NME: '50 Best Tracks Of The Decade (So Far)'

The NME have published their list of the '50 Best Tracks Of The Decade (So Far)', which features a whole host of Primary Talent artists:

#02: Daft Punk - 'Get Lucky'
#05: Azealia Banks - '212'
#06: Lana Del Rey - 'Video Games'
#08: Alt-J - 'Breezeblocks'
#22: Noel Gallagher - 'AKA What A Life'
#24: LCD Soundsystem - 'Drunk Girls'
#26: Metronomy - 'The Bay'
#45: The Horrors - 'I Can See Through You'

www.nme.com/photos/50-best-tracks-of-the-decade-so-far/366647/1/1

Pusha T: New Single 'Lunch Money'

Pusha T releases his new single 'Lunch Money', complete with 'found footage' video.

www.pusha-t.com

Q Magazine: Top 50 Albums Of The Year

Q Magazine have announced their 'Top 50 Albums of 2014', which include these Primary Talent artists:

#02: Alt-J - 'This Is All Yours'
#15: The Horrors - 'Luminous'
#19: Lana Del Rey - 'Ultraviolence'
#21: East India Youth - 'Total Strife Forever'
#24: Kate Tempest - 'Everybody Down'
#49: Shabazz Palaces - 'Lese Majesty'

www.qthemusic.com/7136/qs-top-50-albums-of-2014

Tricky: European Tour 2015

Tricky has announced European tour dates for January & February 2015, see his artist page for full details.

www.trickysite.com

GET HOT & Big Narstie: On Phil Taggart's BBC Radio 1 Show

GET HOT play live and Big Narstie delivers an Xmas story on Phil Taggart's special Christmas show on BBC Radio 1.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04v1zg7

Kasra: 'Expo' From 'Do They Know Its #Critmas?'

'Expo' is Kasra's track from the Critical Music charity album 'Do They Know It's #Critmas?'.

Kasra's Critical Music label has been named in Thump's Top Labels of 2014.

www.thump.vice.com/words/10-labels-that-won-2014

www.facebook.com/kasracriticalmusic

Big Narstie, P.Money & Stormzy: HeavyTrackerz Video Shoot

Behind the scenes with Big Narstie, P.Money & Stormzy at the video shoot for HeavyTrackerz.

www.bignarstie.com

www.pmoneymad.com

www.stormzy.co.uk

Kate Tempest: Video & Live Review

Kate Tempest performs six songs live at the Puls Festival in Germany, caught on video.

www.br.de/puls/events/kate-tempest-live-konzert-puls-festival-2014-100.html

Kate Tempest live at Trans Musicales, reviewed by MOJO.

www.mojo4music.com/18222/kate-tempest-wows-trans-musicales-2014

Way Out West 2015

The Way Out West festival which takes place in Gothenburg, between 13th-15th August 2015, has announced part of it's line up which will include Primary Talent artists:

...Alt-J
...Patti Smith

www.wayoutwest.se

The Wombats: New Album & Tour

The Wombats release a new album, their first since 2011, entitled 'Glitterbug' on 6th April, on 14th Floor / Warner Bros.
The band begin an extensive European tour in mid-March, see their artist page for details.

www.nme.com/news/the-wombats/81822

Laurel: New Video 'Memorials'

Laurel unveils a new video for the track 'Memorials', exclusively through Vevo.

www.classiclaurel.com

DJ Tennis: Resident Advisor Top 10 Online Mixes

DJ Tennis' 'Robot Heart' mix from this year's 'Burning Man' festival is #6 in Resident Advisor's Top Ten Online Mixes for 2014.

www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2335

Oliver Dollar: 'Pushing On' Best Selling Track On Beatport

Oliver Dollar & Jimi Jules' re-work of the Quantic Soul Orchestra's 'Pushing On', is the 'Best Selling Track' on Beatport for 2014.

www.facebook.com/oliverdollar

Guy Gerber: Rumours 'Chinese Whispers' Sampler

In less than a year since first starting out, Guy Gerber's Rumors label has become one of the go-to outlets for considered, classy and cultured house music. After tastemaking and standard-raising releases from Guy & Dixon, Lake People and Chaim - as well as memorable parties everywhere from BPM to WMC - now the imprint offers up a fantastically strong and seductive nine-track sampler entitled 'Chinese Whispers'.

