Stream: Björk - BBC Radio 1 Zane Lowe Feature Interview

We might as well rename the blog Björk Says Relax for the next few months, haha. It's gonna be packed with Vulnicura album treats we hope! The album leak and the subsequent rushed official release last week, two months earlier than planned, had fans screaming from both fear and joy. Tonight, just a few hours ago, B chatted with BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe about the whole process and what's gonna happen in the near future. Tour! She's so cool! We must say the album has us floored. It's so amazingly good and the raw tone is palpable. It's so intimate it feels like listening to someone's soul. Reverence is the word to describe what we feel when listening. Interview below + album here!  

Stream: Jessica Lange - Life On Mars? (David Bowie Cover)

Jessica Lange made a lot of people extremely happy last week, including us. She as Elsa Mars sang David Bowie's iconic 1971 single Life On Mars? during the season premiere of American Horror Story: Freak Show and it was so good! Styled in the vein of Marlene Dietrich's classic cabaret delivery and using the original music it was a glorious mishmash that totally worked and really added to the storyline. Elsa being disappointed by life and her own lack of fame go so well together with Bowie saying in 1997: I think she [the girl in the song] finds herself disappointed with reality... that although she's living in the doldrums of reality, she's being told that there's a far greater life somewhere, and she's bitterly disappointed that she doesn't have access to it. It's a great rendition and the TV version even mimics the classic video. Since this week it has a stand alone release on iTunes as a single, very cool! It's on repeat here tonight!  

Full Album Stream: Pet Shop Boys - Electric

Pet Shop Boys first album on their own x2 label, Electric, is out next Monday the 15th. Exciting times for lovers of electronic music and all things Chris and Neil! Luckily they just released a world wide stream of the whole album on iTunes. We're listening to it right now, and it plays like their 1988 album Introspective - 9 lengthy dance tracks with most clocking in at over 5 minutes. Head here for the stream and crank those speakers UP. Enjoy! 

Album Stream: Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

Daft Punk are fighting back Random Access Memories leaking in full by releasing it as a full HQ stream via iTunes. Safe to say this is one of the biggest releases of the decade so how awesome to get to listen to it early, and for free! Head over here and press play!  Updated with a full stream below! 

Emeli Sandé - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (iTunes Session)

Emeli Sandé is workin' overtime trying to crack the American market for real for real. Her Next To Me has been on Glee, and today her US exclusive iTunes Session is out + she'll be going on tour too. On her new EP she's done a cover of one of our all time favourite tracks - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free. First released by composer Billy Taylor in 1963 and made into an all time classic in 1967 by Nina Simone. During the burning civil rights movement in the 60's it served as the anthem - and no wonder with its more than powerful message. Emeli is a very talented pianist and musician with a distinct voice. We can't help but to think her voice is lacking in depth on this particular track. But we're sure she'll get there eventually, there's loads of time! She gets an A for singing these types of songs and bringing them forward to a new generation. Have a listen below; thoughts?