CHVRCHES, Mount Kimbie & More Announced For Unknown Festival 2014

Following a sold out debut event last year, Unknown festival return – this time a little more known –  with their first line -up announcement for 2014.  I’m not gonna play this down, it looks FUCKING AWESOME. The week­long event will feature live performances from Scottish electro pop band Chvrches, the critically acclaimed Wild Beasts, […]

SUMMERCAMP LIVERPOOL ANNOUNCES 2 BEARS, EWAN PEARSON & OPTIMO

Ah, summercamp! Campfires, knot tying competitions, Krunk-offs and West African Dance…wait a minute…what?! Hosted by wonder-venue – Camp and Furnace, and dreamt up by creative monkeys of Liverpool’s wild west, this is Summercamp…supersonified! Imagine two glorious days of music, arts and the art of scoffing fine foods, yum. Created as part of Liverpool International Music Festival, the whole shebang really does […]

LWE presents Hotflush Recordings – Only Scuba UK show this year- and you can win tickets!

The Hotflush Recordings label, under the stewardship of label boss Scuba (Paul Rose), is one of the most important new figureheads of underground electronic music to emerge in recent years, releasing everything from techno (Sigha, George FitzGerald etc) to some of the most experimental and important music of the past few years by artists such […]

Changes to the Eastern Electrics NYE party line up.

Eastern Electrics and Warm regret to announce that on doctor’s orders, Tensnake has had to undergo urgent surgery which sadly means he has had to cancel his live show at the Eastern Electrics NYE event, as well as gigs at Timewarp, In:Motion and Warehouse Project. Naturally he sends his apologies but we’re sure you will […]

New Year’s Eve 2011 Event Roundup

Troxy, London E1 0HX SecretSundaze NYE 2011 Spending its first year at the unique grade II listed Troxy in East London, Secretsundaze promises to kickstart 2012 in style with a killer lineup that includes a secret special guest headlining live yet to be announced. In the Main Room the likes of Levon Vincent (Novel Sound, […]

Parklife Weekender

Festival season is getting hotter and hotter by the day, but before you say we’re very London Centric with our weekenders, (don’t blame us, that’s where most of them happen!) there is also a tasty treat happening in Manchester on the 11th & 12th June, in the name of The Parklife Weekender. Taking place in […]

Coachella line up revealed

Coachella has risen over recent years to be one of biggest festivals on the planet. The Californian festival was first launched in 1999, and since then has taken its place as the leading US event, with every hipster and mover from the world of fashion and music now in attendance. Dance music wise there’s plenty […]

Tunes on the TV – 4

We provide our last set of prolific entries in the approach to the final winners list. This time round we’ve got tunes and clips from Hudson Mohawke, Flying Lotus, Hot Chip, Aphex Twin, Audio Bullys, Mount Kimbie, LCD Soundsystem, and Mr Oizo all on the page.

James Blake makes BBC hitlist

With ‘A Limit To Your Love’ recently released to more widespread acclaim than you would think possible, it’s no surprise to learn James Blake has made it onto the BBC Music Sound of 2011 Longlist, which this year represents the alt-dance, sparse R&B sound in numbers.

Mount Kimbie – Deep in the Peaks

We caught up with Mount Kimbie, darlings of the broadsheet electronica set, for a very special interview at Manchester’s In The City new music showcase. Here’s what was said.