Video: Crying Lightning - Arctic Monkeys @ Big Day Out 09

The first single of the Arctic Monkeys third studio album is called Crying Lightning. It was released almost two weeks ago and ever since I've been trying to work out what I think of it. I haven't really come up with much except (a) It really grows on you (b) I now really like it and (c) It sounds really familiar in the middle, maybe a similar guitar to one of their other tracks. The album, Humbug , is set to be released sometime around the end of August. [...]

• Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning

Los fanáticos de Arctic Monkeys estamos esperando su nuevo disco, que se llamará Humbug y que estará disponible desde el 24 de agosto , como si de el mesías se tratase y, al menos yo, me voy a la noche a rezar y todos los días le pido al cielito lindo que permita la filtración de la obra de los monitos ;-) Ahora los ingleses salieron a informar que el single Crying Lightning aparecerá el 17, una semana antes de su producción. Les dejo [...]

Arctic Monkeys are making it known that their new album is a step in a different direction. Having cited Black Sabbath as a main influence for this recording and then having Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age produce the LP, we could be in for a much heavier, stoner sounding group. Pitchfork reported that the band revealed their tracklisting for their still untitled record which you can see below. The record comes out on August 25th in the U.S. and August 24th in Europe. 01) My Propeller [...]