If we’re playing festival line up Top Trumps Radio 1 have played a veritable blinder. The BBC’s flagship radio station have rebranded their annual Big Weekend as the Radio 1 Hackney Weekend . The initial line up is an incredible mix of all genres, but highlights include Jack White, Lana Del Rey, Bombay Bicycle Club and The Maccabees . As with previous years, those living within close proximity of the event will be given priority on tickets, so residents of Hackney and surrounding boroughs rejoice, you’re in with a bigger chance than most of getting your hands on tickets ...

Last week, Gordon Smart was treating Hulk Hogan like he was still an important cultural force. Turns out Gordon's still trapped in 1986 as today it's Vanilla Ice . Gordon nods as Ice talks about his comeback tour: The rapper is gearing up for his comeback tour and says: "I want to hit arenas and really put on a big show. I want lasers, pyros and all that stuff, a huge production." I suspect this hasn't been run past Ice's accountant. I say "accountant", I mean his nephew who's got Excel on his computer. "There are ...

What's that, Radio One? Your big weekend in going to be in East London this summer ? Yes, that's a brilliant idea. It's not like every bloody thing else is happening in East London this summer, is it? I'm still at a loss as to how it makes everyone feel like the Olympics is a nation event when it's acting like a giant magnet that just sucks everything, inexorably, back into the capital. Anyway, line-up: Plan B. Jessie J. Andy C. And some people with full surnames. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and ...

Swedish postrockers Ef are heading to Russia for the first time at the end of the month: 02/23 - Avrora Zal, St Petersburg 02/24 - Plan B, Moscow In other news, the band is having their 2008 album "I am responsible" reissued as a 2LP via German label Kapitän Platte in a newly remixed and remastered version put together by Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna, etc.). Official release date is February 8.

MUTEMATH is on a headline national tour in support of their new album Odd Soul . The New Orleans alternative/electronic rock band played Stubb’s in Austin on Friday night. Our photographer Phil DeSimone was there to get some amazing shots of the band. Check them out below: SETLIST odd soul prytania blood pressure spotlight heads up sun ray allies clipping plan b cavalries obsolete walking paranoia one more stall out in no time picture chaos armistice outro equals all or …

It may’ve amassed more than 51-million views on YouTube and spawned countless parodies, but the clip for Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ – the duet with Kimbra Johnson that unexpectedly topped the Hottest 100 yesterday – was actually plan B. In a soon-to-be-published interview with M+N , its director Natasha Pincus reveals her original concept for the clip was shelved because it would’ve cost too much money. Pincus, who’s directed award-winning clips for Powderfinger, Paul Kelly and Sarah Blasko, initially conceived a single-shot video in which Gotye’s face would slowly morph into Kimbra’s. The ...

When Stooshe’s mixtape, The Stoosh Tape, which was produced by Futurecut (Lily Allen, Wretch32, Plan B), landed in my inbox a few months ago, I was instantly caught in the whirlwind that’s swirled them into the instantaneous hit that they’ve become in one short year. Stooshe are probably the most...

When *Stooshe’s* mixtape, *The Stoosh Tape*, which was produced by *Futurecut *(*Lily Allen, Wretch32, Plan B*), landed in my inbox a few months ago, I was instantly caught in the whirlwind that’s swirled them into the instantaneous hit that they’ve become in one short year. * Stooshe *are probably...

Words: Saam Das 25 year old Londoner (hey, me too) Stella Le Page cut her teeth as a member of synth-pop outfit Primary 1 's live band as well as recording cello parts for Plan B . After dropping a succession of covers last year, 2012 sees Stella stepping out on her own two feet properly - her sassy debut single, 'Snake', is released digitally today. Stella recorded eight covers in 2011, taking on a blistering variety of tracks by the likes of The Weeknd , James Blake , Robyn and Nancy Sinatra . Influences on her music? At some level, I guess they all ...

Having conquered television with "Glee," it looks like the show's creator Ryan Murphy is gunning for equal big screen success, and he's assembled a helluva cast to bring the Tony award-winning, criticially acclaimed "The Normal Heart" to the big screen. Already in the works with Mark Ruffalo attached way back in the summer of 2010, the project picked up more steam when Brad Pitt took it under the wing of his Plan B shingle last year. And now it has brought some major talent on board. Julia Roberts, Alec Baldwin, Matt Bomer and Jim Parsons have all joined ...

Not that he wasn't nice before, but if the upcoming "Plan B" features Problem spitting like this, things look good in the Diamond Lane emcee.

LA indie rock duo The Violet Lights take their Sex & Sound EP on the road. Joel Nass (vocals, guitar) and Amber Garvey (keyboards, vocals) have a weak spot for Britpop augmented with a West Coast feel. Live dates: 01/25 Jan Lesser Known Characters Plan B Bar, Portland, OR 01/26 King Cat Theater Aamani Lounge, Seattle, WA 01/27 Red Room, Boise, ID 01/28 Red Room, Boise, ID 02/01 Moe's Original Bar-B-Que, Englewood, CO 02/02 Lucky's, Manhattan, KS 02/03 Knickerbockers Bar and Grill, Lincoln, NE 02/04 Czar Bar, Kansas City, MO 02 ...

Holy Ship! What just happened? And better yet, why haven’t we been doing this before? While most events leave you glowing in the highlights while trying to ignore any drawbacks, Holy Ship! delivered on all major fronts plus provided a few surprises that Holy Shippers appreciated. No doubt that we’ll be talking about Holy Ship! for months and place it on the top shelf of all time favorite festivals. But what was that X factor on the ship? If you were there, you felt something very different and so special about this trip. Production and sound were face ...

Directed by Jonathan Andrade. Problem and Mr. Lucc get amped (to say the least) on the latest set of visuals off his upcoming project, Plan B.

Set Your Goals, Make Do And Mend and Cancer Bats will open for Every Time I Die on their European tour in the spring. May: 01 COLOGNE Underground (Germany) 02 FRANKFURT Batschkapp (Germany) 03 STUTTGART Universum (Germany) 04 ZURICH Abart (Switzerland) 05 MUNICH Backstage Halle (Germany) 06 VIENNA Szene (Austria) 08 BRATISLAVA Randall Club (Slovakia) 09 PRAGUE Rock Café (Czech Republic) 10 SCHWEINFURT Stattbahnhof (Germany) 11 BERLIN Columbia Club (Germany) 12 COPENHAGEN Pumphuset (Denmark) 13 STOCKHOLM Klubben (Sweden) 14 GOTHENBURG Sticky Fingers (Sweden) 15 AARHUS Train (Denmark) 16 HAMBURG Knust (Germany) 17 BREMEN Lagerhaus (Germany) 18 HANNOVER Faust (Germany) 19 ...