www.beatport.com/release/chinese-whispers-rumors-label-sampler/1422846

Wilkinson: Live Debut At Brixton Electric

Wilkinson will be making his debut 'live' appearance at Brixton Electric in London on 3rd April 2015. Download a free Wilkinson mix from the link below:

www.wilkinsonlondon.com

Teddy Killerz: New DJ Mix 'The Other Side'

Teddy Killerz have produced a new DJ mix 'The Other Side' of... "Music which inspires us, tunes we have in our iPods, beats we like to listen. Explore the other side of Teddy Killerz."

www.facebook.com/teddykillerz1

Songkick: The Hardest Working Bands Of 2014

Songkick have published their database of the 'Hardest Working Live Bands of 2014', based on KMs travelled, shows played and countries visited.

Way out in front are The 1975 having:
...Travelled 249,724 KM
...Played 195 Shows
...Visited 29 Countries
...Completed 6 Laps of the Earth

Also way up in the leaderboard are Metronomy having:
...Travelled 186,069 KM
...Played 123 Shows

www.blog.songkick.com/2014/12/17/the-hardest-working-bands-of-2014

NME Awards 2015: The Nominations

The NME Magazine has announced the nominations in it's shortlists for the NME Awards 2015, to be held at the Brixton Academy on 18th February next year. Many Primary Talent International artists have been put forward, to vote, please use the link below:

BEST BRITISH BAND
...Alt-J
...The Libertines

BEST LIVE BAND
...The Libertines

BEST NEW BAND
...Circa Waves

BEST SOLO ARTIST
...Lana Del Rey

BEST TRACK
...Noel Gallagher - 'In The Heat Of The Moment'

DANCEFLOOR FILLER
...Metronomy - 'Love Letters'

HERO OF THE YEAR
...Noel Gallagher

MUSIC MOMENT OF THE YEAR
...The Libertines Re-Unite

BOOK OF THE YEAR
...John Lydon (Public Image Ltd) - 'Anger Is An Energy'

REISSUE OF THE YEAR
...Oasis - 'Definitely Maybe'

www.nme.com/news/various-artists/81778

The Libertines, Metronomy, Circa Waves and

The Acid: 'Ghost' At Nowness

'Ghost' the new video from The Acid, is featured exclusively at Nowness, use the link below.

www.nowness.com

The Academy Awards Longlist For Oscars 'Best Original Song'

The Academy Awards have announced their 79 song 'longlist' for the 'Best Original Song' of 2014. The official nominees will be announced on 15th January.
Included are these Primary Talent artists:

Lana Del Rey - 'Big Eyes' from 'Big Eyes'

Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye - 'Mercy Is' from 'Noah'

www.oscar.go.com

The Do: New Video, Album And Tour

The Do unveil a new video for 'Despair, Hangover & Ecstacy' through The Fader, from their forthcoming album 'Shake Shook Shaken', released on 26th January.
They tour Australia in January, and then around Europe in February see their artist page for full details.

www.thefader.com/2014/10/21/video-the-do-despair-hangover-ecstasy

George The Poet: Featured In Guardian Music

BBC Sound of 2015 nominee George The Poet, is featured in today's Guardian Music.

www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/14/george-the-poet-spoken-word

The Cure: Christmas Compendium Of Reason At Eventim Apollo

The Cure will be performing a small clutch of 'Happy Hits' at 'Brian and Robins Christmas Compendium of Reason' on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th December - Two great nights of science, music, comedy and wonder, including charm quarks, strange quarks and confusion, plus very special guests.
After this they will play three nights at the Eventim Apollo, on the 21st, 22nd & 23rd December.

www.thecure.com/news/3125/brian_and_robins_christmas_compendium_of_reason

Clarence Clarity: The Guardian 'New Band Of The Week'

Londoner Clarence Clarity is Guardian Music's 'New Band Of The Week', his debut album 'No Now' is released in March 2015. Listen to the album, exclusively at The Guardian website below:

www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/12/clarence-clarity-no-35

