News //

Following last year’s Love This Giant, a collaborative full length with David Byrne, St. Vincent has announced a new self-titled solo album. The record will be released February 24th via Loma Vista, and the tracklist can be seen below. You can also listen to new song Birth In Reverse, which – as Pitchfork have pointed… Read more »

Pact Coffee is an independent company which delivers premium quality, freshly roasted coffee to your door. The coffee beans are bought from farmers around the world, and then hand-roasted by Pact in London before they’re posted – either ground or whole – in letter-box friendly packs. A few weeks ago, some of those packs found… Read more »

Yesterday marked the 33rd anniversary of the death of John Lennon. Last night, Nicolas Jaar noted the occasion by sharing a tribute to the music and humanitarian hero to the Soundcloud of his new label, Other People. Using edits of classic Lennon material as well as news reports and his own production, Jaar’s trippy tribute… Read more »

As if it couldn’t get any worse for the underground purists among Chance The Rapper’s fanbase. First he goes and sings a cover of Coldplay’s Fix You, and now he’s collaborated with with tween sensation Justin Bieber. The track has been released as part of Beiber’s #MusicMondays series. It’s called Confident and you can hear it… Read more »

The winner for this year’s Resident Advisor Top DJs poll has been announced. Arguably the definitive round up of electronic artists that stood out over the last 12 months, the poll took in the votes of site users last month. Coming in at number one this year is Dixon, the Innervisions boss whose deep approach… Read more »

During his performance in Moscow on Friday (December 6), Elton John addressed the crowd to tell them he was ‘sad to learn’ about a controversial law passed by Russia’s president Vladimir Putin in June which bans ‘propaganda of homosexuality’ to young people. ‘In my opinion, it is inhumane and it is isolating’, he said. The… Read more »

Fancy heading down to London’s legendary Fabric this weekend for a party with the Ricardo Villalobos championed Romanian RPR Soundsystem crew? You might just be in luck! Crack have got two pairs of tickets to give away for the night this coming Saturday December 8th. RPR Soundsystem will be showcasing the talents of Rhadoo, Petre Inspirescu and… Read more »

Next year’s Dimensions Festival is taking 27-31st August at the Fort Punta Christo in Pula, Croatia. And today, they’ve announced a seriously impressive first wave of acts for the event. The announcement reveals that Dan Snaith will perform as Caribou in its live incarnation, and that appearances by Jon Hopkins, Gilles Peterson, Vakula, Ebo Taylor,… Read more »

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have unveiled the video for their new single, Higgs Boson Blues, a re-recorded version of a song taken from their highly acclaimed 2013 record Push The Sky Away. The Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard directed video, which weighs in at 9 minutes, sees the band performing to the new version… Read more »

A$AP Mob have released a video for their track Trillmatic – a collaboration between A$AP Nast and Wu-Tang legend Method Man. It’s not the first time the mob have teamed up with a key Wu-Tang member, last year’s Lords Never Worry mixtape included the track Underground Killas featuring the talents of Raekwon. Trillmatic is to be released… Read more »

Morrisey’s new autobiography has had it’s US release marred by a contentious editorial decision. The book, which was released in the UK in October, has had references to the singer’s relationship with photographer Jake Walters axed from the final draft. According to news website Contact Music, romantic references and loving tributes to Walters have been… Read more »

TMZ has reported that Frank Ocean’s cousin Sha’Keir Duarte is seeking damages against Chris Brown to the tune of £1.8 Million over a dispute which occurred between the two singers earlier this year. Duarte has given a breakdown of the charges as $1,000,000 for ‘pain, suffering and inconvenience’, $1,000,000 for ‘emotional distress’, $1,000,000 for punitive damages and… Read more »

It’s been announced that a graphic novel written by Pixies frontman Black Francis will be released in May 2014 by SelfMadeHero, a UK based and independent publisher. The Good Inn has been co-written by Pixies biographer John Frank and illustrated by Stephen Appleby, who described the project as “a fantastical piece of illustrated fiction based… Read more »

A few days ago, news surfaced that Bob Dylan and Rolling Stone are being sued by a Croatian community called The Council of The Croats in France ((CRICCF) due to remarks Dylan made during an interview with the publication in 2012. In a discussion about Civil War-era America and racial tension in general, Dylan said… Read more »

The line-up for Gottwood Festival 2014 has been announced. The hugely revered boutique festival set in Anglesey, North Wales will feature a number of select electronic artists over the weekend, this year including Prosumer, Craig Richards, Crazy P Soundsystem, Session Victim (live), Tale Of Us and Maribou State. Gottwood’s fifth installment, entitled ‘Gottwood the Fifth… Read more »

This weekend, rap legend Lil Kim was supposed to be dropping her comeback mixtape Hard Core 2K13, the follow up to her ’96 album Hard Core. That’s the artwork above, it promises a lot. While the mixtape never surfaced, Kim did share the details of the tape’s tracklisting and features via her Instagram account. Hard… Read more »

Mogwai have shared a video for new album track The Lord Is Out Of Control. Shared via Noisey, the track is the closing song from their forthcoming album Rave Tapes, which is set for release January 20th via Sub Pop and the band’s own Rock Action imprint. Watch the video for The Lord Is Out… Read more »

Following Field Day’s huge announcement that Pixies will be headlining the Sunday night of 2014’s event, the first wave of acts for Saturday (June 7th) has been revealed. Metronomy, who are set to follow up 2011’s excellent The English Riviera in spring 2014 with new album Love Letters, have been announced as the London festival’s… Read more »

The remaining staff of cherished Bristol and Bath culture institution Venue have published an open letter in response to the website’s closure. The farewell rant, posted today on the last day of Venue‘s online existence after the demise of its print version, calls out publishers Local World for stripping the publication of its initial values through… Read more »