DOUG WALLEN and NICK ARGYRIOU review 64.7 percent of the entire bill of Melbourne’s St Jerome’s Laneway Festival at Footscray Community Arts Centre on Saturday. (Fans of Girls, The Panics, The Horrors and SBTRKT send your grievances to PO Box 475, Prahran, VIC 3181, or just wait for the Sydney review.) Photos by MICHAEL BAINBRIDGE . The ominous clouds that “greeted” punters at last year’s St Jerome’s Laneway Festival were replaced by near-perfect skies and a mercury that hovered above 30 degrees all day. For the third year running, the festival returned to the Footscray Community ...

I have become obsessed with the Young Turks Radio series broadcast over Australian radio station FBi 94.5FM. The week long take over has so far included live sets from Chairlift, Glasser, obnoxious wake up calls to Tanlines and Jack Penate, … Continue reading →

John Talabot, einer der Shooting-Stars der House- und Elektronik-Szene, hat vergangenen Freitag sein erstes Album mit dem Titel "Fin" via Permanent Vacation/Groove Attack veröffentlicht. Darauf präsentiert der zurückhaltende Spanier die ganze Bandbreite seines musikalischen Schaffens. Von verträumten Downbeat-Klängen, über housige Tanzflächenfüller bis hin zu retro-esque aufspielenden Elektropop-Beats liefert der Produzent feinste und abweschslungsreiche Kost. Außerdem lässt der Mann, der schon Acts wie Shit Robot , The XX oder Delorean remixte, den interessierten Fan in einige Tracks auf seiner Soundcloud-Seite hineinhören. Verschafft euch an dieser Stelle einen auditiven Eindruck vom Song "Destiny" und werft einen Blick auf das Artwork der Platte ...

Spanish dance producer John Talabot is a master of the slow-build. His sense of pacing is uncanny, timing the point of release just so, for maximum release of pure pleasure, whether it be the ecstatic chants that unfold on his 2009 breakout single "Sunshine" , or the gorgeous yo-yo synths that bounce behind Glasser frontwoman Cameron Meisrow's voice on last year's "Families" . Following in the latter track's footsteps is "Destiny", a cut from Talabot's forthcoming LP, fIN , which features contributions from like-minded producer Pional . The song finds Talabot working in darker confines, with a squishy low end ...

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 ...

This week the Young Turks label have taken over Sydneys FBI Radio 94.5 for an hourly installment every midday. They are in Australia touring with the national Laneway Festival that is spruiking many acts from their roster including Glasser, Bullion, SBTRKT, John Talabot and Chairlift. With three of the segments down...

Young Turks are currently taking over the FBi station in Sydney all this week, and as a nice gesture to everyone outside of the broadcast zone, the guys are posting each show onto Soundcloud. Check out the first two days below, which features live sessions with the likes of Glasser, Chairlift and Willis Earle Beale, as well as phone interviews, exclusive mixes and new tracks. It's bloody great.

A track from the forthcoming John Talabot album, ƒin, which will officially be out next week. You can stream it on Spotify right now if you’re impatient, though. After hearing John collaborate with Glasser on a fantastic track that appeared on his 2011 EP, Families, my expectations were high for this album. I have to [...]

Today's Track Of The Day isn't brand-spankin' new—it came out back at the end of November—but, given the tendency of end-of-year records to get lost in the shuffle, I thought it was worth giving a little extra attention to. Charli XCX is a young British singer on the rise; MTV has singled her out as one of 10 nominees in their Brand New For 2012 campaign, and it's hard not to imagine that this could well be her year. She worked with producer Ariel Rechtshaid (a collaborator of Glasser and Diplo) on her debut single ...

CAMERON MESIROW , the creative force behind the one-women orchestra known as GLASSER , tells KRISSI WEISS about sculpturing her sound and where it may go in the future.

A sweet, artistic, free spirit, with a voice that rivals Enya and Bjork, New York-based Cameron Mesirow, who works under the artist name Glasser, is the kind of musician who dreams up the idea of a two-person organ, and then actually...

Download link is in the original post Sounds like: Portishead, Bjork, Zola Jesus Song: Chelsea Wolfe - Movie Screen [download here ] What's so good? I’m obviously out of the loop on this one but Chelsea Wolfe is boggling my mind right now. Within the first 30 seconds of listening to this song, I was frightened and amazed and covered in goosebumps. I’m thoroughly freaked out and in love with this song all at the same time, and this is a new feeling for me so bear with me. The beginning of the song begins with just Chelsea’s ...

-- On January 31, the New York avant-pop band Hospitality will release their new  self-titled album via  Merge . Check out album cut "Friends of Friends" here . --  Giant Single: Profile Records Rap Anthology collects 31 tracks released on the pioneering New York rap label  Profile Records from 1981 to 1996. It's out January 31 via  Sony . It features Run DMC, DJ Quik, Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, Onyx, Camp Lo, Rammellzee and K-Rob, and more. -- On February 6, Pet Shop Boys will release the compilation  Format via Parlophone . The 38-track release collects B-sides and bonus tracks released from 1996 to 2009 ...

Organisers have revealed the timetables for this year’s St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, which kicks off in Brisbane on January 28. Acts performing include Feist, Austra Geoffrey O’Connor, Laura Marling, The Horrors and Pitchfork darlings . Tickets, incredibly, are still on sale for all legs. Nab them here . Brisbane Saturday, January 28 Alexandria Street, Fortitude Valley Eat Your Own Ears & Young Turks Stage 11.50am - 12.20pm Husky 12.45pm - 01.15pm Jonti 01.40pm - 02.20pm Yuck 02.45pm - 03.25pm Austra 03.55pm - 04.40pm Girls 05.10pm - 05.55pm Anna Calvi 06.25pm - 07.10pm Twin ...

Download link is in the original post Sounds like: Brenmar, NGUZUNGUZU, Bok Bok, Mosca, Cedaa Song: Dubbel Dutch - Grimey Clouds [download here ] What's so good? In the world of electronic music, the lines often blur between house, trance, electro, moombahton, ambient, etc. Austin, TX producer and DJ Marc Glasser (under the moniker Dubbel Dutch ) does more than blur; he openly fraternizes with multiple genres and sounds but in the most interesting and workable productions. One of the most recent releases by Dubbel Dutch is the single “Grimey Clouds.” On his Soundcloud page , the genre is listed as “estranged” and ...