http://www.neumagazine.co.uk Latest updates from Neu Magazine. en-gb Neu Magazine Copyright 2010 2010-03-10T15:38:01+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/contact-love-want-have-ikonika http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/contact-love-want-have-ikonika#When:15:38:01Z After leaving her childhood post-hardcore band, Sara Abdel-Hamid aka Ikonika found a copy of FL4, tried making the hip hop and r'nb she loved and followed her dream of becoming a producer, musician or DJ. Debut LP "Contact, Love, Want, Have" navigates the difficult terrain of UK dance by striding on ahead no matter what this week's micro-trend is. music, news, indie 2010-03-10T15:38:01+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/no-age-hudson-fall-at-field-day-festival http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/no-age-hudson-fall-at-field-day-festival#When:14:24:07Z Too few bars, too few toilets but more than enough good bands. That's Field Day folks and they've just announced some new acts for this year's festival. Joining Phoenix, Silver Apples and Caribou in Victoria Park will be Hudson Mowake, No Age, These New Puritans, The Fall and many, many more. music, news, indie 2010-03-10T14:24:07+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/talamak-toro-y-moi http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/talamak-toro-y-moi#When:12:20:19Z Outside it's grey. The weather is unseasonably cold. All of music is off to Austin. Texas. 6 Music is closing. The sink is broken.Eastenders gets weepier by the day. The sunsoaked feel of Toro Y Moi's Talamak, featuring him running wild in the country with flares, smoke and flowers, makes me want to cry. music, news, indie 2010-03-10T12:20:19+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/girlfriends http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/girlfriends#When:11:57:26Z Formed from bands on the Boston circuit, Girlfriends joined together sometime last year to make lo-fi pop that delivers sweet lyrics with a disarming snarl and a hip wiggle. Try 'Sucking Rare Meat of The Bone' for a suitably mucky taster. Refreshing backing vocals linger behind a smoky drawl. music, news, indie 2010-03-10T11:57:26+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/xx-booka-shade-foals-for-melt http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/xx-booka-shade-foals-for-melt#When:11:39:23Z Serbian fortresses, Mexican drive-ins and now huge hulking coal mining diggers towering into the sky. These international festivals sure do it better than the Brits. Yes, the latest festival to announce its summer line up is Germany's Melt Festival, promising "a true industrial rave experience" between 16th - 18th July at Ferropolis. Massive Attack, the XX and Booka Shade are amongst the first big confirmations. music, news, indie 2010-03-10T11:39:23+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/being-human-high-places http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/being-human-high-places#When:11:18:04Z Having exhausted the feel good vibes, High Places let their reflective side out on 'High Places Vs Mankind', the new album out 5th April. Tackling what it means to be human, they cover romance, addiction and death in 10 sparky pop tracks. Download a new remix here. music, news, indie 2010-03-10T11:18:04+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/4ad-announce-new-tracks-for-world-record-store-day http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/4ad-announce-new-tracks-for-world-record-store-day#When:10:50:39Z 4AD have announced they'll be releasing brand new material from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Gang Gang Dance and Tune-Yards to celebrate World Record Store Day 2010. 'Fragments From a Work in Progress' will feature rough drafts of tracks that will feature on the artists' forthcoming records. music, news, indie 2010-03-10T10:50:39+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/record-everything-excepter http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/record-everything-excepter#When:10:24:18Z Excepter releas 'Presidence' on Animal Collective's Paw Tracks records this month. We caught up with John from the band to find out about how the band's recordings have changed, their Lovecraft inspired art and some top tips for forming a similar improv group. music, news, indie 2010-03-10T10:24:18+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/these-new-puritans-dum-dum-girls-vivian-girls-wavves-1234 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/these-new-puritans-dum-dum-girls-vivian-girls-wavves-1234#When:13:40:51Z Shoreditch will be taken over by bands including These New Puritans, Dum Dum Girls, Vivian Girls and Wavves on the 24th July. Yes, it's time for 1234 Festival. music, news, indie 2010-03-09T13:40:51+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/summer-camp-single-launch http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/summer-camp-single-launch#When:17:46:13Z Summer Camp are hosting a single launch party on April 8th. It's at The Lexington and support will come from Babe Shadow. As previously reported, “Ghost Train” will be out on the Moshi Moshi Singles Club next month. music, news, indie 2010-03-08T17:46:13+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/mixes/article/international-womens-day-inspirational-tracks http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/mixes/article/international-womens-day-inspirational-tracks#When:16:58:42Z To celebrate International Women's Day we asked Neu Magazine contributors and friends to pick the women that make them love music. Some are new, some are old, all of them are great. music, news, indie 2010-03-08T16:58:42+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/seams-and-gold-panda-tour-together http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/seams-and-gold-panda-tour-together#When:15:48:52Z Former 'Band of The Day' Seams will join Gold Panda for dates in Sheffield, Glasgow, Nottingham and Bristol this March. He'll release a white label through Tough Love Records on April 26th backed