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31 Aug, 2012
Alt-J: Feature in The Guardian
Alt-J are the subject of a major feature in today's The Guardian music section.
See them at festivals through the rest of the summer - followed by a full UK and European tour beginning in October.www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/aug/30/alt-j-a-cut-above
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- Matt Bates
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31 Aug, 2012
DJ Vadim: New Video 'This DJ (Dubstep Ting)'
DJ Vadim's long awaited new solo album comes October 2012 on BBE.
'Don't Be Scared' focuses on the instrumental and brings the beat to the foreground, look forward to vocals from long-time collaborator and fellow 'Oneselfer' Yarah Bravo, Sabira Jade (The Electric) gets political, and new sounds resonate from upcoming singers D'Angelo'esque Jazz Bailey, Hawaiian soulstress Karen Be and gruff funkman Greg Blackman.More pensive than recent albums, melancholy meets tropical vibes meets a strange BBC reporter high on eboga root. Even Jamie Fox makes a guest appearance talking dance moves. 'This DJ' is rapidly becoming Vadim's signature and this playful video directed by Vadim himself sees him getting down with MC J Man.
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- Serena Parsons
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30 Aug, 2012
Karin Park: New Single / Video 'Thousand Loaded Guns'
Karin Park releases her new single 'Thousand Loaded Guns', on 10th September - it is featured on her recent 4th album 'Highwire Poetry.
The video is premiered exclusively on This is Fake DIY, click link below to see it.- Contact
- Andy Duggan
- Rebecca Lewis
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29 Aug, 2012
A-Trak: Short Cuts Routine
A-Trak is back with another monthly 'Short Cuts' routine, this time he takes on Deadmau5's 'Ghosts n'Stuff'.
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29 Aug, 2012
DJ Fresh: New Single 'The Feeling'
DJ Fresh featuring RaVaughn, releases his new single 'The Feeling' on 23rd September on the Ministry of Sound label. He will also be featured at the iTunes Festival, at the Roundhouse in London on 17th September.
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- Peter Elliott
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29 Aug, 2012
Django Django: Track by Track
Dave Maclean and Vincent Neff from Django Django discuss each track from their self-titled debut album - out now on Because Music.
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- Andy Duggan
- Rebecca Lewis
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29 Aug, 2012
Two Door Cinema Club: Documentary 'What We See'
The first chapter of the Two Door Cinema Club documentary 'What We See' has just been published on YouTube, there are three more parts to follow.
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- Matt Bates
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28 Aug, 2012
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: New Video 'Only In My Dreams'
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti have produced a new video to go with the track 'Only In My Dreams', taken from their new album 'Mature Themes', on 4AD Records.
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28 Aug, 2012
Anna Calvi: Free Download
Anna Calvi has recorded a bluesy cover version of The Invisible's 'The Wall'. It is available as a free download, via The Guardian's website, click the link below.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/aug/28/anna-calvi-wall-invisible?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9386
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- Steve Backman
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21 Aug, 2012
Lou Reed: Meltdown Festival 2012 Reviews
Lou Reed has received some astounding UK press reviews for his performance at the recent Meltdown Festival, at the Royal Festival Hall, London on Friday 10th August, which was curated by Antony.
Check them out from the link below:www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/lou_reed/meltdown.htm
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- Andy Woolliscroft
- Sally Gavaghan
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20 Aug, 2012
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: New Album 'Mature Themes'
The new album by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti entitled 'Mature Themes' is released today on 4AD Records. See them on tour in Europe from the beginning of November.
