Disco icon Chaka Khan is set to perform at this summer's Lovebox weekender. Sad times for disco fans. The past few weeks have seen both Donna Summer and Robin Gibb succumb to cancer, robbing the genre of two of its most potent voices. Thankfully, a few fantastic disco exponents are still fighting fit - and most of them are descending on London this summer. Lovebox is set to celebrate its tenth birthday in style, inviting along some disco icons to start the party. Chaka Khan is the latest addition to the bill. Famed for her outrageous persona and larger than ...

My fellow Newtonite (Newton, MA), Gabe Goodman, has resurfaced after last summer’s Friendly Fires EP with the Midnight Sour EP. He turned an elderly 19 since I last wrote about him, so clearly there have been musical changes that come with the old age. He’s still an experimental electronic force, [...]

Hedonism, carnival vibes, art, food, drink and most importantly: music. East London’s biggest party shall return this summer, as Victoria Park welcomes back Lovebox. It’s the 10th birthday for the festival, and from June 15th - 17th, the capital will be partying all day and night to the sounds of Hot Chip, Lana Del Rey, Crystal Castles, Friendly Fires, Little Dragon, Groove Armada Live, Grace Jones and many more. Expect to see major raves and massive line ups courtesy of the arenas hosted by the likes of Red Bull Music Academy, Rebel Rave, Rinse 106.8FM, Hospitality, Horsemeat Disco ...

To mark their Bestival appearance, Florence + the Machine have put on fancy dress and covered Talking Heads' Wild Wild Life Florence + the Machine have been announced as the Friday night headliners for Bestival, the festival curated by Rob da Bank and his wife Josie, on the Isle of Wight in September – and to mark the fact they have covered Talking Heads' Wild Wild Life . Why that song? Because the fancy dress theme for this year's festival is wildlife. Rob da Bank says: "The first time I met Flo she was whirling around like a spinning top to a Paul ...

Category:  News Summary:  The outfit will headline the Friday of the festival Florence and the Machine have been announced as the third headliner for Bestival. The outfit will take the top spot on the Friday night of the festival, with New Order and Stevie Wonder already announced as headliners for Saturday and Sunday respectively. Other acts already announced to play the festival, which takes place between September 6-9, include The XX, Orbital, Friendly Fires and Ocean">Frank Ocean. For more information and tickets click here . Gallery Options Face book Logo on Gallery On:  "" Enter the Competition:  "" Vote for this Photo ...

For 2012, the line-up in for *Bestival* is one of the biggest yet, including sets from the legendary *Stevie Wonder, New Order, The xx, Sigur Rós, Friendly Fires, Orbital, Ocean">Frank Ocean, Hot Chip, Annie Mac Presents, Skream & Benga, Four Tet *going back to back with *Caribou* and so much more. And...

Latvia isn’t the first place that springs to mind when talking about music. Often overlooked, this region deserves a second glance. Positivus – the largest music and arts festival in the Baltic States – places together some brilliant internationally renowned acts with exciting talent from the provinces. This year you can see Manic Street Preachers, The Vaccines, Wild Beasts, and The Sound Poets all for a meagre 57 Euros (£45), camping included. Beginning in 2007 with 4,000 attendees, the two day event has grown exponentially, now housing a 20,000 strong crowd each day. It’s no wonder the festival ...

As the James Stewart classic 'It's A Wonderful Life' so accurately observes - "youth is wasted on the wrong people..." But Young Kato seem to wear their age well. Precocious types, the band performed to 70,000 people in Bristol last year before penning a deal with Manchester based imprint LAB Records. A six piece, their mixture of Friendly Fires style indie-dance and Morrissey-inspired laments are getting numerous figures in that-there music industry all hot under the collar. The four track ‘Young Kato EP’ is set to be released on July 23rd, with lead track 'Drink, Dance, Play' hitting radio ...

Die Hangars des ehemaligen Tempelhofer Flughafens füllen sich zusehends mit neuen spannenden Acts. Bisher haben sich mit Sigur Rós, The Killers oder Paul Kalkbrenner bereits einige Schwergewichte der Branche angemeldet. Nun erweitern unter anderem die Indie-Senkrechtstarter Of Monsters And Men mit den Songs ihres Debüts " My Head Is An Animal " das Spektrum. Mit Clock Opera und Django Django haben sich zwei weitere begehrte Newcomer angekündigt. Außerdem wird die schwedische Experimental-Popperin Jonna Lee einen exklusiven Auftritt ihres Projektes iamamiwhoami hinlegen. Vervollständigt wird die Liste der neuen Künstler durch die US-amerikanischen Rave-Fachleute Dada Life. Das aktuelle Line-up der Veranstaltung und seine Verteilung ...

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Friendly Fires, Little Dragon, Delphic, Foals, Goldfields Song: Olympic Ayres - The View [download here ] What's so good? Sydney duo Olympic Ayres sure sound polished considering their humble beginnings, having started out jamming in a dusty attic. Meeting at a party in 2006, Kamaliza and mmiiddii kept in touch, sending each other small loops and beats every now and then. In 2010, they started collaborating together in the aforementioned attic, which resulted in their debut EP Episode 1 . Now, they’re ready to release the second installment, with first single “The View” as ...

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Fans of MGMT, Friendly Fires and the Rapture will find this Manchester band's latest single irresistible This Mancunian five-piece may look like shy indie urchins, but given their name is slang for female genitalia and their artwork tends to feature naked flesh, perhaps all is not what it seems. While their latest single, Danz, doesn't appear to be about anything carnal, there is some pretty suggestive hip-swivelling going on in the video, which features a man dancing in a shopping centre, at a skate park and, most impressively, out Morrissey-ing Morrissey outside Salford Lads Club. Mind you, it ...

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Bag Raiders, Xaphoon Jones, Grouplove Song: The Knocks - Learn To Fly [download here ] What's so good? Not sure why it took me so long to turn on to “Learn To Fly,” but The Knocks’ latest single has definitely grown on me over the last couple days. Incidentally, the song fell short of making their most-recent EP Magic , so perhaps the band themselves are wishy-washy on it. In many ways, the track reminds me of Australian act Bag Raiders — from the vocals to the dancey beat, it’s no surprise to me that ...

Being unique is one of those characteristics that many of us strive for but few actually attain (regardless of what your Mum tells you). According to Dot to Dot festival however, being different to everyone else isn’t all that hard. Just take your merry band of soon-to-be-massive artists on a trip across three UK cities, fill up a host of venues in each city, all over the course of one weekend. Simple? No, not really. Now entering its seventh year, the Dot to Dot organisers have an impressive knack for picking relatively unknown artists who then go on to ...

On Record Store Day, Ra Ra Riot and Delicate Steve released an amazing cover of Steve Winwood’s “Valerie”. Today Friendly Fires has released a remix paying homage to Eric Prydz famous “Call On Me” remix, while still mixing in their own flavor. Ra Ra Riot and Delicate Steve combined forces to produce a Split 7″ which was released exclusively for Record Store Day. Side A is a cover of Steve Winwood’s “Valerie” and Side B is a cover of Brian … →