Berlin
Hanging Out: Berlin Festival 2010
As we prepare for Stag and Dagger and 1234 in London, The Great Escape in Brighton, Dot to Dot in Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester, Hinterland in Glasgow, Berlin is making preparations for the succinctly titled Berlin Festival on the 10th and 11th September 2010. Read on »
Berlin: Club Transmediale
Promoter-Curators Club Transmediale are preparing this year's festival. Titled OVERLAP it's the second part in their Structures programme and offers audiovisual experimentation and exhibitions alongside live sets from Four Tet, Mount Kimbie, Glass Candy, Andy Votel and Dubco. It takes place between the 28th January and 7th February. Read on »
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New Record: Chelsea Wolfe
A tough carnal interlude protects LA resident Chelsea Wolfe's soft centre on the Ἀποκάλυψις EP. It's a gorgeous collection of powerful emotionally alert pop songs.
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Offset: Words and Pictures
Some of the crowd might look a bit glum but this year's Offset festival still had stage diving, floor wiping displays of passion. Neu Magazine reports from somewhere near the front.
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New Video: Gold Panda
Gold Panda scavenger hunts through the forest in this new video for Snow and Taxis. The macro close ups of plants, where each leaf is unique when studied closely, acts as a metaphor for the developments in Gold Panda's sound. Or maybe he thought it was just "pretty".
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Gorillaz take De La Soul, Bobby Womack, Kano and More on the road
De La Soul, Bobby Womack, Kano, Shaun Ryder and Mark E Smith are all set to make live appearances on Gorillaz first full UK tour. The band will play songs from their self titled debut, Demon Days and Plastic Beach.
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New Record: Earrings
Earrings makes emotionally charged downtempo electronica in London. They mix the softness and romantic vocals of slowmo R&B with a futuristic beats.
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Low Sea
These two space age druids* make oscillating krauty beats with worming vocals and a glossthat reminds us of Moroder, Spacemen 3 and Mazzy Star.
