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Former Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore has hit out at online feminist magazine Jezebel through his Facebook page for what he has termed “Gender fascism” after the website called him a “dick” for admitting he’d cheated on his ex-wife and SY band member Kim Gordon in the now defunct music magazine The Fly. Moore’s full… Read more »

Everyone loves drinking coffee these days. It’s the beverage equivalent of being hopelessly obsessed with your bike, tweeting about Azerbaijani tech-drone and maintaining a shapely beard. If your budget won’t stretch to the wheels and your facial hair game is adolescent at best, the fine people at Pact Coffee are here to help. They’re offering… Read more »

Mac DeMarco has shared the second single from his new album Salad Days through his SoundCloud page. The track, Brother, is just the kind of laid back, jangly slacker pop we’ve come to expect from DeMarco. Salad Days is released next month via Captured Tracks. Read 20 Questions with DeMarco in this month’s issue of… Read more »

Schoolboy Q has shared the video for his new single What They Want. The track is taken from his latest album Oxymoron and also features 2 Chainz. The clip sees Schoolboy lurking in a graveyard, rapping in an empty church and hanging out with Deuce in a particularly seedy looking strip club. Check out the… Read more »

Today, the video for Future’s Move That Dope has dropped. The clip features the track’s performers Pusha T and Pharrell as well as cameos from Tyler, The Creator, Schoolboy Q (who’s also just dropped a video) and Wiz Khalifa. Casino, who has a verse on the original version, hasn’t made the final cut however. Watch… Read more »

Jonathan Glazer’s stunning sci-fi thriller Under The Skin is out on Friday 14 March. Glazer’s first film since 2000’s British classic Sexy Beast, it tells a bizarre and extraordinary fable of lust and loneliness by sending wigged-alien-seductress Scarlet Johansson into Glasgow city centre and filming her on hidden cameras. As part of their Filmic series which celebrates the… Read more »

Julian Casablancas has shared a video featuring snippets of new songs. Credited to Julian Casablancas + the Voidz, the clip involves a jam session, riot footage and retro imagery. The album is apparently ‘coming soon‘ and will be released via Casablancas‘ imprint Cult Records. Casablancas released his debut solo album in 2009, and last year… Read more »

Wiley has shared a new mixtape called Ya Dun Kno Vol.1, which features various loose tracks as well as a 15th anniversary version of his track Terrible (via FACT). Last month, Wiley announced that he’d scrapped his new album Snakes and Ladders. He also claimed to have spent $42,000 on the record, which featured US… Read more »

Jimi Hendrix biopic All Is By My Side will make its debut this week at South By Southwest film festival. The first footage has appeared showing Andre Benjamin or Andre 3000 as Hendrix alongside Imogen Poots’ Linda Keith. Although the film focuses on 1966-67 when he found fame, the Hendrix estate didn’t give its support… Read more »

Oya festival has announced the second wave of artists to play their 2014 event. Playing a string of festivals worldwide this year, Outkast will perform a date of their reunion tour at the premier Norwegian festival. Also among this wave of artists are Bill Callahan, fast-rising star Angel Olsen and Swedish icon Neneh Cherry performing… Read more »

As previously reported, Melba’s Call is the latest collaboration between fast rising star Kelela and Night Slugs’ Bok Bok. A video for the single has now been revealed, fitting with Night Slugs’ distinctive lustrous and futuristic aesthetic and heavily featuring the striking Kelela. Watch the video for Bok Bok and Kelela’s Melba’s Call below and… Read more »

New acts have been confirmed for Gottwood Festival. Among the second wave of artists are Running Back boss Gerd Janson, Panorama Bar regular Margaret Dygas, London-based beatsmith My Panda Shall Fly and West Country bass maven Appleblim. Also added to the 2014 line-up are Jay Shepheard, Pedestrian and Dj Caspa. The hugely revered boutique festival… Read more »

Sonar has added 50 new artists to the Barcelona stint of the iconic festival. Among the artist added are Nile Rodgers and Chic, with other big names including Scandinavian acts Neneh Cherry, Lykke Li, Röyksopp and Robyn. As for electronic acts, Boys Noize, Loco Dice, Dam Funk, Todd Terje, Trentemøller and Audion have all joined… Read more »

Field Day has confirmed more acts for its 2014 festival. Jamie xx and Animal Collective’s Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks will join 80s icon Neneh Cherry performing alongside RocketNumberNine on Saturday 7 June. Among the artists joining the Saturday line-up is Funkineven who will be presenting his live show while joining the Sunday line-up are Childhood,… Read more »

Sky Ferreira has tackled online abuse in an open letter posted via her Facebook. The post directly addresses the tirade of abuse she feels she receives online, stressing “I’m exhausted of (more than some) people telling me how I should look or be if I want to be a “pop star” & how they think… Read more »

The Garden Festival has announced more names for its 2014 line-up. Artists added to this year’s line-up include Derrick Carter, Francois K, Justin Martin and Levon Vincent, who will be joining previously confirmed artists such as Bicep, Prosumer, Craig Richards and Ben UFO. More details on the listings for open air club Barbarella’s Discotheque have… Read more »

Hercules and Love Affair are back with a new line-up and their third album, The Feast Of The Broken Heart. The old-school house and disco project assembled by Andy Butler now features vocals from John Grant, Rouge Mary, and Krystle Warren, while the LP comes co-produced by Ha-Ze Factory and Mark Pistel. Andy Butler said… Read more »

3 6 Mafia, or Da Mafia 6ix as they’re now known, are bringing out the casket of recently deceased member Lord Infamous on tour. FACT have pointed towards an interview with the group’s founding member and Lord Infamous’ half-brother DJ Paul in which the news was confirmed. “We’re bringing his casket out; we’re bringing it… Read more »

Sonus Festival have given those attending this year a taste of what to expect from the festival by releasing a video. With a European heavyweight techno line-up brought together by German institution Timewarp, the Zrce beach event on the Isle of Pag has just released it’s second wave of announcements. With five-days of beach parties,… Read more »

Lighthouse Family have maintained a fairly low profile for the last thirteen years or so, but the 90s pop sensations  garnered a fair bit of attention this weekend by offering their help in mediating the current unrest in Ukraine after Russian forces occupied Crimea. The band sent a tweet from their official Twitter account stating, “We think… Read more »