Young Fathers: Five Star Review For XOYO Concert

Young Fathers received an enthusiastic 5 Star review for their concert at London's XOYO on 10th December in Guardian Music. The Mercury Prize winners will play at Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party on New Years Eve.

www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/11/young-fathers-review-mercury-prizewinners-live

The Horrors: New Video 'Change My Mind'

The Horrors have released a new video for their track 'Change My Mind', which includes live footage from their gig at Manchester's Albert Hall, on 27th September.

www.nme.com/news/the-horrors/81675

Noisia: Announced For Boomtown Fair 2015

Noisia are the first headlining artists to be announced for next year's Boomtown Fair festival, taking place near Winchester between 13th-16th August. They will play on the DownTown stage.

www.boomtownfair.co.uk

Catfish & The Bottlemen: Win BBC Music Award

At the first ever BBC Music Awards last night, at Earls Court London, Catfish & The Bottlemen were given the BBC Introducing Award for 'best new band'.

www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30410145

Noel Gallagher: To Headline Teenage Cancer Trust Concert

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are to headline the Teenage Cancer Trust concert, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, on 28th March 2015.

www.nme.com/news/noel-gallagher/81697

Croatia Rocks Festival 2015

The very first Croatia Rocks festival, takes place at Zrce Beach, between the 19th-23rd July next year. Primary Talent artists taking part include:

...Kate Tempest
...Wilkinson
...Toyboy & Robin

www.gigwise.com/news/96718/croatia-rocks-2015-line-up-revealed

The Bots: LA's Most Celebrated Rock Duo

The Bots are featured in the new LA Weekly, as being that city's most celebrated rock duo. Read the full article here:

www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/12/10/how-the-bots-became-las-most-celebrated-rock-duo

Deft: 'Against The Clock' On Fact TV

'Against the Clock' is a series on FACT TV that gives an artist 10 minutes in the studio and see what they come up with. In the latest episode, Deft steps up.

Based in London, Deft has spent the last few years drawing from footwork, hip-hop and more across a succession of singles, including collaborations with Om'Mas Keith and Manni Dee.

Late last month, he released 'Blue Jasmine', an EP that explores "the meaning of hypnosis and awakening" across a series of ambient-inspired club tracks.

www.factmag.com/2014/12/10/against-the-clock-deft

Kuenta i Tambu: New Track 'Santa Electra'

Kuenta i Tambu release a new track 'Santa Electra' featuring Elia Isenia, available now on Basserk Records.

www.facebook.com/aboutkit

Rockwell: New Track 'Play Some Normal Music'

Rockwell releases a new track 'Play Some Normal Music', on Shogun Audio.

www.facebook.com/rockwelldnb

Citizens! & Wild Smiles: At Hospital Club London

Citizens! and Wild Smiles play together for The Plugged In Sessions at The Hospital Club, London tonight - Wednesday 10th December.

www.originalpenguin.co.uk/pluggedin-sessions

Alvvays: #1 In Drowned In Sound Top 40 Of 2014

Alvvays have two tracks in the Drowned In Sound's '40 Favourite Tracks Of 2014' list. At #1 with 'Archie, Marry Me', and #31 with 'Next Of Kin'.

www.drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148547-drowned-in-sounds-40-favourite-songs-of-2014

The Prototypes: New Track 'Moscow' On 'A Decade Of Viper'

The Prototypes have a new track 'Moscow', featured on the Viper Recordings album 'A Decade Of Viper'.

www.theprototypes.co.uk

The Libertines: Sign New Deal With Virgin-EMI

The Libertines have released a short video, to celebrate signing their new Virgin-EMI record deal in Thailand.

www.nme.com/news/the-libertines/81607

Giraffage: New Track 'Tell Me'

Giraffage's chopped up electro pop jam 'Tell Me' gets a suitably tweaked music video, featuring a canine cast like you've never seen before.
Donuts, emotions, childbirth... the circle of life! Hear this and more on Giraffage's Fool's Gold EP 'No Reason'.
Download 'Tell Me' from iTunes, at link below:

www.smarturl.it/GiraffageEP

Marika Hackman: New Track 'Drown'

Marika Hackman premieres a new track 'Drown', from her forthcoming album 'We Slept At Last'.

