The gigantic record fair  Independent Label Market  will take place this Saturday, May 19 at Old Spitalfields Market  in London. Participating labels, many of which will offer exclusive or rare releases, include Domino, Warp, R&S;, XL, Ed Banger, Bella Union, fabric, Soul Jazz, Soundway, Fat Cat, Because, Fire, Double Denim, Full Time Hobby, Lucky Number, Wichita, One Little Indian, Ninja Tune, Lex, Lanark, Sunday Best, Moshi Moshi, Fortuna Pop!, Transgressive, Rocket Girl, Sounds of Sweet Nothing, Something in Construction, Angular, and many more. Exclusive releases will be announced throughout the week at the market's Tumblr . A number of artists ...

With the London indie scene gradually moving eastwards toward Stoke Newington, Old Street and Whoreditch, the idea of a crawl around Camden is starting to feel a little antiquated. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the festival’s days are numbered, granted attendance seems a little down on previous years and the line-up didn’t have any killer “I HAVE to go and see that” acts playing; a Florence, a Mobile Disco, a SBTRK even. Actress were this year’s hot ticket but with set times being switched and many gigs not on at the time advertised it became harder ...

While waiting for something new, I love to search for remixes or edits of classic tunes. Here’s a very interesting version from the Belgium producer Dan D’Ascenzo of “Missing” from Everything But A Girl. If you’re too young for this one. I’m totally sure that your parents will love this remix. You definitely should download [...]

Don van Vliet's achingly beautiful love song will linger to haunt you, long after its 2 minutes and 57 seconds have faded away Listening to, say, Dachau Blues, Pachuco Cadaver or Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish on Captain Beefheart's surreal 1969 masterpiece Trout Mask Replica would hardly incline you to bracket Don van Vliet with the great balladeers. Yet here, barely three years later, he came up with as achingly beautiful a song of love and longing as you could wish to hear. It's from the Clear Spot album – superbly produced in 1972 by Ted Templeman ...

It was at Gatwick Airport some 14 months ago when catching the connecting flight to Glasgow have arrived overnight from Florida. I was tired and jet-lagged and a bit grumpy. I noticed that a new edition of Q was out on the shelf, and I picked it up to have a look at what they had listed as their '50 Ultimate British Songs'. But before I got to that, I noticed from the index that there was also an in-depth feature on Edwyn Collins , so this was the first thing I turned to. I had a quick glance over it ...

I will be copping the Eden reissue the day it comes out. For starters, anyway. Pitchfork : British indie pop duo Everything But the Girl will reissue four albums on June 4: 1984’s Eden , 1985’s Love Not Money , 1986’s Baby the Stars Shine Bright , and 1988’s Idlewild . All four records will come as 2xCD book sets via Edsel, the second disc containing time-appropriate non-album cuts, unreleased home recordings, and BBC sessions. The accompanying books includes lyrics, photos, and notes from Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt on each album. Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.

British indie pop duo Everything But the Girl will reissue four albums on June 4: 1984's  Eden , 1985's  Love Not Money , 1986's  Baby the Stars Shine Bright , and 1988's  Idlewild .

DOWNLOAD   The Marine Girls’ complete studio output is included on the superb Lazy Ways/Beach Parties two-fer; although Tracey Thorn went on to even bigger and better things as one half of Everything But the Girl, her previous group’s light, sophisticated pop remains utterly beguiling, as evidenced by such enduring performances as “Love to Know.” [...]

Something about Bob Dylan's songs makes very big pop stars want to take risks. For that alone, Amnesty International benefit compilation Chimes of Freedom , which brings together four discs of Dylan covers, is a very welcome arrival, even though it's not as if Dylan hasn't been covered a kajillion times before. Ke$ha's EMA-intimate take on "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" goes the furthest, but Miley Cyrus also takes a break from devouring penis cakes , devouring stoner cakes , and otherwise partying in the U.S.A. to perform a bare-bones, country-tinged cover of ...

Chairlift Something Columbia Records [2012] Fire Note Says: A more focused sophomore effort from Chairlift that has the right balance between 80's synthesizer pop and modern electronic flare. Album Review: When you have a siren vocal like that of Chairlift lead singer Caroline Polachek I believe it is really hard to make a bad record. On the groups sophomore outing, Something , there is a new found concentration on song structures which cuts back on some of the oddities found in their debut. Some of this new focus is most likely the result of the band becoming a duo after ...

Amoraboy - Freeez From Felix Desire http://www.myspace.com/amoraboy Ben Mono - Protection (Sirius Mo Remix) http://www.myspace.com/benmono http://www.ben-mono.de/ BO.DA. - Holiday http://www.myspace.com/bodajazz/ CjR Mix - Slave To The Edge Of '69 http://cjrmix.wordpress.com/ Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me http://web.eltonjohn.com/index.jsp Engelbert Humperdink - From Here To Eternity http://www.engelbert.com/ Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) http://www.ebtg.com/ Fanfare Ciocarlia - Alili http://www.myspace.com/fanfareciocarlia Ida Sand - Bang Bang http://web.comhem.se ...

Everything But The Girl : I Was Always Your Girl [ purchase ] These Star Maker Machine themes that recall a particular year provide for wonderful exercises in evoking reminiscences that reside in the far reaches of the memory bank. I was 22 in 1988, and memories, musical and otherwise, had yet to become a blur, but are ordered according to seasons. Everything But The Girl’s Idlewild LP came out in the southern hemisphere’s autumn. I remember first recording on to cassette tape, then buying the album. Other LPs I bought around that time included efforts by Aztec Camera, The Smiths ...

Photo by Eirik Lande This week, the label Young Turks guest-hosts the midday show on Australia's 94.5 FBi Radio . On yesterday's show, they premiered a new track from Jamie xx , called "Touch Me". It comes in at about the 49 minute mark in the below stream. It's followed by a mini-mix from Jamie's  the xx partner Romy, featuring tracks from Elastica, Fleetwood Mac, Everything But the Girl, and more. There's also a live session from Chairlift in there, as well as a mix by Bullion. Monday's session is here , and includes a new ...

You may or may not have been aware of the always brilliant label Young Turks' recent excursion to the land down under, hosting a series of parties and radio shows with the first radio takeover available to listen to online now. The mix features a new Jamie XX track and mixes from the likes of Romy xx and Bullion as well as including a session with the label's most recent signing Chairlift. It's the perfect afternoon listen, and the inclusion of Zomby's 'Natalias Song' also makes it somewhat controversial. Listen to the Young Turks FBi radio takeover ...

Todd Terry is a true house music legend and I was stoked to check out his SoundCloud page and find some free tracks! If you are not familiar with Todd Terry, please explore the links below the tracks. He has been producing and DJ-ing since the mid 1980s and has been nominated for a Grammy award. In addition to all his underground tracks and projects, Terry also has remixed some of the biggest names in pop music including Everything But The Girl, Bjork, Annie Lennox, George Michael, Garbage, Jamiroquai and The Cardigans. This track was the pre-release version of Lazy ...