This track 'Only In Dreams' is available as a free download from 4AD from the link below:promo.4ad.com/arielpink/onlyinmydreams.mp3
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20 Aug, 2012
Teengirl Fantasy: New Album 'Tracer'
Teengirl Fantasy release their new album 'Tracer' today on True Panther / R&S Records.
www.truepanther.com/#/artists/teengirl-fantasy
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- Cris Hearn
- Cecilia Chan
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19 Aug, 2012
Azealia Banks: VIBE Front Cover
Azealia Banks also made the front cover of the August / September issue of hip-hop magazine VIBE, alongside producer Diplo. For a 'behind-the-scenes' video, of this shoot, check the link below.
www.vibe.com/article/behind-scenes-azealia-banks-and-diplos-vibe-cover-shoot
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- Matt Bates
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19 Aug, 2012
Azealia Banks: SPIN Front Cover
Azealia Banks is the cover star of the forthcoming September issue of SPIN magazine. Check the photo session feature at the link below. She will also be the face of fashion designer Alexander Wang's Fall 2012 collection.
www.spin.com/gallery/azealia-banks-the-spin-cover-shoot
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- Matt Bates
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18 Aug, 2012
V Festival 2012: Line Up
V Festival takes place in Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Stafford over this weekend, 18th / 19th August. Many Primary Talent artists are represented:
...Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
...The Proclaimers
...Rizzle Kicks
...Professor Green
...Wretch 32
...Noah & The Whale
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15 Aug, 2012
Azealia Banks: Dazed & Confused Cover
Azealia Banks is the cover star of September's Dazed & Confused magazine. Inside she is interviewed by Karley Sciortino.
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- Matt Bates
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15 Aug, 2012
Egyptian Hip Hop: New Album 'Good Don't Sleep'
'SYH' is a new track from Mancunian band Egyptian Hip Hop, taken from their forthcoming album 'Good Don't Sleep', which is due for release on 22nd October on R&S Records.
www.myspace.com/egyptianhiphop
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- Nathalie Blue
- Peter Elliott
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15 Aug, 2012
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: New Album 'Mature Themes'
'Before Today'was the band's 4AD debut, offering the first sign that the intriguingly scatalogical music Ariel had been making for over a decade was finally ossifying into a coherent form. Indeed, the lead song from'Before Today'- the inimitable 'Round and Round' - was awarded Pitchfork's track of the year for 2010, and further plaudits were heaped upon the long player as it cropped up in near-all end-of-year polls. For many it seemed that Ariel had finally reached the wider audience his early recordings had hinted was possible. And with'Mature Themes', Haunted Graffiti have forged a record that raises the bar once again.
Installing themselves in a studio space in downtown-LA, Haunted Graffiti began a lengthy process of writing and recording.'Mature Themes'is a self-produced affair, with former member Cole MGN drafted in to provide some drum programming and additional mixing duties. Far removed from Ariel's early bedroom recordings,'Mature Themes'is a product of a more collaborative process, with the often-overlooked virtuoso musicianship of the band bought to the fore. "There are definitely not any links to my lo-fi origins", Ariel recently told Spin magazine. "It's so diverse but so different from anything I've done before. In a sense, it's really the record I wanted to make back when I made 'Before Today', but couldn't. We had time to let our hair down and try new things."
While the creative process was new, familiar Ariel Pink signatures remain. In fact,'Mature Themes'feels like the definitive Haunted Graffiti record, a patchwork of modern America, its esoteric reference points and moments of lyrical lucidity a twilight excursion through backwater LA and late-night TV channel hopping.
Hear the album 'Mature Themes' exclusively on The Guardian website:
www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/aug/14/ariel-pink-mature-themes-album-stream
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13 Aug, 2012
Noel Gallagher: Acoustic Benefit for War Child
Tomorrow night, Tuesday 14th August, Noel Gallagher will be performing an exclusive acoustic concert, in aid of the charity War Child. As part of the XFM Legends series to celebrate 20 years of the radio station - the event will take place at Dingwalls in London. Tickets are only available through XFM.
www.xfm.co.uk/news/noel-gallagher-to-play-intimate-xfm-show
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- Ben Winchester
- Charlie Renton
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13 Aug, 2012
Django Django: New Single 'Hail Bop'
Django Django release their new single 'Hail Bop' today on Because Music.
