Once again The String Cheese Incident will host and headline the Electric Forest festival, which returns to Rothbury, Michigan on June 28 – July 1. Joining SCI a top the bill will be Bassnectar, STS9, Thievery Corportation and Girl Talk. STS9 will play two shows, while String Cheese will play a total of three. Electric Forest organizers have put together an electronica-heavy lineup, but there are a few rock/funk/bluegrass acts on the bill as well, namely The Travelin’ McCourys featuring Keller Williams, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk and Gary Clark Jr. There’s no shockers similar to REO Speedwagon booked ...

As this is the first installment in what is (hopefully) going to be a monthly occurrence it’s probably good to have a short little introduction – the idea behind this column is to cover the best in Nordic music during the past month or so, and if that sounds like your thing I’d suggest you keep reading. A short disclaimer though: I’m far from the most prominent expert on Nordic music around, but I’m a big fan and it’s what I’m currently the most excited about – there’s a truly astonishing amount of great bands ...

Some observations from Big Day Out veteran DARREN LEVIN as the festival celebrated its 20th year at Flemington Racecourse on Sunday (January 29). Photos by LEAH ROBERTSON . ‘Are you nice and sweaty?’ Attending a festival in 35-degree heat is difficult enough without bands telling you just how hot it is. “Hope you don’t die in this heat,” quipped Stonefield’s singer Amy Findlay at midday when the sun was at the height of its powers. “Are you nice and sweaty?” quizzed The Vaccines’ Justin Young. Kimbra Johnson asked us if we were “hot and sticky”, before Soundgarden’s Chris ...

The Team Pagano house show, which is sponsored by PropertyOfZack and Stay Strong Kid, is tomorrow, and we got all the bands, including Handguns, Casting Call, I Can See Mountains, Far From Proper, I Was A Hero, and Young English,  to do a Playlist for us! Check out the Playlists and listen to the songs while reading everyone’s thoughts! Don’t forget to check out details for the show tomorrow either. (Click on image to listen in Spotify) Transit - Long Lost Friends The Story So Far - Placeholder - Matt The Ghost Inside - Between The Lines August Burns Red - Back Burner ...

Perhaps the most exciting news in my inbox yesterday was the announcement by New York’s Battles (who play mostly instrumental experimental rock) that they would be releasing a series of four “very special release remixes in 2012″. The series, titled “Dross Glop”, will start off with remixes of Battles tracks from Gui Boratto and The [...]

Die New Yorker Experimental-Rocker Battles haben eine Serie von Remix-Singles angekündigt, auf denen Songs ihres letztjährigen Langspielers " Gloss Drop " ein neues Antlitz verpasst wurde. Die erste 12-Inch-Vinyl der "Dross Glop" betitelten Serie wird neue Versionen vom brasilianischen Minimal-Produzenten Gui Boratto und dem schwedischen Electronica-Artist Axel Willner alias The Field beinhalten. Dabei präsentieren die beiden Kompakt-Signings ganz unterschiedliche Herangehensweisen. Während Boratto dem Song "Wall Street" einen gewissen Groove verpasst, bettet Willner "Sweetie & Shag" in ein atmosphärisches Ambient-Klangbild ein. Die erste Single erscheint am 6. Februar bei Warp Records, die nächste folgt Ende des selben Monats und wird unter anderem Mixe von ...

Battles are set to launch a new series of remixes based on their 'Gloss Drop' album. Battles have always taken inspiration from electronic music. Resolutely a rock band, the three piece returned with their stunning second album 'Gloss Drop' last year. Now the New York band are preparing to launch a new remix series. Confirming the release of four 12 inches, Battles have handed the material from 'Gloss Drop' over to a number of guest producers. The first 12 inch in the series will be release on February 6th. 'Gloss Drop 1' matches a Gui Boratto remix of 'Wall Street ...

Battles, el trío neoyorkino de rock experimental, planea un nuevo lanzamiento. Pero no se trata de un nuevo álbum, se trata de una serie de remixes que varios DJ’s, productores y artistas invitados han realizado de canciones de su segundo álbum de estudio titulado Gloss Drop. De hecho, la primera serie de estos lanzamientos ha [...]

Math rock instrumentalists Battles have revealed that the band is set to release a four-part 12'' vinyl collection called Dross Glop.

The news that Seal is to divorce from Heidi Klum is like journalistic viagra to Gordon this morning. Why? Because it allows him to wheel out the tabloid's favourite old trope : [Other divorcing celebs] may have valid reasons but neither can compete with a national rivalry that's sparked two world wars and two semi-final defeats on penalties. Seal said: "We certainly have differences of opinion. I mean, she's German and I'm English, so if I said we didn't have differences of opinion, no one would believe that." I suppose the grinding out of world wars ...

Let's just say there is no love lost at all between former Battles singer, guitarist and on-stage crazy man Tyondai Braxton and his old band mates.Guitarist Ian Williams refers to Braxton as "the member of the band who's not in...

What will surely be a cantankerous, well-recollected read. Full story at Rolling Stone (who currently have a picture of Marky , not Johnny up for the story, documented below): Johnny Ramone’s last words will finally reach fans when his memoir is released this spring. Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone covers the Ramones guitarist’s rise to fame with the innovative New York punks, as well as his childhood memories and health battles (he died from prostate cancer in 2004)... Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.

Johnny Ramone's last words will finally reach fans when his memoir is released this spring Commando The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone covers the Ramones guitarist's rise to fame with the innovative New York punks as well as his childhood memories and health battles (he died from prostate cancer in 2004)...

Cuba is at once instantly familiar yet frustratingly unknowable. There is a picture postcard image of the island, one carefully fostered by the Communist government. Yet beneath this, the realities of day-to-day life and the art forms inspired by it are often difficult to trace. The enormous global success of the Buena Vista Social Club seemed to offer the image of a frozen musical community. The picture was clear: Cuba was dominated by musicians who, for all their obvious talent, belonged to an older generation. But beneath this, far under the surface, Cuba is producing a generation of musicians who ...

"I think there is this entire culture where people don’t want to sort of reach beyond the obvious. All the art, tv, film that we love, it doesn’t make concessions. It demands something of the listener, it demands some knowledge - some prior knowledge rather than spoon-feeding people. A lot of music does that (spoon-feeds) and people sort of lap it up. This is like gruel – you want something more textured. People are being congratulated for mediocrity these days," says Sam Willis one half of East London based electronic duo, Walls . From across the footpath locale where we’re ...