with remixes from Dam Mantle, Shells, Becoming Real and d'Eon. music, news, indie 2010-03-08T15:48:52+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/dan-deacon-ep http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/dan-deacon-ep#When:15:46:58Z That crazy Dan Deacon is releasing a limited edition EP through the Amazing Sounds Label this April. It's called "Woof Woof" and comes with 3 original tracks and a Hudson Mohawke remix of the title song. music, news, indie 2010-03-08T15:46:58+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/bg-bare-girls http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/bg-bare-girls#When:12:29:27Z While others prefer to singlemindedly plough the archives of garage rock, psych or lo-fi guitar songs, B&G [pronounced Bare Girls] explores the space in the relatively new world of broken beats, dub inspired pop tracks and fresh takes on 80s synths. music, news, indie 2010-03-08T12:29:27+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/underage-festival-m.i.a-tinchy-and-gold-panda http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/underage-festival-m.i.a-tinchy-and-gold-panda#When:10:33:25Z MIA has been announced as the first of this year's headliners at London's Underage Festival. The UKs biggest under 19s event will also feature sets from Tinchy Stryder, Daisy Dares You, Egyptian Hip Hop, Ellie Goulding and Gold Panda music, news, indie 2010-03-08T10:33:25+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/hissometer-cdr-his-clancyness http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/hissometer-cdr-his-clancyness#When:10:14:34Z To celebrate a good 2009, Secret Furry Hole are re-releasing His Clancyness' 'Hissometer Cassette' on CDR. Watch 'Mistify The Ocean' recorded for Neu Magazine last year and download a track from the release. music, news, indie 2010-03-08T10:14:34+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/the-fresh-onlys-ep http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/the-fresh-onlys-ep#When:10:11:54Z The Fresh and Onlys move away from being just another garage guitar band on 'Diamond in The Dark', the opening track from new EP 'August In My Mind'. Big solos and 60s pop combine to show that making big songs doesn't need a big budget. music, news, indie 2010-03-08T10:11:54+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/mystery-jets-liars-and-los-campesinos-for-dot-to-dot http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/mystery-jets-liars-and-los-campesinos-for-dot-to-dot#When:14:48:14Z Dot to Dot have announced the first acts of this year's three city festival. Mystery Jets, Los Campesinos!, Liars and Washed Out will play all three cities while Ellie Goulding and Beach house will make special appearances at two of the cities. music, news, indie 2010-03-05T14:48:14+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/surfer-blood-uk-tour-party http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/surfer-blood-uk-tour-party#When:12:18:25Z If you missed them on their last whirlwind visit to the UK, never fear. West Palm's Surfer Blood are back with new dates this May. In support of new totally awesome record “Astro Coast”, they'll play shows at The Great Escape [perfect for Brighton's seaside], Pavement's ATP and headline all over the country. music, news, indie 2010-03-05T12:18:25+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/macca-is-backa http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/macca-is-backa#When:09:00:09Z Paul McCartney has done some pretty cool stuff. One of those pretty cool things is being able to tour after a billion years in the industry. After 2009's sell out tour, his royal veggie-ness will be playing dates in the UK this summer. music, news, indie 2010-03-05T09:00:09+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/doves-calvin-harris-confirm-for-v-festival http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/doves-calvin-harris-confirm-for-v-festival#When:09:00:05Z V Festival will take place in Chelmsford and Staffordshire on 21st and 22nd August. There's lots of pop acts including Florence and The Machine, Cheryl Cole, Calvin Harris and yes, Doves. music, news, indie 2010-03-05T09:00:05+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/lcd-soundsystem-release-record-on-may-17th http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/lcd-soundsystem-release-record-on-may-17th#When:15:12:26Z DFA and Parlophone have confirmed that the new LCD Soundsystem record will be released on May 17th. The album, following on from 2007's 'Sound of Silver' is as yet untitled but has tracks titled 'Drunk Girls', 'One Touch' and 'Hit'. music, news, indie 2010-03-04T15:12:26+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/future-islands http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/future-islands#When:12:43:29Z The Tin Man looked for heart and found it with Baltimore's Future Islands. On this track from new album 'In Evening Air', the band play a light tin pan jam with a gruff romance that would make the wickedest of witches shed a little tear music, news, indie 2010-03-04T12:43:29+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/tiga-remix http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/bands/article/tiga-remix#When:11:43:24Z Never afraid of being flamboyant, Tiga has announced a fancy deluxe release of his album 'Ciao'. For the reissue we get even more collaboration. Featuring remixes from Chromeo, A-Trak and Steve Aoki it's a fresh look at one of last year's silliest dance records. music, news, indie 2010-03-04T11:43:24+00:00 http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/m.i.a-oya-festival http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/news/article/m.i.a-oya-festival#When:09:57:08Z After song 'There's Space For Ol Dat' marked her return earlier this year, M.I.A has announced her first show of the summer. She'll play this year's Øya Festival alongside new additions LCD Soundsystem and Robyn. Paul Weller will also make his first trip to Norway. If you like that kind of thing... music, news, indie 2010-03-03T09:57:08+00:00