and his bandmates are currently working on it in New York.

Are you excited about this announcement? I gotta say that I am. Meanwhile, let's play one of their great songs:

Pink Floyd may perform at London's Olympics

Well, dream of many music fans has maybe finally come true. One of the most significant bands of all times, british legend Pink Floyd is allegedly close to reuniting.

They should play at this year's summer Olympic Games, which take place in London. Pink Floyd would be the headliner of final ceremony. We'll have to wait some time to see if it's only rumor or not.

Last time Pink Floyd played together at Live8 in 2005. I really hope this is true and we all see them together once again. Let's be realistic, they're not getting younger...

Song of the day: The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Second Life Replay"

I got to this song and this band because of television series Californication (this song was featured on soundtrack of the fourth season). I realized this swedish rockers are awesome. Watch great performance of "Second Life Replay" below.

Is today's music overrun by pop?

NME magazine today reported that british indie rock band Kasabian think rock'n'roll music is declining because of pop. Singer Tom Meighan said:

"There's a rock 'n' roll drought at the moment, so I'm glad we're here. People are frightened of making records that sound good on the radio."

Well, actually I agree with Kasabian because we rarely hear rock'n'roll music on the radio or TV anymore. Times have changed and pop is everywhere. I'm not saying I hate pop because I like all kinds of music, but I hate the fact that shitty pop singer is played on TV just because she gets almost naked in her music video. I think that most of the music played today on TV isn't really about the actual music but about the image, style, charisma or beauty.

Where are the 90's? Sometimes I wish I was born 20 years earlier... What do you think? Is today's music overrun by pop or not?

Watch The Vaccines perform on Jool's Annual Hootenanny

The Vaccines performed during Jool's Annual Hootenanny, which is annual celebration broadcasted on New Year's Eve as part of Later...with Jools Holland series.

The Vaccines seemed they were really enjoying the night as well as people in the audience. They performed three songs. They kicked it of with their biggest hit "If You Wanna". Then they played "Nørgaard" and at the end "Wreckin' Bar". Watch the performance below, it is quite awesome because everybody was having fun.

Song of the day: Pearl Jam - "Yellow Ledbetter"

My favorite song of all times...

Best Albums of 2011 - Final List

It is last day of this year and that means I've finished my list of best albums of this year. Of course, there were many more great albums than those on my list, but I can't listen to every new record that comes out. Anyway, what were your favorite albums of 2011?

Best Albums of 2011:

Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Chris Cornell - Songbook
Arctic Monkeys - Suck it and See
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You
The Subways - Money And Celebrity
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
Cults - Cults
White Lies - Ritual
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Blink-182 - Neighborhoods
The Wombats - This Modern Glitch
The Black Keys - El Camino
Beatsteaks - Boombox
Metallica/Lou Reed - Lulu
The Strokes - Angles
The Kills - Blood Pressures

Best Albums of 2011: Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones

Frank Turner is british folk-punk singer and England Keep My Bones if his fourth studio record. He released it on June 6 this year and since its release Frank Turner has been busy guy. He toured a lot and more and more people start liking him because this record is just awesome.

Turner's sound is based on acoustic guitar, but that doesn't mean his music doesn't have balls. He makes catchy, fast, easy-to-remember tracks and I gotta say that this record doesn't feature bad song. His lyrics are also great. For example chorus of second track of the album called "Peggy Sang The Blues" is great and very inspiring:

"It doesn’t matter where you come from
It matters where you go
No one gets remembered
For the things they didn't do"
Most of his songs are like this - powerful and inspiring. I don't know this artist for a long time, but he has quickly become my favorite one.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Song of the day: Cults - "Abducted"

These guys are great. In fact, their self-titled debut album made it to my list of Best Albums of 2011. Anyway, great performance of a great song.