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  1. Bloc Party return?

    Band’s Tweets hint at new material from on-hiatus four piece. Read more.

  2. AIM announce Bjork and Domino boss Bell as Independent Label Awards winners

    Björk and Laurence Bell to receive Outstanding Contribution to Music and Pioneer Award respectively at the 10th November event. Read more.

  3. Legowelt gives away new album as a free download

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    Grab the Dutch electronic producer’s latest release on his website, for free! Read more.

  4. Karen O stops the virgens

    The Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontman names her psycho-opera ‘Stop the Virgens’, to stage this October in Brooklyn. Read more.

  5. Atlas Sound announces new album

    ‘Parallax’ will be the third album from Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox. Read more.

  6. Michael Jackson fans are mad, again

    MJ fan clubs say a tribute concert starring Beyonce, Christina Aguilera and Smokey Robinson is “doomed to fail”. Read more.

  7. Wolfgang Voigt's Kafkatrax EPs, based on chopped recordings of Kafka, compiled

    The German electronic producer compiles and releases his Kafkatrax tracks this fall on Profan. Read more.

  8. Steve Jobs resigns as head of Apple

    The man who brought us the iPod and iTunes has stepped off the throne of Apple. Read more.

  9. Flying Lotus maps countries yet to come

    Brainfeeder free hip hop producer Flying Lotus is plotting a film project featuring “inspiration and direct sampling of northeast Los Angeles’ imagery” for LA art project! Read more.

  10. Florence returns

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    Florence + The Machine have a new album and single out, with a new track out now. Read more.

  11. Tom Waits has an album coming out, hear a track now!

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    The gravel-voiced legend is releasing ‘Bad As Me’ in October and you can stream the title track here. Read more.

  12. Unsound add more acts in a fourth wave of announcements

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    Polish festival reiterate again that the fact they have the best line up going. Read more.

  13. Lil Wayne breaks face on skateboard, announces new album

    Lil “Weezy” Wayne has had a mishap on a skateboard, and has “dropped” some details regarding his latest Carter album. Read more.

  14. Read Nick Cave's polite decline of MTV's offer to be included in "bloody cart of severed heads"

    Tall man with guts uploads his great “thanks-but-no-thanks” letter to MTV after receiving Best Male Artist nomination a few years ago. Read more.

  15. Reading and Leeds stage times

    Stage times for the stack-em-high rock fest held in Reading and Leeds this weekend. Read more.

  16. Biophilia gets tracklisting and album cover

    Bjork (who you probably know about) has an album out (which you probably know about) whose cover and tracklisting we now know about. Read more.

  17. Brandy gets a new label, preps a new album

    R&B star Brandy will hopefully be back next year with a new album that won’t be a commercial disaster. Read more.

  18. We're DJing a night for the 10th anniversary of Aaliyah's passing

    Real Gold pull together How To Dress Well, Eliphino, Martelo, Tim & Barry and us to salute the passing of the great most exalted one. Read more.

  19. Mary Anne Hobbs to present new weekday show on Xfm

    Tune in for five nights of music from the esteemed once-metal-now-dubstep DJ from September 5th. Read more.

  20. Brian Wilson to release an album of Disney covers

    Disney to release album of Disney songs by troubled genius Brian Wilson. Read more.