We at MUZU.TV have been lucky enough to score an exclusive new video tomorrow by The Cranberries with Roses, their first studio album in over a decade via Cooking Vinyl on February 27th.
Dolores O’Riordan, Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan, and Fergal Lawler, began their career in their native Limerick, Ireland in 1989 and sold more than thirty million albums worldwide in the nineteen nineties.

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The Cranberries – Tomorrow on MUZU.

We wanted to fomally announce the winners of our competitions that we ran in 2011 just before Christmas, so here goes. We have some lovely winners, with Gemma Barlow from Merseyside winner the JLS Meet and Greet competition, and – Wesley Moxon from Lincolnshire winner the Nicole Scherzingher Meet and Greet competition. These lucky ladies will get to meet their idols behind the scenes on tour, and all the staff at MUZU.TV are excedingly jealous.

For all you non winners, here’s some Nicole and JLS videos to tide you over.

Nicole Scherzinger – Don’t Hold Your Breath on MUZU.

JLS – One Shot on MUZU.

The long-awaited follow-up to Santigold’s 2008 debut, a new album called Master of My Make Believe, ss due for release this spring on Atlantic Records. The surreal and half-animated video for the new single from the record, “Big Mouth”, was produced by Major Lazer’s Switch and Buraka Som Sistema. The video was directed by Cody Critcheloe of Ssion. It showcases Santigold’s slightly off kilter side with the bizarre animations and wierd dancing, but is some watch!

Santigold – Big Mouth on MUZU.

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With the early Two Thousand and Twelve emphasis on nurturing new talent in the world of music, we at MUZU.TV talked to the up and coming Dead Wolf Club, who are releasing their debut album on February 1st, through Scene Not Heard records.

MUZU: Hi guys! You’re releasing your debut album on DIY collective Scene Not Herd who claim to “put on the absolute best up and coming bands.”. How’s it feel to be part of something that chooses to be synonymous with launching great bands?

John Othello: We’re really excited!!!! It’s really great because Scene Not Herd really care and look after new bands as promoters, which can be rare in London!. Also they make good cakes and tea and throw a great party full of Fireworks and fun.

MUZU: How important do you think the music scene is in breaking new bands? London has some great tightly knit scenes that has launched some bands in the last few years onto great labels such as Male Bonding onto Subpop and Mazes onto Fatcat, is that something that you aspire for?

MUZU: All the reviews I’ve read seem to continually mention the genre “post-punk”, is this something you are happy with being pigeon holed in? Was your sound shaped by post punk growning up?

John Othello: Our music is Dark Punk. I really love the post punk bands though like Jesus and Mary Chain, PIL, Pixies and the whole grunge (Nirvana, Mudhoney, Belly), Shoegaze (My Bloody Valentine, House of Love) and Garage/indie rock (White Stripes, Strokes, The Vines) scenes too. Hell yeah.

MUZU: I’ve just been working on lots of “Best of” lists, as has every media outlet and publication. How important do you think these critic run lists are in launching aspiring bands into the mainstream music world?

MUZU: Tell us more of what we expect to see from Dead Wolf Club in 2012?

John Othello:

1) Lemons

2) An increase in drinking and debauchery

3)Good times and vibes

4)Knitted items to go down in price

5)Taxes to be lowered

Also, After this tour we are going to record another LP as we have lots of ideas we want to record and finish of. We’re hoping to continue to spread the good word of Dark Punk across the land!

Thanks to Dead Wolf Club for talking part in this sweet little interview, and be sure to catch them on tour across the UK at the following venues.

February 2012

1st Lincolnshire Horncastle Old Nicks Tavern
2nd Leicester Lock 42
3rd Doncaster Social Bar
4th Inverness Madhatters
5th Leeds Brudenell Social Club
6th Coventry Kasbah
7th Manchester Kraak Gallery – Free Entry
8th Bristol Louisiana
9th London Barbican Native Tongue – Free Entry
11th Southampton Joiners Arms
12th Scotland Kilmarnock Festival
18th Southsea Facett Inn
24th Wrexham Central Station
25th Isle of Man Douglas Clarendon Hotel
26th Milton Keynes Crauford Arms (with Bleech)

March 2012

1st London Upstairs The Garage (with Bleech)
3rd Halifax Puzzle Inn (with Bleech)

Everyone’s favourite ginger Ed Sheeran returns, with his latest offering “Drunk” from his number one album “+”.

