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Field Day stage times announced
Planners at the ready, as Field Day tells us who is clashing with who.
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Dave Invisible electrocuted onstage in Nigeria
The Invisible’s guitarist is in hospital following a near-fatal accident in Lagos.
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Carl Craig has a new project!
‘The Last Decade’ EP will be released under new alias Carls Davis on Planet E this week.
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New albums from Antony & The Johnsons, The-Dream and Cooly G announced
Today saw new albums announced from one of hip hop’s finest, the Mercury winning singer and the debut full length from the Hyperdub producer.
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Donna Summer (1948-2012)
Reports coming in that disco legend Donna Summer has died of cancer.
Releases
- Carl Craig has a new project!
- New albums from Antony & The Johnsons, The-Dream and Cooly G announced
- German techno label plans exquisitely packaged, very expensive compilation
- J Dilla's mother starts record label for her son's unreleased music
- Azealia Banks announces EP, video and song
- DJ Rashad announces new album
- Suzanne Ciani's first album reissued
- Joy O's 2011 YouTube hit Ellipsis due for release, finally
- DJ Shadow reveals 'Hidden Transmissions' release
- Miles Whittaker of Demdike Stare prepares second album 'Ascetic Ideals' under Suum Cuique alias
Live
- Bok Bok, L-vis 1990, Jam City and more, to perform at Night Slugs 4th birthday
- The xx announce three intimate London shows
- Grimes is playing Boiler Room
- Indie Label Market returns to London
- Electronic pioneer Pauline Oliveros to perform at Tate Modern
- Street dance festival returns to Sadler's Wells this May
- Boiler Room presents Kompakt and Cómeme live from Berlin
- Laurel Halo announces European tour dates
- Lil B's NYU lecture – full transcript
- MF DOOM has announced a one-off London show
Videos
- Lil B – 3 Stacks
- SpaceGhostPurrp SPACEGHOSTPURRP - The Black God [4AD]
- Joey Bada$$ Joey Bada$$ x Capital Steez - Survival Tactics
- A$AP Rocky A$AP Rocky - Goldie [Sony/RCA]
- Watch The Weeknd's whole Coachella live set
- Becoming Real - Snow Drift Love
- Chromatics – Back From The Grave
- Black Cab Sessions opens in America
- Willis Earl Beal - Evening's Kiss Willis Earl Beal - Evening's Kiss
- Kanye West launches fashion line in Paris, could design for TopShop, may be in east London right now
Festivals
- Field Day stage times announced
- Frank Ocean and M. Ward to play Bestival
- Azealia Banks cancels summer festival appearances
- 17,000 capacity Eastern Electrics festival is homeless :(
- Festival updates from The Great Escape, Mutek, Lovebox and more
- Julio Bashmore, The Felice Brothers, Andrew Weatherall and more added to Beacons Festival
- Bestival, Camden Crawl and more festival news
- Maurice Fulton, Factory Floor and Connan Mockasin added to Land of Kings festival
- West Africa art and music festival announced in Manchester
- Hieroglyphic Being to perform at TUSK Festival
Other News
- John Peel arts centre proposed for Bradford
- Inmates forced to dance to Usher
- Pirate Bay will be blocked following a UK High Court ruling
- First 100 discs of John Peel's record collection open online tomorrow
- J Dilla's huge legacy returned to his mother
- Grimes launches new jewellery line
- The Avalanches return with lullaby mixtape
- Detroit record store unearths (and flogs) J Dilla's record collection
- Kevin Martin returns as The Bug with new Acid Ragga label
- Listen to Generation Bass documentary
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