The band are currently performing at a whole host of European festivals.- Contact
- Andy Duggan
- Rebecca Lewis
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13 Aug, 2012
Beady Eye: Olympic Games Closing Ceremony
Beady Eye performed the Oasis classic 'Wonderwall', at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games last night, as part of the 'A Symphony of British Music' segment.
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- Ben Winchester
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12 Aug, 2012
The Cast of Cheers: New Single 'Human Elevator'
The Cast of Cheers release a new single 'Human Elevator' on 21st August, taken from their album 'Family', there is also a remix by CITIZENS! available here as a free download.
After Reading and Leeds Festivals, they will be joining Gross Magic on the NME Generation Next Tour, throughout October.
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- Matt Bates
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12 Aug, 2012
iTunes Festival at Roundhouse London
The iTunes Festival will take place at the Roundhouse in London throughout September. Sixty artists will perform over thirty nights and it features a host of Primary Talent artists:
5th: Plan B
12th: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
17th: DJ Fresh & Hadouken
25th: Lana del Rey
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09 Aug, 2012
No Doubt: 'Settle Down' (Major Lazer Remix)
No Doubt's new single 'Settle Down', has been remixed by Diplo's Major Lazer project. The original track is taken from their forthcoming album 'Push & Shove', which is released on 24th September.
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- Dave Chumbley
- Laura Martin
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09 Aug, 2012
Amon Tobin: ISAM Live 2.0
Picking up from where Amon Tobin's ISAM Live left at the end of 2011, the immersive A/V show made an even bigger imprint on the world of electronic music in the past 2 months. ISAM Live started off 2012 with rapturous response at two Coachella headline performances this year.
A sold-out night at London's Brixton Academy was shortly followed by a tour run in Australia, which included two sold-out back-to-back performances at the iconic Sydney Opera House in June. The performances, which were streamed live from Sydney, accumulated over 500,000 views. ISAM additionally made a hugely celebrated appearance at Sonar festival in Barcelona on June 15th.For the Autumn run of dates throughout America, ISAM Live 2.0 will launch: introducing the new ISAM construction, enhanced with new audio and visual elements. Part of the new content in the ISAM Live show will be composed of forthcoming Two Fingers material. Tobin will be revealing new music from his beat-oriented alias, in celebration of the highly anticipated sophomore album due this Autumn on Big Dada. All past ISAM Live shows have sold out, so get your tickets now or be lost in the dust come fall.
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- Cris Hearn
- Cecilia Chan
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09 Aug, 2012
Two Door Cinema Club: New Video 'Sleep Alone'
Two Door Cinema Club have unveiled the video, for their forthcoming single 'Sleep Alone', scheduled for release on 3rd September on Kitsune and Glassnote. The track is taken from their forthcoming album 'Beacon'.
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- Matt Bates
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08 Aug, 2012
Plan B: New Single 'Deepest Shame'
Plan B's next single will be 'Deepest Shame', taken from his #1 album the soundtrack to the film 'ill Manors'.
It will be released on Atlantic Records on 10th September.- Contact
- Peter Elliott
- Eileen Mulligan
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07 Aug, 2012
Jonathan Boulet: New Album & European Tour
Jonathan Boulet releases a new album 'We Keep The Beat, Found The Sound, See The Need, Start The Heart' on the 3rd September on Modular Recordings. A full European tour begins at the Shacklewell Arms in London on 13th September.
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- Andy Duggan
- Rebecca Lewis
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01 Aug, 2012
Madrid: New Video 'Sad Song
'Sad Song' is the melancholy new video from Madrid, from their forthcoming self-titled album.
Directed by Dacio Pinheiro.ww.wearemadrid.co.uk
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- Nathalie Blue
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01 Aug, 2012
DJ Vadim: New Album 'Don't Be Scared'
DJ Vadim's new album 'Don't Be Scared' is to be released in the Autumn on BBE Records, get a taste of it here.
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- Serena Parsons
