After almost six years Vampire Weekend have finally made their long awaited comeback, dropping two new tracks from upcoming album ‘Father of The Bride’.  The two new tracks show the band going in slight change of direction musically but still maintaining that happy go lucky innocence and charm the band have always worn on their sleeve. The first track, Harmony Hall is a fun bouncy and happy song, the chorus is big catchy and sits atop a soulful Primal Scream sounding piano. As the song builds into a huge feel good ending you’re suddenly reminded of everything that made you

Progressive rock band The Pineapple Thief are back with a brilliant new album, Magnolia, out now on Kscope, and ready to tour Europe. We had an interview with the band's leader Bruce Soord on music, touring and inspiration. Q: First of all, why “The Pineapple Thief”? A: I’ll have to rewind my brain to 1999. I’d just written and recorded some songs as an experiment. My label called me to say ‘yes, we’ll put it out but what’s it called?’. I was watching a film called ‘Eve’s Bayou’, there is a scene where a girl steals a pineapple and is branded