Preview: The Flaming Lips & Chris Martin – ‘I Don’t Want To Die’

To coincide with Record Store Day 2012 (today), Wayne Coyne is releasing a quirky collaborative punch of miscellaneous talents and status from both ends of the musical spectrum.

Unreleased Coldplay Demos Part III

Thus concludes this selection of unreleased Coldplay demos. A demo for ‘Lovers In Japan’, from Viva La Vida, was also included in this set, and can be heard here.

Unreleased Coldplay Demos Part II

Have a listen to the second cluster of unreleased songs from the Coldplay front-man. Recorded in December 2006, presumably on an upright piano in his house.

Coldplay – Unreleased Demos Part I

Before Coldplay became the monolith of the music industry, in the Parachutes and A Rush Of Blood To The Head era they were famed for being “the nicest guys in rock”. They wrote… Continue reading →

Coldplay (Feat. Rihanna) – ‘Princess Of China’

With the Wa-Wa-Wa-Waterfalls and the Para-Para-Paradises, it seems Coldplay really are clasping, cuddling and canoodling all those clinical hooks and connotations of the chart-topping pop band.

When Your Favourite Songs Started Life As Crummy Demos

Song writing is an evolutionary process. On countless occasions have human beings began brilliant anthems only to later banish their work to wooden drawers, never to lay eyes on it again. Here you… Continue reading →

Watch HQ: Coldplay Debut 4 New Songs In Germany

After pulling the plug on ‘Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall‘ Friday lunch-time for its flooding of the world, Coldplay headlined Rock am Ring festival in Nürburgring, Germany that same evening, where they showcased… Continue reading →

Coldplay Drop A Few Cryptic Tweets

It’s widely known Coldplay are back on biggest-band-in-the-world duty this summer, dallying the festival circuit with their stadium-sound, most significantly at Glastonbury with fellow heavyweights U2. The 23rd of May saw a decidedly… Continue reading →