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Steve Hewitt’s new band, Love Amongst Ruin, has definitely hatched, proving to be more than an ex-drummer’s intimate project. Their debut album is finished and coming out this fall (September 13th to be more precise), preceded by the first single So Sad (Fade), which already received the video treatment. Info about pre-ordering the album can be found at the band’s official site.

The same location offers you the numerous dates of Love Amongst Ruin’s first European tour, which will have them pleasing fresh fans from Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Netherlands. The baptism of live fire has already occurred at EuroSonic this winter, plus a string of sold-out UK shows, culminating with an imminent slot at this year’s Sonisphere. They have plenty of rocking stuff to keep the crowds moving, no doubt about it, (continue reading…)

                          First of all, fans of The Killers should not get their mourning clothes out of the closet: the band is just taking a break. All, but one. Frontman Brandon Flowers is using this vacation to release his first solo album, Flamingo, due to enchant us this fall, in September. We can’t help but being curious about what it is that he could not express through The Killers. The first single, Crossfire, is not a big departure from the joyful extravagant Vegas sound of Flowers’ band. It does, however, set him as some kind of a  cross between 1980′s David Bowie and Kenny Rogers, which was the singer’s dream all along. The explosive Nash Edgerton directed video is fun to watch and must have been fun to make. Sure, Charlize Theron’s presence is definitely a bonus, especially when she is sporting some ‘kill bill’ moves. Get a taste:

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             After Fembots, which was a taste of her new album, Body Talk Pt.1 (coming out this week), Robyn is releasing her first official single from this new electropop collection. The song is called Dancing on My Own and once again we hear that this Swedish jewel is a dance force to reckon with.

             We totally get what she means when she says the inspiration for this single was electro ballads of the 80′s. It has the electrifying all-synth energy, but also a warm vocal melody and lyrics about moving on after your heart got broken, a genuine field of expertise for Robyn (Be Mine is still a favourite). Her lyrics always kinda deemed her as a female Morrissey. Robyn dances on her own:

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