The hype surrounding the imminent release of the new Gorillaz album has reached a crescendo, with news of an exciting line up of featured artists. Thanks to an internet leak, the metaphorical cat is out of the bag, and the track list appears to feature a host of collaborators including Grace Jones, De La Soul, [Continue]
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With two critically acclaimed big band albums already under his belt, Matthew Herbert is launching a fascinating new project in response to the political implications of the UK’s Brexit decision. Herbert says, “In an increasingly fractured and divided political climate where tolerance and creativity are under threat, it feels like an important time to assert [Continue]
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The unofficial Morrissey biopic has been renamed, according to its producer Orion Williams. Originally called Steven, a reference to Morrissey’s first name, it will now be called England Is Mine, after lyrics from The Smith’s song “Still Ill.” Although this biopic hasn’t been officially endorsed by Morrissey himself, Williams has described it as “as [Continue]
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After releasing their first album in 2015, the singer/composer duo, Ludovic Mornand and Nicolas Gasparotto, aka Medusa In My Knickers are working on their second offering. The first track to be released, “Heavn” is hot-blooded, dark and emotional, and has aptly been described as “blackwave.” Watch the video for “Heavn” below:
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Kompakt Extra is set to release Laurent Garnier’s Tribute EP in their Speicher series on April 14. The two track EP will be the 95th release in the series, which started in 2011 and sees every release accompanied by a number. According to the press release, Garnier’s inspiration for the EP came when “One [Continue]
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XL Recordings will release Arca’s third album, the self-titled Arca, on April 7. Alejandro Ghersi, the London-based Venezuelan artist known as Arca, has again collaborated visually with long-time friend and director Jesse Kanda in the video for “Anoche.” The video sees Ghersi dancing eerily in a darkened room between scattered corpses, dressed in a leather [Continue]
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In sad news, Texas-born, UK-based DJ Skirt (real name Bethany DeMoss) has announced that she will stop performing as a DJ. In a heartfelt Facebook post, the techno artist announced her recent battles with performance anxiety, concluding that if the “thought of an upcoming gig is making me actually physically sick and on verge of [Continue]
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Plans for a three-storey memorial dedicated to the late David Bowie are underway. The ZiggyZag, as it has been termed, will be erected in Brixton, London, the singer’s place of birth.The memorial is being designed by artistic duo This Ain’t Rock n Roll in collaboration with Bowie’s London team, with backing from the Lambeth Council.The [Continue]
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One of the UK’s last and best-loved independent music festivals, Beat-Herder has made its first line-up announcement. The eccentric three-day event returns to Lancashire’s Ribble Valley on July 14th-16th this year, and fans can look forward to a programme that includes some true heavyweights from a variety of musical genres. Headlining on Saturday night, [Continue]
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Shoreditch club XOYO have announced The Black Madonna (real name Marea Stamper) as their next quarterly resident DJ. She will play the East London venue every Friday night through the months of April, May and June. According to Resident Advisor, Stamper will also play three all-night slots during her 13-week XOYO stay: “the first is [Continue]
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