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Photos From The Third Day Of Primavera 2013
Published: Saturday May 25th 2AM
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Description: 1The day beginsPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin 2Django DjangoPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin3MerchandisePhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin4The late afternoon sunPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin5SolangePhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin6Jesus and Mary ChainPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin7The big wheelPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin8DaughterPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin9James BlakePhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin10Damon Albarn, BlurPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin11Damon Albarn and Alex JamesPh... read more »
Listen: Alison Moyet When I Was Your Girl Brassica Remix Best Fit Premiere
Published: Friday May 24th 12PM
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Description: Following the debut of singer Alison Moyet s video for her single When I Was Your Girl , Best Fit premieres the thumping, brazen remix of the track by UK producer Brassica. After an 11 year hiatus and departure from the mainstream label life, singer/songwriter and former Yazoo band member with Depeche Mode’s Vincent Clarke , Alison Moyet returns to the studio to produce a critically acclaimed eighth solo album, The Minutes. Adding a cinematic, dark spiraling take on Moyet s soulful origina... read more »
Win When Saints Go Machine Gig Tickets & Copies Of New Album
Published: Friday May 24th 11AM
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Description: Today is our When Saints Go Machine website takeover to mark the release of their new record, our album of the week, Infinity Pool. The Danish group have already provided us with an exclusive mix and spoke to us in interview, now they’re offering up tickets to their special album launch party next week. Here at Best Fit we have five pairs of tickets for the show at Concrete on Wednesday 29 May up for grabs, plus ten albums to give away. For your chance to win, simply share this article via... read more »
Pussy Riot S Maria Alyokhina Denied Parole, Paul Mccartney Offers Support
Published: Friday May 24th 10AM
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Description: Jailed Pussy Riot member and political activist, Maria Alyokhina has been refused parole following a hearing earlier this week. The decision was made after the hearings held on Wednesday and Thursday, which Alyokhina was not allowed to attend. The protester said she was taking a vow of hunger strike against her inability to attend the meetings. Following the news, Sir Paul McCartney has voiced his support of the imprisoned in an open letter released on his official website: My personal belief is... read more »
Sarah Neufeld
Published: Friday May 24th 10AM
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Description: Sarah Neufeld will be heading to the Bush Hall in London this Sunday for her UK solo debut. Having made her name playing in Arcade Fire, and as a founder member of Bell Orchestre, Sarah connected with Nils Frahm in Berlin to produce the forthcoming album Hero Brother. Together they have crafted a record drawing inspiration from the likes of Bela Bartok, Steve Reich and Arthur Russell amongst others. Who would play you in the movie of your life A really kick-ass tall tree What would your superpow... read more »
Gigs Of The Week, 24 May
Published: Friday May 24th 9AM
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Description: Welcome to our weekly round-up of shows happening in the grand concert halls, dimly lit basements, airy cafe s and grimy sweatboxes across the UK and Ireland. All acts featured come with the Best Fit Seal Of Approval so you can be assured that your hard earned cash will be well spent. To tempt your wallets this week we ve gathered dates from the likes of When Saints Go Machine and Night Works. Neko Case The Village Underground, London 24/05 Holding down an incredible solo career as well as maint... read more »
Watch: Charli Xcx Take My Hand
Published: Friday May 24th 9AM
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Description: Cheerleader pom-poms, Jordan Catalano style curtains and enough smoke, teens breaking things and flannel shirts to fill a Nirvana video, Charli XCX‘s new clip for ‘Take My Hand’ is surely what the American version of Skins should have looked like. ‘Take My Hand’ features on Charli’s recently released debut album True Romance and the clip was produced in conjunction with Urban Outfitters, which the singer namedrops at the end of the vid, so I guess we should to... read more »
Daft Punk Set To Break Album Streaming Record
Published: Friday May 24th 8AM
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Description: After their single ‘Get Lucky’ broke first day streaming records when it was released last month, Daft Punk now look set to do not only the same with their album Random Access Memories, but to smash the entire first week record too. Tech site The Next Web report that the current record is held by Mumford & Sons for Babel, but that the French electronic duo are nearing that mark of 8 million with days remaining. This is quite a feat considering Daft Punk streamed the record over a... read more »
The Great Escape 2013: Part Two
Published: Friday May 24th 6AM
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Description: 1Queues to kick off the day.Photographer: Howard Melnyczuk 2Holy EsquePhotographer: Andrew Novell3Empress OfPhotographer: Howard Melnyczuk4PhosphorescentPhotographer: Andrew Novell5King KrulePhotographer: Andrew Novell6BrolinPhotographer: Howard Melnyczuk7Enjoying a break between bands.Photographer: The Great Escape8Ewart and the Two DragonsPhotographer: Andrew Novell9FayePhotographer: Howard Melnyczuk10HallsPhotographer: Howard Melnyczuk11Josef SalvetPhotographer: Howard Melnyczuk12Compelling v... read more »
When Saints Go Machine: We Wanted To Push Boundaries, Personally And Between Ourselves.
