Don't despair: music highlights to get you through January 2014
Beat the winter blues with these diary dates
- Mogwai - Rave Tapes: Scotland's post-rock demi-Gods have been on a pretty relentlessly flawless run for years. If what we've heard of eighth album Rave Tapes so far is anything to judge by, then this is going to be no exception. Experience the awesomeness when it's unleashed on 20 January.
by Andrew Trendell | Photos by WENN/Press
Here we bloody go - Christmas is over, New Year's is turning into a distant and soggy hangover, summer still feels like an age away, you're heading back to work and there's nothing to look forward to, right? WRONG.
There's loads of awesome music on its way in 2014, and January is just the tip of the iceberg. Not only does this month bring brilliant releases from everyone from Bruce Springsteen and Mogwai to Warpaint and Of Mice & Men, but there's also a huge tour from The 1975, the BRIT Awards nominations and Daft Punk's first live performance in years.
So rock away those January blues with these key diary dates and 11 reasons to be excited about music this month. Happy New Year.
