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Playlist: All the best new music from October

So here we are at the end of October, a month that has given us darker evenings and the Great UK Storm of 2013! It’s not been all bad though, as the month has also given us a great batch of new music to get stuck into. The below playlist collates all this awesome new […]

Mercury Music Prize 2013 shortlist announced

The shortlist for this years Mercury Music Prize album of the year has just been announced, and it turns out my prediction from yesterday wasn’t too far out – I’m counting 7 out of 12 as a success anyway! Here’s the full shortlist: Arctic Monkeys – AM David Bowie – The Next Day Disclosure – Settle […]

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Glastonbury line-up announcement – Nas, Disclosure and AlunaGeorge confirmed for new dance area

Glastonbury Festival organisers today announced the first notable acts confirmed to play at this years festival. US rapper Nas, new electro wunderkinds Disclosure and London RnB duo AlunaGeorge are amongst a host of acts lined up to play the ‘reborn’ dance area of the festival this June. Now renamed ‘Silver Hayes’, after one of the […]

Snowbombing 2013 preview

With so many music festivals clogging up diaries across spring/summer, it takes something special to stand out in the crowd. Bestival and Secret Garden Party go for the themed fancy-dress angle, All Tomorrow’s Parties goes for the ‘celebrity-curator’ niche while others try to differentiate themselves through more traditional means – location, line-up and price. In […]

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This weeks single releases – 10 February

Philip Lickley take us through another batch of new single releases – what will you be downloading this week? Single Releases – 10 February Avicii V Nicky Romero – ‘I Could Be The One’ [rating:3/5] Buy: I Could Be the One Fresh from big hits like ‘Levels’, Avicii teams up with Nicky Romero on this […]

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Bestival line-up announcement – Elton John, Snoop Dogg, MIA to play this years festival…

Bestival have announced the first raft of artists to play this years nautically-themed festival – and they’ve surprised everyone by bagging Elton John. The glam-rocker will headline the Sunday night (8 September), and hip hop star Snoop Dogg will be headlining on the Saturday. Friday’s headliner hasn’t been announced/arranged yet so we’ll have to wait […]