Published: Friday May 24th 6AM
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Description: Anticipation can be a dangerous thing. When expectations are raised, the possibility of falling short of them is perilous, and when the situation giving rise to this is a much loved band releasing a new record, anticipation can often be a band s worst enemy. There s a key to combatting this pressure however, and that is to stick to your guns, to not pander to the expectations of those around you and to ensure that your band are following their own intuition and exploring their own ideas. Strong ... read more »
Listen: Haerts All The Days
Published: Friday May 24th 6AM
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Description: Following one of 2012′s best songs was always going to be a tall order, especially when you were the band responsible; ‘ served its purpose, by soaring above the clouds of its dream-pop competitors to the top of the pile. Perhaps its stand-out quality explains why HAERTS have taken over half a year to unveil their second offering. The Brooklyn-based, cosmopolitan quintet may not have reached the dizzy heights of their previous effort, but this new track is nevertheless bursting with ... read more »
Watch: Spring King V-v-v-vampire Best Fit Premiere
Published: Friday May 24th 6AM
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Description: You love bonkers green screen videos complete with blood-soaked walls, acid-trip skull masks and plenty of vamp-on-vamp action, right Well adjust your display to wide-screen and get comfortable for the next two minutes because Spring King are back and somehow more wickedly funny and infectious than ever before. ‘V-V-V-Vampire’ takes all the reverb-pasted guitar parts and shunted cymbals of their previous work and shakes them up v-v-v-violently with a healthy dollop of frontman Tarek ... read more »
Photos From The Second Day Of Primavera 2013
Published: Friday May 24th 6AM
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Description: 1The crowdPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin 2SavagesPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin3Wild NothingPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin4Jessie WarePhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin5DeerhunterPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin6The main stage at nightPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin7Grizzly BearPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin8Grizzly BearPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin9The crowd goes wild for PhoenixPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin10PhoenixPhotographer: Sebastien Dehesdin11Fuck ButtonsPhotographer: Sebast... read more »
Nite Jewel, Little Boots, The Field & More Feature On Sally Shapiro Remix Lp
Published: Friday May 24th 6AM
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Description: Sally Shapiro will release a remix LP based around recent album Somewhere Else. The Swedish singer, backed by producer/writer Johan Agebj rn, has compiled the aptly-named Elsewhere, which is due via Paper Bag on 28 May. Among the contributors to the release are the likes of Nite Jewel, Little Boots, Young Galaxy, The Field and Dan Lissvik, as well as a reworking from former The Tough Alliance member Henning F rst, a track which we previously premiered here. The full tracklisting is as below, wit... read more »
Tyler The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt & Kendrick Lamar To Support Eminem
Published: Friday May 24th 5AM
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Description: Eminem has announced some of hip-hop’s most promising as the support acts for his upcoming European tour. Among the openers are the likes of Kendrick Lamar and ’ – a combined live performance of Odd Future pair Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler the Creator. As well as this, Earl has shared a track from his upcoming solo debut Doris, entitled ’ and featuring Mac Miller. You can steam that beneath. Here’s Eminem’s upcoming tour dates: August 17 – Slane Castle, Ire... read more »
Beach Fossils Roadhouse, Manchester 15/05/13
Published: Friday May 24th 5AM
