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Virgo to play Europe! Great news – the band behind one of our favourite ever house albums ever are playing a set of dates in London, Glasgow and Berlin.
Rush Hour released Virgo’s album ‘Virgo’ earlier this year.
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Mount Kimbie's 'Crooks & Lovers' reissued on vinyl
Celebrated south London duo’s superb debut back on wax.
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Rustie wins Guardian first album award
Glasgow producer and Dummy favourite scoops prestigious newspaper award.
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Barack Obama reveals his Spotify playlist
US President’s 2012 mix includes is classy and upbeat, as you would expect.
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Kanye West launches fashion line in Paris, could design for TopShop, may be in east London right now
‘Niggas In Paris’ video to premiere in Shoreditch, month before Kanye West’s second women’s collections debuts in Paris.
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Micachu & the Shapes' Raisa Khan plugs in with new solo material
The Shapes’ keyboardist is dropping some letters, as well as an EP, under the name Raisa K soon.
Releases
- Mount Kimbie's 'Crooks & Lovers' reissued on vinyl
- Missy Elliot and Timbaland albums due in June, Timbaland promises
- Lorca is going to release a 12" on Dummy
- Maya Jane Coles will mix the next DJ Kicks
- Moodymann hints that he'll be releasing new material soon
- Evian Christ exists, signs to Tri Angle, releases free mixtape
- British reggae label Fashion Records to relaunch
- Folk hero Alan Lomax's archive digitised
- Honest Jon's announce Shangaan Shake compilation
- New venture from Altered Zones folks seeks cash
Live
- Girls on tour
- Bon Iver refuse to perform at the Grammys, and perform on SNL
- Future Islands announce European tour dates
- Steve Reich to perform Radiohead-inspired piece
- Odd Future tour UK
- Grimes tours Europe
- Maria Minerva to headline gig at the Royal Albert Hall
- Happy Mondays Reform
- Grouper gets away from that whole "song" thing on tour of European churches
- Shlohmo and Salva announce European tour
Videos
- Kanye West launches fashion line in Paris, could design for TopShop, may be in east London right now
- MIA literally flips the "bird" during Madonna Super Bowl half-time show
- Popcaan - Only Man She Want
- BFI hosts Chemical Brothers film
- Watch someone get really, really into Ni--as In Paris
- Wu Lyf - Krusty (Papa M Cover)
- Kurt Cobain on his life and music
- Bon Iver to release workout DVD
- Two Inch Punch - Up In Your Mix
- Sonic Youth's "final" show.
Festivals
- Sonar announces acts and showcases for Barcelona, Tokyo and Sao Paulo
- Lana Del Rey, Jack White and Florence among headliners for free Hackney Marshes festival
- Bestival - "Dress like animals and watch Orbital"
- Primavera Sound adds A$AP Rocky, Girls, The Rapture, Iceage and James Ferraro to bill
- Feist, Scritti, Ghostpoet, Peaking Lights etc play Green Man Festival
- Hot Chip headlines Camp Bestival
- Pan Records showcase this weekend
- Field Day 2012 annonces Blood Orange, Julia Holter, Koreless, Kindness, Liars etc
- Unsound New York – dates and artists revealed
- Bloc confirm London Pleasure Gardens for 2012 venue
Other News
- Rustie wins Guardian first album award
- Earl Sweatshirt is back (right?)
- James Murphy collaborates with Gorillaz and Andre 3000 for Converse
- Nile Rodgers: "Daft Punk are hanging at my house"
- Turner-prize winning artist Jeremy Deller makes £100 12" with busker
- BTJunkie gets the heck out of Dodge
- BBC 6 Music had more listeners than ever before in 2011
- Drake is being sued by his ex-girlfriend
- Proto-punk artist/musician Mike Kelley dead at 58, apparent suicide
- Soul Train creator dies in suspected suicide
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