www.facebook.com/MarikaHackman

Friction: On Shogun Audio With Resident Advisor

Drum'n'Bass legend Friction is interviewed by Resident Advisor on ten years of the Shogun Audio label.
Available to stream or download.

www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=228

Teddy Killerz: Remix Dreadzone's 'Fire In The Dark'

Russian trio Teddy Killerz have produced a huge drum'n'bass remix of Dreadzone's 'Fire In The Dark', released in January on Dubwiser.

www.facebook.com/teddykillerz1

London Evening Standard: Best Albums Of 2014

The London Evening Standard has published it's list of the 'Best Albums of 2014, which features Primary Talent artists:

...Kate Tempest - 'Everybody Down'
...Young Fathers - 'Dead'
...Azealia Banks - 'Broke With Expensive Taste'
...Alvvays - 'Alvvays'
...Alt-J - 'This Is All Yours'

www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/best-albums-of-2014-a-christmas-shopping-guide-for-musiclovers-9905463.html

Chloe Martini: Exclusive Mix For Hermetic Square

Chloe Martini has produced an exclusive DJ mix for the Hermetic Square, menswear brand.

www.facebook.com/chloemartinimusic

Noel Gallagher: BBC Radio 4 'Mastertapes'

Noel Gallagher is to be featured on BBC Radio 4's series 'Mastertapes' tomorrow afternoon at 15.30 (GMT), talking about his debut album.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04tjf5g

Citizens!: New Video 'Lighten Up'

Citizens! unveil a new video for their track 'Lighten Up'. They will be touring in Europe throughout April 2015, see artist page for details.

www.citizens.cz

Wretch 32: '6 Words' At #1 In UK Indie Chart

Wretch 32's new single is at #1 in the UK Top 30 Indie Singles Chart. '6 Words' is available now on Ministry of Sound Recordings.

www.wretch32.com

Sebastien Tellier: Live Session For The Guardian

Sebastien Tellier performs a live session for Guardian Music from the roof of the Village Underground club in London. The track is 'L'Adulte' from his new album 'L'Aventura'.

www.theguardian.com/music/video/2014/dec/03/sebastien-tellier-ladulte-the-adult-live-session-video

57th Annual Grammy Awards: The Nominations

The nominations for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced, which include several Primary Talent International artists. The winners will be announced on 8th February 2015.

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
...Alt-J: 'This Is All Yours'

BEST DANCE RECORDING
...Basement Jaxx: 'Never Say Never'

BEST DANCE ELECTRONIC ALBUM
...Roysksopp & Robyn: 'Do It Again'

BEST REGGAE ALBUM
...Lee 'Scratch' Perry: 'Back On The Controls'

BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR ACAPELLA
...Daft Punk: 'PTV Vol.2'

BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LTD EDITION
...Sparks: 'Deluxe Album Boxed Set'

www.grammy.com

Mumbai Science: Remix 'Torture' By PowerDress

Mumbai Science have remixed the track 'Torture' by PowerDress, and it is officially released on 15th December.
Premiering exclusively on Mixcloud.

www.mixmag.net/music/exclusive/premiere-powerdress-mumbai-science-remix

The Libertines: Sign A Record Deal With Virgin-EMI

The Libertines have just signed a new record deal with Virgin-EMI, to produce their first album since 2004. "I don't know what to say, I'm so happy. It was a beautiful day", said Peter Doherty. They signed the deal in Thailand, where he is currently attending re-hab.

www.pitchfork.com/news/57721-the-libertines-sign-to-virgin-emi-plan-first-album-since-2004

Deers: On Tour In January

Madrid's Deers, will be on tour around Europe throughout January.

www.facebook.com/deers

Lana Del Rey: Songs From New Movie 'Big Eyes'

Lana Del Rey's two songs from the soundtrack of Tim Burton's new movie 'Big Eyes', are featured in the Rolling Stone.
'Big Eyes' and 'I Can Fly' open and close the film, on the life of American artist Margaret Keane, which opens around the world on Christmas Day.