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Description: “Listen, we’re all jetlagged as shit. Who wants to fucking party ” On record, the blissed-out nature of Beach Fossils‘ surf-pop sound can, at times, almost trick you into thinking that they might be, by their nature, a little placid; just a couple of songs into their set tonight, they’re clearly eager to dispel that notion. That, or they’re just trying to prove they’re as adept at rabble-rousing as their Captured Tracks labelmate, Mac DeMarco. As the ban... read more »
Daft Punk Sponsor A Formula 1 Racing Car
Published: Friday May 24th 5AM
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Description: Premiering music in SNL ad breaks, hiring out the Shard building in London, sending masks to half of the music industry, throwing an album launch party at an agricultural convention in Australia. What other wacky things could Daft Punk come up with to promote their recently-released new record How about putting their name to a race car Yep, that might just about do it. And that’s very much what Columbia Records have done, sponsoring Formula 1 team Lotus at the Monaco Grand Prix. The French... read more »
Channel 4 Commission Two New Music Shows
Published: Friday May 24th 5AM
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Description: With music-orientated TV offerings slim pickings as of late, Channel 4 have decided to fill the gap in the market with two new music programmes set to pilot later this year. The first, a quiz format entitled That Music Show, will be presented by Nick Grimshaw, offering both well-known celebrity and musical guests as well as live music performances. The other, Smells Like Friday Night will be hosted by an ensemble of Rizzle Kicks, comedian Rob Beckett and VICE presenter Billie JD Porter. “T... read more »
Listen: Delooze Lost Army Best Fit Premiere
Published: Friday May 24th 5AM
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Description: A relative newcomer with only two fairly low-key releases under her belt; diminutive singer DeLooze showed her mettle recently, blitzing a sold-out Electrowerkz with her infectious tonic of crunchy, industrial instrumental sections and pop diva vocal hooks. The fiery singer is to release ‘Lost Army’, her third single – the first from her forthcoming debut LP – via Giant Haystacks/Label Fandango on 1 July and we’re delighted to host the first thrilling listen below. ... read more »
Listen: Daughn Gibson You Don T Fade
Published: Friday May 24th 4AM
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Description: Razor-throated ex-trucker, Daughn Gibson, will release second album Me Moan on 9 July. The first in his new Sub Pop surroundings looks set to draw on even broader palette of dark influences than debut LP, All Hell. Recent offering ‘The Sound of Law’ saw Gibson milking every last molecule of oxygen from his smoke-blackened lungs; his booming croon slicing through the chattering post-punk guitar licks and prickly percussion. Next single ‘You Don’t Fade’ treads a murki... read more »
Photos From The First Day Of The Great Escape 2013
Published: Friday May 24th 4AM
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Description: 1Photos in the morningPhotographer: Andrew Novell 2Blue HawaiiPhotographer: Andrew Novell3Deap VallyPhotographer: Howard Melnyczuk4Glass AnimalsPhotographer: Andrew Novell5Tea Photographer: Howard Melnyczuk6HoneybloodPhotographer: Andrew Novell7How To Dress WellPhotographer: Howard Melnyczuk8How To Dress WellPhotographer: Andrew Novell9Melody 's Echo ChamberPhotographer: Andrew Novell10PlayloungePhotographer: Howard Melnyczuk11SyronPhotographer: Howard Melnyczuk12Day draws to a closePhotographer... read more »
Npr Film Entire James Blake Gig In Hd
Published: Friday May 24th 4AM
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Description: The good folks over at NPR recently set up their cameras and shot an entire James Blake concert when he stopped off at Washington DC’s 9:30 Club earlier this month. Handpicking tracks from his first EPs, his self-titled debut and this year’s superb effort Overgrown, Blake provided a versatile set ranging from ground-shaking bass to tearduct-probing fragility. He never did manage to stand up from his keyboard though. Watch in full below, over 90 minutes long in all: via FACT read more »
Ryan Hemsworth Releases Still Awake Ep For Free Download
Published: Friday May 24th 4AM
