An exclusive video featuring Busta Rhymes and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard performing together circa 1994 has been released (via egotripland). Captured at the Gavin Convention in New Orleans, the rare footage shows the pair freestyle verses that would eventually feature in their collaborative single Woo Hah! and ODB’s Damage. The vintage footage, filmed almost… Read more »
We’re hosting the world exclusive drop of the official video for Falling Angel, the new single from Dinky which is out 27th May. The ethereal and, at points, alarming video was produced by the Visionquest artist herself and features her dancing sister as the falling angel. The video comes as part of a project which… Read more »
Circo Loco and Type festival have joined forces to bring this year’s Birmingham event on Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th of August. World renowned club brand Circo Loco host their famous Arena party on the Saturday, with Seth Troxler, Maceo Plex, Kerri Chandler and Levon Vincent just some of the first wave of… Read more »
Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, passed away yesterday in a clinic in Germany after a battle with cancer. According to a statement issued by his publicist, the 74 year old died at a clinic in Rosenheim surrounded by members of his family. Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger has said he is “deeply saddened” by… Read more »
Oxford’s Trophy Wife have just made their eponymous debut album available for download on Bandcamp, allowing fans to name their price for the long-awaited full length. The album sees the band exploring the boundaries of their distinctive, atmospheric sound, whilst staying closely grounded to the mechanic dance pulse of their original material. Along with this… Read more »
The guys behind the Ketoloco parties are moving from Cable to a mighty London warehouse location for their event this Sunday with Todd Terje, Audiojack, Droog and Mark Henning. Ahead of their day and night parties they are giving away a pair of VIP tickets to both events, including an all day Shoreditch terrace session… Read more »
The teams behind Time Warp and Love Family Park festival are teaming up to launch SONUS, a new festival to take place 21st-25th August on the picturesque island of Pag, Croatia. The first wave of announcements includes Sven Vath’s Cocoon Heroes and Loco Dice’s Desolat Crew parties featuring Ricardo Villalobos, Loco Dice, Seth Troxler, Magda… Read more »
Anthony Moore, aka house music cult figure and Daft Punk collaborator Romanthony has passed away at his home in Toronto aged 49. The DJ and singer, well known for his vocal work on Daft Punk’s One More Time and Too Long, passed away at his home in Austin, Texas. Cause of death is yet to… Read more »
New Jersey’s Todd ‘The God’ Edwards took the reins on the BBC Essential Mix on Saturday, delivering 120 minutes which included plenty of originals and edits. Increasingly under the spotlight as a result of his inspiring Random Access Memories collaboration, the garage legend has filled the mix with plenty of Daft Punk and Giorgio Moroder… Read more »
Following the incredible success of Dr Dre’s Beats headphones (Forbes Magazine rated him #1 in their 2012 ‘hip-hop rich list’, estimating that he earned £70 million in 12 months), you might think he’d see the music game as an interruption of serious business. However , in an LA Weekly interview focused on the new degree… Read more »
Looks like 2013 is shaping up to be another busy year for the uber prolific Californian garage rock proponent Ty Segall. Alongside releasing a series of singles with his new project Fuzz and recently reissuing a pair of his rare LPs back in January, Ty Segall has recorded a new solo album entitled SLEEPER, which… Read more »
Mount Kimbie are set to drop their new album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, the follow up to their excellent 2010 album Crooks & Lovers, via Warp on May 28th. We’ve already heard previews of Blood and Form and Made To Stray from the album, but now they’ve shared a more polarising track: You Took Your… Read more »
René Pawlowitz is a man of many aliases, but who’s most commonly known for churning out exceptional techno as Shed. He’s dropped a new EP as Head High, a once-anonymous moniker which he uses to release some particularly vintage sounding beats. The Burning EP is out now on 12” via Power House. You can preview… Read more »
London promoters Sexbeat, Bird On The Wire and Rockfeedback have announced Visions, a new one day music event that takes place across three London venues on August 10th. The line-up so far includes Cloud Nothings, !!!, Iceage (pictured above), The Haxan Cloak, Molly Nillson, The Soft Moon, Beacon, Jeffrey Lewis, Still Corners and Micachu, who’s… Read more »
We’ve been talking about this for a long time, a long, long time. We’ve interviewed them about it, and we’ve waxed lyrical about it after witnessing the Cardiff leg. Neon Neon’s live realisation of their Praxis Makes Perfect album, in collaboration with National Theatre Wales, is surely one of the boldest and most ambitious presentations… Read more »
Farr Festival is returning to a forest area just outside London from the 19th-21st July. Across stages hosted by Futureboogie, Pardon My French, Numbers, The Ransom Note and more, the line-up includes Eats Everything, Ben Pearce, Jackmaster, Spencer, Oneman, Bicep, Andrew Weatherall, Bicep, Waze and Odyssey among many others. The full line up can be… Read more »
The legendary Bobby Womack will play a special Sunday afternoon slot at Lattitude Festival, which is taking place in Suffolk from 18th-21st July. The announcement is part of a new wave of acts which includes Diiv, Wolf Alice, comedian Eddie Izzard and many more. Check out the new additions below. The Lattitude festival line-up also… Read more »
On the 8th June, Bristol promoters Just Jack are throwing a party at Bristol’s Motion club in which Manchester legend A Guy Called Gerald will headline. As a pioneer of the Roland TB-303 synth, Gerald’s significant contribution to the acid house phenomena can’t be emphasised enough. Since relocating to Berlin in recent years, A Guy… Read more »
Kendrick Lamar has released a video for Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe, one of the many highlights from his seminal 2012 album good kid, m.A.A.d city. The video sees Lamar attend a funeral service, rap in a field, get baptised in liquor and pop champagne bottles with some ‘grieving’ guests. Juicy J, Lamar’s Black Hippy… Read more »
We don’t know if you’ve heard, but Daft Punk are releasing a new album called Random Access Memories on the 17th this month. The album will be played tonight (13th May) at a listening party which is taking place in The Shard, London’s epic new skyscraper which is known to be the tallest building in… Read more »