Lana Del Rey begins her 'Endless Summer' tour in the USA next May, with her touring partner Courtney Love.

www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-lana-del-reys-two-new-lavish-ballads-for-tim-burtons-big-eyes-20141203

We Are Shining: New Video 'Road'

We Are Shining release a new video for their track 'Road', taken from their album 'Kara'.

www.weareshining.com

Purity Ring: New Track 'Push Pull'

Purity Ring unveil the video for a new track 'Push Pull', from their forthcoming album released in March 2015.

www.purityringsongs.com

Sango: Footpatrol 'Track Of The Year' Nomination

Sango's 'Baile Somebody'has been nominated for the Footpatrol 'Track Of The Year'.

www.gillespetersonworldwide.com/gilles-petersons-worldwide-awards-2015-public-voting-launch-album-of-the-year-footpatrol-track-of-the-year-award

The Crookes: New Video 'You're Just Like Christmas'

The Crookes present a new track and video for the season, entitled 'You're Just Like Christmas'.

www.thecrookes.co.uk

Darq E Freaker: Remixes Keys 'N Krates 'Hypnotik'

Darq E Freaker has remixed the Keys 'N Krates track 'Hypnotik', especially for URB Magazine.

www.urb.com/2014/11/26/premiere-keys-krates-share-darq-e-freakers-flip-on-hypnotik

Gwen Stefani: 'Spark The Fire' On The Voice

Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams teamed up on NBC TV show 'The Voice', for a performance of their new single 'Spark The Fire'.

www.gwenstefani.com

DRILL Festival Brighton 2014

The DRILL Festival in Brighton takes place from 4th-7th December, at various venues around the city. Primary Talent artists taking part are:

...TOY
...Young Fathers
...East India Youth
...Scarlet Rascal

www.drillfestival.com

Kate Tempest: Sonar Festival 2015

It has just been announced that Kate Tempest will be appearing, at next June's SONAR festival in Barcelona, Spain.

www.sonar.es/en/2015

Jay Brown: 'Diamond' Previewed On XFM Radio

Jay Brown's upcoming new track 'Diamond' has just received it's debut play on XFM's 'Communion' programme.

www.xfm.co.uk/radio/communion-presents/highlights/communion-presents-30th-november-2014

Only Real: In The Guardian Music Playlist

Only Real's track 'Yesterdays' is featured in the Guardian Music's new 'Playlist'. It's taken from his debut album, produced by Dan Carey (Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip, Kate Tempest, Django Django).

www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/dec/01/the-playlist-indie-peace-only-real-pulled-apart-by-horses-wilco

UK Festival Awards 2014

The UK Festival Awards took place at the Roundhouse in London, last night. Primary Talent International winners were.

Headline Performance of the Year
...The Libertines - British Summer Time at Hyde Park

Best Breakthough Artist
...Wolf Alice

www.festivalawards.com

Laurel: New Track 'Come Together' At Wonderland

Laurel's new track 'Come Together' featuring Sivu, is premiered exclusively at Wonderland. It's taken from her forthcoming 'Holy Water EP'.

www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2014/12/premiere-laurel-ft-sivu-come-together

East India Youth: 'Total Strife Forever' End Of Year Polls

East India Youth's debut album 'Total Strife Forever' has been collecting a lot of critical acclaim in the end of year polls.

The Quietus - #4 'Albums Of The Year 2014'

www.thequietus.com/articles/16739-albums-of-the-year-2014

The Line Of Best Fit - 'Fifty Essential Albums of 2014'

www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/articles/top-fifty-albums-2014

www.facebook.com/eastindiayouth

BBC Sound Of 2015 Nominations

Both Wolf Alice and George The Poet, have been featured in the "longlist" of nominations for the BBC Sound of 2015 Award. The winner is to be announced on 9th January.

www.nme.com/news/various-artists/81438

Wolf Alice: DICE Live Award

At a ceremony at London's Old Blue Last, Wolf Alice were presented with the very first DICE Live Award, beating fellow nominees Royal Blood as "Best Emerging Live Band".
"We feel really honoured that people are enjoying our live shows, especially when we spent so long playing to nobody and wishing for a moment like this," said Wolf Alice's Ellie Rowsell.

www.diymag.com/2014/11/28/wolf-alice-win-first-ever-dice-live-award