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Description: Electronic producer and ever-generous person, Ryan Hemsworth has made an EP of new material up for grabs online. Following on from a series of free downloads, including a Backstreet Boys remix, Hemsworth has now released this Still Awake EP for absolutely nothing. It’s available to stream below, and downloadable here. read more »
Stream New Boards Of Canada Track Reach For The Dead & Watch The Video
Published: Friday May 24th 4AM
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Description: After an agonisingly long promotional campaign for the new Boards of Canada album, Tomorrow’s Harvest, it seems only fitting that the first track revealed from their new record is one of slow build. But sure as ever, they get there, creating a crescendo of synaesthetic arpeggios and washed out synths. Was it all worth the wait On this early glimpse, we’re assured the upcoming LP will make the last eight years since their last record all seem like a hazy daydream. Perhaps quite litera... read more »
When Saints Go Machine Infinity Pool
Published: Friday May 24th 3AM
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Description: The time has come for Danish post-pop quartet When Saints Go Machine to release their much-anticipated third long-player. Infinity Pool is a highly synthetic effort that sees the band fall further into the rabbit hole of electronica. Almost every strand of sound has a sci-fi twang to it from the manufactured beats to the robotic tenor of Nikolaj Manuel Vonsild. Where previous cuts like ’ were slathered in radio earworms for easy access, this fresh venture sees them favour the avante-garde,... read more »
Dungeonesse Dungeonesse
Published: Friday May 24th 3AM
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Description: Anyone hoping to hear elements of the gritty guitar-infused rock of Wye Oak on Dungeonesse‘s self-titled debut album are bound to be in for a shock. A welcome one, but still a shock nonetheless. Sure, Jenn Wasner’s soaring vocals breathe life and spirit into both diverse projects, but with Dungeonesse, her dulcet tones float over a funky, disco-pop pulse instead of the wistful, Neil Young-like Americana of her other band. Wasner collaborated on Dungeonesse with Jon Ehrens, from fello... read more »
Best Fit Mix #3: When Saints Go Machine
Published: Friday May 24th 2AM
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Description: To coincide with their 24 hour takeover of Best Fit, When Saints Go Machine hand selected and mixed this decadent selection of tracks that delves deep into their musical inspiration. Thirty minutes of immersive house and electronica, the mix features cuts from the likes of Ben Click, Andy Stott, Container and Elbee Bad. Let it soundtrack your day below. When Saints Go Machine’s new album Infinity Pool is out Monday 27 May. read more »
Laura Marling Once I Was An Eagle
Published: Friday May 24th 2AM
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Description: The song that, for all intents and purposes, proved to be Laura Marling‘s breakthrough provides an interesting instrument with which to gauge her relentless progression over the course of her short career to date. ‘New Romantic’ is wonderfully written; honest, witty, somehow both charming and heartbreaking, and yet it seems, by way of comparison to what’s come since, almost juvenile. The failed-relationship basics of the lyrics stand out; Marling doesn’t write songs... read more »
Primavera Sound 2013 Stream Live Performances Via Youtube
Published: Thursday May 23rd 12PM
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Description: Couldn’t afford a ticket to this year’s Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona Unable to get time off work Simply forgot to book the flights Well, don’t kick yourself too much as such key acts are having their sets broadcast live via Youtube. Thursday’s offerings include the likes of Animal Collective, Phoenix, The Postal Service, Tame Impala and more. Not bad. Watch the live stream neatly embedded beneath: The entire weekend’s schedule is as below, with all times in... read more »
Watch: Octa Push Fran Oise Hardy Ft. Alex Klimovitsky
Published: Thursday May 23rd 12PM
