Focus Music Notes. "Out of the Blues". Popular music through the decades

PRIDES are an unstoppable force. Their highly anticipated debut album, THE WAY BACK UP , is to be released on July 10 on Island Records; with the lead single ‘Messiah’ coming on July 6. This coincides with the first new global release date for albums and will be available everywhere for eager fans who have been patiently waiting. The album is full of big tunes that match their enormous live performances.  PRIDES are a band that own every venue they play so it is not surprising that after a phenomenal performance at the Closing Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games and hot off the back of a second sold out UK tour that they have been confirmed sets this summer at Reading and Leeds Festival (headlining the BBC Introducing stage), Latitude (headlining Huw Stephens stage) and will be breaking records on the day of the album release by being the first band to play the main stage at the new site for T in the Park . This all comes after their first headline US Tour this month a...

Fantastic opportunity for local musicians to put the perfect Soundtrack on this video and be in with a chance of winning £2000's worth of studio time. The music can be in whatever style you feel inspired to create – for example, electronic dance music (EDM), heavy metal or orchestral as long as it’s inspired by the video and fits its exact length. The competition ends on April 17. Travelsupermarket.com have filmed five road trips in five different locations around the UK, here is the one for the Atlantic Highway. Tap to view other location Road Trips . Good luck everyone...   Tap link for Soundtrack Competition Details when you view the video. Leave a comment if you like this

  Mumford & Sons are pleased to unveil the first single from their forthcoming new album, Wilder Mind.  Believe is released on the 27 th April, and precedes the band’s third album, released on 4 th May through Gentlemen of the Road/Island Records. Listen to Believe here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW6SkvErFEE x  Wilder Mind was recorded at Air Studios, London and produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, HAIM, Florence & The Machine). It features twelve new tracks, written collaboratively by the band in London, Brooklyn, and Texas. A number of the new songs were written and demo'd at Aaron Dessner’s (The National) garage studios in Brooklyn. This new album marks a significant departure for the young British band from their previous records, 2009’s Sigh No More, and 2012’s Babel. The early sessions in New York and London witnessed a change in the band’s approach not just to writing and recording, but to texture and dynamics, too...

An amazing retrospective of their first 8 years BBC Introducing Vol. 1 is out today! Post by Island Records UK .

Now That’s What I Call Music 90 tracklisting revealed! The album features 45 tracks, including a six Official Singles Chart Number 1s from the likes of: Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars (Uptown Funk), Ed Sheeran (Thinking Out Loud) and more. Tap link to read post and find out more Post by Official UK Charts .

Paloma Faith and Royal Blood are among the acts to see a huge surge in album sales following last night's BRIT Awards : Post by Official UK Charts .