Latest Alt-j News



A Week In Music, Daft Punk Make Triumphant Return With Get Lucky, Chvrches Ep Precedes Anticipated Album, Vampire Weekend Interviewed At Coachella

22nd April 2013

A Week in Videos... Undoubtedly the most eagerly-anticipated video of the week comes from Daft Punk, who return to the...

Emeli Sande To Add An Ivor Novello To Her Brit Collection?

18th April 2013

Emeli Sande may be adding to her growing list of accolades as she is newly nominated for two different awards...

Emeli Sande And Plan B Up For Ivor Novello Awards

17th April 2013

Emeli Sande, Plan B and Alt-J have been nominated for the 2013 Ivor Novello awards. Emeli received nods in the...

Will Alt J Add An Ivor Novello Award To Their Mercury Gong?

17th April 2013

Mercury Music Prize winners Alt-J could well be adding an Ivor Novello award to their collection of gongs, NME announced...

Mark Owen Records Album In Back Garden

9th April 2013

Mark Owen recorded his comeback album in his back garden.The Take That singer recorded his first solo effort in eight...

The Blandest Brits In Years? Ben Howard Provides Only Real Surprise With Double Win (Pictures)

21st February 2013

Last night’s Brits ceremony could well have been the blandest Brits in years. Aside from a frisson of post-breakup tension...

Brit Award Nominees Alt-j To Score First Movie

20th February 2013

Mercury Music Prize winners Alt-J have signed on compose the soundtrack to Toby Jones' new movie Leave To Remain.The triple...

Biffy Clyro To Headline Reading And Leeds Festival

5th February 2013

Biffy Clyro will headline Reading and Leeds festivals this summer. The 'Black Chandelier' rockers - who reached number one in...

Alt-j Taken By Surprise By Brit Nominations

12th January 2013

Mercury Music Prize winners Alt-J have been given their first BRIT Award nods, after being nominated for three awards: Best...

Brit Awards 2013 Nominees Announced: Diverse? Or Just Weird?

11th January 2013

This year’s BRIT Awards nominations look as though they were concocted by a group of strangers, with wildly different cultural...

Jessie Ware 'Flattered' By Brit Nominations

11th January 2013

Jessie Ware is ''flattered'' by her Best Female Solo Artist BRIT Awards nomination.The 'Wildest Moments' singer is up for the...

A Week In Music – Rihanna Disappoints, Cee-lo Green And The Muppets Get Us In The Festive Spirit, The Rolling Stones And Paul Mccartney

17th December 2012

Albums of Note... Rihanna’s seventh studio album, Unapologetic has been met with a mixed response and our reviewer reckons the...

Eminem To Headline Reading And Leeds

11th December 2012

Eminem will headline the UK's Reading and Leeds festivals next year.The 'Stan' rapper will be making his first appearance in...

Rihanna To Headline T In The Park

4th December 2012

Rihanna is to headline T in the Park.The 'We Found Love' hitmaker will top the bill at the Scottish festival...

Deposit Scheme For Reading And Leeds 2013, Featuring Alt-j, Deftones And Boy Better Know

29th November 2012

It may still only be November but tomorrow (November 30, 2012), early bird tickets will go on sale for next...

Alt-j's Mercury Music Prize Speech: We'll Nearly Pay Off One Student Loan

2nd November 2012

Doing little to dispel their image as white, middle class indie kids, Alt-J pointed out in their acceptance speech at...

Alt-j Win Mercury Prize

2nd November 2012

Indie rock band Alt-J have won the Barclaycard Mercury Prize.The group took home the prestigious accolade on Thursday night (01.11.2012)...

Alt-j Dabbled With Drugs

2nd November 2012

Mercury Prize winners Alt-J experimented with drugs after starting up the band while at university in Britain.The fourpiece, who scooped...

Alt-j Win Mercury Music Prize

2nd November 2012

British rockers Alt-J have won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize for their album An Awesome Wave.The four-piece were bookmakers' favourites...

Alt-j Win Mercury Music Prize

1st November 2012

British rockers Alt-J have won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize for their album An Awesome Wave.The four-piece had been bookmakers'...

To No One's Surprise, Alt-j Win The Mercury Prize!

1st November 2012

Congrats to the Scotch quartet, Alt-J! The alternative indie act have pretty much been the favourite for the prize since...

Mercury Music Prize: Field Music's Odds Plummet As Ceremony Looms

1st November 2012

The winner of this year's Mercury Music Prize will be announced at a ceremony in London tonight, with British indie...

Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize 2012: Our Predictions

1st November 2012

As the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize 2012 draws near, we have a look at the shortlist and the likelihood of...

A Brief Run Down Of The Mercury Prize Favourites

31st October 2012

The Mercury Prize is set to be awarded tomorrow (1st Nov. 2012), and true to form and tradition, many of...

Is It A Sign? Spotify Users Vote Alt-j Favourites For Mercury Music Prize

30th October 2012

This Thursday (November 1, 2012), the winner of the Mercury Music will be announced. As a precursor to the official...

Adele Named Most Played At Independent Music Awards

30th October 2012

Adele was crowned the Most Played Independent Act at the AIM Independent Music Awards last night (29.10.12).The 'Someone Like You'...

Adele And The Prodigy Win Aim Independent Music Awards

30th October 2012

Adele, The Prodigy and Alt-J were among the acts who picked up prizes at the 2012 AIM Independent Music Awards...

Plan B Up For Mercury Prize

12th September 2012

Plan B's 'Ill Manors' and Jessie Ware's 'Devotion' are among the albums nominated for the 2012 Barclaycard Mercury Prize.The two...

Alt-j Installed As Favourite For Mercury Music Prize 2012

29th August 2012

Nominees for this year's Mercury Music Prize have yet to be announced but the odds for the 2012 Album of...