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Description: Electronic brothers Octa Push offer up a heady infusion of dance genres with a new track that culminates in one heady, addictive mix. With a helping-hand from Alex Klimovitsky of fellow-garagers Youthless, the Lisbon siblings adopt a thick helix of sounds: an intuitive beat, relentless glockenspiel line and genuinely catching chorus melody helps the song to sit somewhere between Peter Gabriel and those good bits of Delphic. Get a bit lost in the hypnotic visuals for ‘Fran oise Hardy’... read more »
Watch: Fractures Twisted
Published: Thursday May 23rd 12PM
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Description: Melbourne producer Mark Zito aka Fractures, aired his latest dreamy single, ’ a few months back. After ascending The Hype Machine chart at a rapid rate and piquing interest in his native Oz; Fractures returns again today with news of a debut EP – set for release this summer – as well as these emotionally intense visuals for ’. Composed of softly repeating guitar, padding beats and aqueous bass ripples – all crowned by his hauntingly delicate murmurs – ’ ... read more »
Boards Of Canada To Premiere New Music On Bbc Radio 1 Tonight
Published: Thursday May 23rd 12PM
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Description: Following yesterday’s video airing on a Tokyo jumbotron, it looks like the ever-elusive Boards of Canada will give music from a proper broadcast via Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show this evening. As Dummy report, Zane will be playing some material, possibly the same that featured in the aforementioned Japanese unveiling, tonight between 7PM and 9PM BST . The electronic outfit’s new album, Tomorrow’s Harvest is due 10 June. You will be able to listen to the show online here. read more »
The Flaming Lips To Play Live On Bbc Radio 6 Music Tonight
Published: Thursday May 23rd 11AM
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Description: Following two back-to-back performances at London’s Roundhouse earlier this week, one of which saw lead singer Wayne Coyne cradle a baby’s doll, The Flaming Lips are set to appear on BBC Radio 6 Music later today 23 May for a special live session. The Oklahoma band will perform at the Beeb’s famous Maida Vale studios, airing live from 6PM-7PM BST. To get you in the mood for that, 6 Music have even provided a special printable cut-out Wayne Coyne mask, also shown below. Handy. F... read more »
Reykjav K Music Mess 2013
Published: Thursday May 23rd 11AM
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Description: It’s 2:30pm in Reykjav k, and we’re sitting with our backs to the breathtaking Three Sisters mountains, preparing to embrace the blossoming Reykjav k Music Mess festival this weekend. The third iteration of the annual event, an in-city celebration of both the familial independent scene of Iceland’s capital and of close friends from far overseas, the festival will take place in two venues: Volta, a smart new venue and club in the heart of the downtown neighbourhood of Reykjav k,... read more »
Angel Haze And Iggy Azalea Stream Cover Of Watch The Throne Track Otis
Published: Thursday May 23rd 11AM
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Description: As we previously reported, Iggy Azalea was a much welcomed guest of honour at Angel Haze‘s recent London outing at Scala, as they performed their collaborative take on Watch The Throne track ’. While we had to settle for some shoddy fan footage last week, a rather better quality version has been uploaded in the form of this ” recording. Listen to the hip-hop pair’s take on the Kanye West and Jay-Z number below: via CoS read more »
Brolin And East India Youth To Play Free London Show Next Week
Published: Thursday May 23rd 11AM
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Description: Two of the most hyped electronic acts of the moment, Brolin and East India Youth are to play a free show this month in the capital. Taking place at East London venue Birthdays next Wednesday 29 May , the Double Denim and The Quietus-approved pair will team up for a special gig which also offers the welcomed prospect of some free beer for those who get down early. RSVP for the event on Facebook here. Photo by Howard Melnyczuk. read more »
Matthew Dear Plots Only London Date Of 2013
Published: Thursday May 23rd 11AM
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Description: Avant-pop musician, Matthew Dear will play his only London date of the year at the end of the month. Performing at club promoters Peculiar’s 1st birthday celebrations, Dear will appear at a yet-unnamed venue on 31 May. Support will come from Tomoki Tamura and Ibellini. Tickets are currently 15 and available here. Dear released his latest album Beams on Ghostly International last year. Photo by Howard Melnyczuk, news via FACT read more »