Ed Sheeran – Drunk on MUZU.

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Having already played renowned and industry established festivals such as Reading, Glastonbury, Pukkelpop and Roskilde festivals, Baddies are no stranger to hard work and slogging it in the music scence. Commencing work on album number two, the boys from Southend have played to audiences across the globe, from small UK towns, to Australia and Japan.

Assisting in production of the record is a close friend of the band, producer Sean Genockey (Futureheads, Reuben, Manic Street Preachers, Starsailor) and Bronto has a distictly post-punk feel that is growning in mainstream popularity in our current ecelectic music climate where anything goes. Baddies debut album ‘Do The Job’ achieved success sheerly from the legwork and determination of the band, selling over 10,000 copies worldwide, and seeing the boys doing live sessions for Huw Stephens at BBC Radio1 and John Kennedy at XFM.

Check out the latest offering from Baddies with Bronto out on 30th Jan.

Baddies – Bronto on MUZU.

Be sure to catch Baddies on tour, get ‘em while they’re hot!

FEBRUARY
03 The Green Room, Welwyn Garden City
04 Aldershot, West End Centre
06 Southampton, Joiners
07 Leeds, Escobar
08 Manchester, Alter Ego
09 New Slang, Kingston
10 Southend, Chinnerys

MARCH
05 London, Garage (Upstairs)
16 London, Koko (Club NME)

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Danish producer Kid Massive releases the new video for ‘Yawn’ on 26th February 2012 on Transmission Recordings. The single is the third release taken from his highly anticipated debut artist album, ‘A Little Louder’. ‘Yawn’ is an awesome collaboration of talent which results in a sweet, electro-pop hit that the dance world will undoubtely love, and er, dance to.

Kid Massive was launched after his rework of the seminal classic, “Touch Me In The Morning”, was picked up by Roger Sanchez and released on his Stealth label in 2008.

Check out the video below, I’m sure this isn’t the last you’ll hear of Kid Massive!

Kid Massive, Sam Obernik & Jay Colin – Yawn on MUZU.

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Evanescence return with a new video for My Heart Is Broken, taken from their self title album Evanescense which was released in October 2011. The video from the US rockers embraces the theme of darkness and decay – front woman Amy Lee said she took inspiration from the 1988 British Horror Film Paperhouse, with the video being directed by distringuished director and photographer Dean Karr.

The album entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 1, which Lee admitted was a huge shock to the band.

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Evanescence – My Heart Is Broken (Video) on MUZU.

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Feisty, feminine and empowered, those are just a few words that come to mind when you listen to Elsie.

‘The Assassin’ is the debut single from sassy newcomer Elsie, who’s set take 2012 by storm.‘The Assassin’ showcases Elsie’s unique vocal style traipsing right over an anthemic disco beat and baseline, and is a nice indication of what we have to come from this newbie to the music scene, hailing from Liverpool. With a heavy hint of Blondie in her music, Elsie states “I’m doing songs for people who listen to Rihanna or Lady GaGa, but love a bit of Kasabian or Arctic Monkeys too.

Check her out here, with another equally sweet live session below.

Elsie – The Assassin (Bang Bang) on MUZU.

Elsie – Dakota Live on MUZU.

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British rock institution, personal faves, and greats Feeder return with their new single ‘Borders’, which will be followed by ‘Generation Freakshow’ which is their 8th studio album on April 23rd. A classic rock anthem which is dedicated to freedom, ‘Borders’ features Feeder’s trademark anthemic choruses and the classical Feeder style massive guitar sounds. Having achieved greatness through 25 hit singles, 5 million record sales and a double platinum singles collection, Feeder show no intention of slowing down, and I really hope they don’t.

Feeder – Borders on MUZU.

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