Daft Punk To Remix Own Random Access Memories Tracks
Published: Thursday May 23rd 10AM
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Description: Daft Punk are set to remix Daft Punk, as the French pair reveal they’re planning on dropping a series of reworked tracks from their recent album Random Access Memories. ’re working on some mixes ourselves. So, yes, there will probably be Daft Punk mixes of Daft Punk,” Thomas Bangalter told BBC Radio 1′s Pete Tong recently. “Usually, we never mix ourselves, that’s something we feel we’re interested in doing this time.” But with many numbers througho... read more »
Washed Out Announces New Album Paracosm For August
Published: Thursday May 23rd 10AM
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Description: Washed Out, aka electronic musician and chillwave graduate Ernest Greene, has revealed he’ll release his second album this summer. Following on from 2011 debut Within and Without, new effort Paracosm is scheduled for release via Weird World in Europe and Sub Pop in North America come 12/13 August. Paracosm was recorded with Animal Collective and Deerhunter producer Ben Allen and is said to contain over 50 different instruments as well as samples. A far cry from his bedroom producer backgro... read more »
Listen: Jungle Platoon
Published: Thursday May 23rd 9AM
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Description: Spooky atmospherics are carved open by some thick soulful ooohs, glitzy guitars and snapping snares on ’, the debut track from Chess Club Records’ new signing, Jungle. Quickly gathering tempo, it becomes a sort of mildly stoned stamp through an undergrowth teeming with musky drum fills and flickering, reverb-slathered guitars by the mid-section. Although at the very heart of this groovy little safari lie those marvelously primal hoot and howl vocal harmonies; tempting us, luring us f... read more »
The Pastels: We D Have Been Completely Depressed If We D Have Known It D Take This Long
Published: Thursday May 23rd 9AM
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Description: “It doesn’t seem like that long, being in the middle of it all”. Stephen McRobbie, frontman for The Pastels, is reflecting on the sixteen-year void between their last full-length effort , Illumination, and Slow Summits, the first record they’ve produced independent of collaborative input since. “We had a lot of false starts and a lot of other things dividing our attention – the film soundtrack for The Last Great Wilderness, some theatre music we did for 12 Sta... read more »
S N Festival Confirm Deerhunter As First Headliners For 2013 Event
Published: Thursday May 23rd 8AM
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Description: Cardiff’s S n Festival have revealed the first details surrounding this year’s leg of the annual music showcase event. The fest will return later this year, running from 17-20 October, with Deerhunter unveiled as the first headlining act. More artists will be announced on 10 June, when wristbands are set to go on sale. But before then, they’ve given us a little taster of what calibre of bands to expect, with Bradford Cox and co scheduled to play the Friday night. DeerhunterR... read more »
Cbgb Announce 40th Anniversary Music And Film Festival
Published: Thursday May 23rd 7AM
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Description: Despite closing its doors in 2006, iconic New York venue CBGB relaunched last year as a music festival. Now, celebrating its 40th year since initially opening, it’s back for a five-day event. The second CBGB Music & Film Festival will run from 9-13 October in the Big Apple, proclaiming to be ’s largest ever showcase of music, film, art, social awareness, entertainment industry workshops and conferences.” It’ll also feature 700 acts performing across 175 venues in the ... read more »
On The Road With Ray-ban Envision: Theme Park
Published: Thursday May 23rd 7AM
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Description: It’s only been a couple of month’s since our favourite tropical indie pop upstarts Theme Park released their self-titled debut through our friends over at Transgressive, but having been with them since the fledgling days of ’ in 2011, we were never going to be too comfortable with the whole long distance relationship thing, so we decided it was high time we had a proper catch up. It seems like we both spent February getting a little too over-excited, for us it was the never end... read more »
Star Slinger Announces Uk And North American Tour Dates
Published: Thursday May 23rd 7AM
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Description: Having been a bit quiet on the release front the past twelve months of so, electronic producer Star Slinger seems to be gearing up to something, announcing a series of live dates for this coming summer. Confirmed via his Tumblr page, the cut-and-splice musician has revealed he’ll play a handful of UK dates in London, Dublin and Nottingham during June, before heading across the pond in July. Among the North American dates are stop-offs in Miami, Seattle and Chicago. You can check out the co... read more »
Alt-j To Record Second Album This Summer
Published: Thursday May 23rd 7AM
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Description: Following the enormous, and somewhat unexpected, success of their debut album, Leeds fourpiece Alt-J have confirmed they’ll begin working on its follow-up over the next few months. Speaking to the Daily Star recently, the band’s keyboardist Gus Unger-Hamilton said that they will enter the studio during the summer, with a handful of tracks already in the works. “Some songs have been started and almost finished,” he told the tabloid. “It s feeling good.” Unger-H... read more »
Daft Punk Open To Working With Nile Rodgers Again
Published: Thursday May 23rd 6AM
Link: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/ne...en-to-working-with-nile-rodgers-again
Description: Hot off the back of their new album release, which garnered some fantastic press as well as some less favourable, Daft Punk look keen to collaborate on new music with Nile Rodgers once again. Rodgers has apparently, according to the Daily Star, found some lost music that he believes ’d love to work on”. The unreleased material dates back his Chic days and has been stored away – until now. The veteran musician says he ” Daft Punk as producers, which is why this stuff is fi... read more »
Soul And Style In Abundance From Marques Toliver At St. Pancras Old Church, London
Published: Thursday May 23rd 6AM
Link: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/ne...liver-at-st-pancras-old-church-london
Description: Photo by Jason Williamson With the release of his debut album Land Of CanAan via Bella Union some ten days ago, Marques Toliver finally put a good few people out of their misery. For nearly two years anyone aware of this ethereal Florida-born talent seems to have been patiently waiting for more music, and a charismatic showcase at the utterly suitable St. Pancras Old Church last night definitely helped explain why. Toliver had the bustling ailes captivated thanks to his relaxed performance style... read more »
Grimes, Frank Ocean & More Win At 2013 Webby Awards
Published: Thursday May 23rd 5AM
Link: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/ne...k-ocean-more-win-at-2013-webby-awards
Description: The 17th annual Webby Awards was held earlier this week, celebrating the best in online culture and “excellence on the Internet”. The web and music have long gone hand-in-hand, so much so that Tumblrcore is now conisdered a valid genre. Among the musical guests at the ceremony this year were Grimes, awarded ‘Artist of the Year’, Frank Ocean, receiving the ‘Person of the Year’ accolade, and Tanlines performing live. Here are a series of highlights from the even... read more »
The Great Escape Reveal Dates For 2014 Festival
Published: Thursday May 23rd 5AM
Link: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/ne...escape-reveal-dates-for-2014-festival
Description: With most festival-goers barely recovered from last weekend’s events, Brighton’s The Great Escape festival have plotted the dates for their 2014 outing. The premium UK music showcase will return next year from 8-10 May. This follows 2013′s leg which saw the fest sell out for the first time in its eight year history. A huge thank you to everyone who made TGE 2013 so brilliant,” festival director Kat Morris said. “To all the incredible artists that played, to the pane... read more »