Not only is the Shazam Twitter page a great way for us to interact with our users, it also helps us keep up to date with the latest music news. So imagine our delight today when we noticed a conversation between electro pop mastersHot Chip and legendary Garage DJ Todd Edwards. After complimenting the ‘One Life Stand’ authors on their recent album, he was quickly asked about the possibility of a remix. While nothing has been confirmed yet, we’re sure this would be a perfect match – Hot Chip have always talked about their love for old skool garage and hearing one of their tracks matched with a trademark Edwards beat would surely be a winner. Watch this space.
To get you in the mood, reacquaint yourself with Todd’s stone cold classic, ‘Never Far From You’.
Yesterday saw the eagerly awaited announcement that Muse and Stevie Wonder are set to headline this year’s Glastonbury alongside U2. Speaking at the Olympia 2 venue in London, festival organiser Michael Eavis stated that it was probable that Matt Bellamy’s Muse would headline the Saturday while Stevie Wonder would take the coveted festival closing spot on Sunday evening. Other performers already reportedly playing this year’s event include Hot Chip, Dizzee Rascal, Jack Johnson and Vampire Weekend.
This year’s Glastonbury will be the landmark 40th anniversary of the festival and as such rumours have been wilder than usual surrounding who will headline. Dave Bowie, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin were all mentioned, but with this latest announcement the appearance of such megastar headliners now seems unlikely.
Those wishing to purchase tickets to this year’s festival should click here and join the race to secure some of the very limited return tickets when they go on sale.
Graeme Clark AKA The Revenge is one of the fastest rising stars of underground dance music. His eclectic style blends everything from classic soul to 80’s chart music but is sewn together with a unique slow-motion house groove. His productions have been sending tastemakers doolally for about a year and heavy weight DJ’s such as Pete Tong, Danny Krivit, Radio Slave, Prins Thomas, Gilles Peterson, Kissy Sellout and Tim Sweeney are all noted fans. We catch up with Graeme to talk about his thoughts on edits, his forthcoming album and his summer DJ sets at the much talked about Garden Festival in Croatia.
It’s been a pretty great year for you. Tell us a little about the last 12 months.
It’s been crazy. I’ve been producing for about 10 years in various projects on and off but I think last year it was the culmination of a few records that went off and people got into, and then joining the roster of the Warm DJ agency. They’ve got a fairly eclectic bunch of people and I just slotted in there. I think the combination of those things – sort of right place right time.
It’s bound to be one of the comebacks of the year: 70’s underground jazz legend Gil Scott-Heron releases his first album in over fifteen years this month after his life descended into chaos and he ended up in jail for drug-related offenses. Best known for seminal classics such as ‘The Bottle’ or ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’ -which have inspired generations of soul, acid-jazz and hip-hop musicians - the African-American poet and activist is back with an album produced by XL Recordings owner, Richard Russell. The album is composed of cover versions – originals by Bill Callahan, Robert Johnson and Bobby Bland among them- and short poems backed by carefully chosen samples such as Kanye West’s “Flashing Lights” which opens and closes the album. The finest moments of ‘I’m New Here’ include the first single ‘Me and the Devil’ and the impressively dark, blues-tinged ‘New York is Killing Me’.
After being crowned second in BBC’s ‘Sound Of 2010’, it looks almost certain that the next few months promise big things for Marina And The Diamonds. Having wowed us with her ‘Crown Jewels EP’ last year, Marina has announced her debut album ‘The Family Jewels’ will be released through 679 later this month. The album is preceded by the single ‘Hollywood’ – an ode to the weird and wonderful influence America has had on the Welsh/Greek chanteuse. We caught up with the singer to chat about the single, her thoughts on the hype surrounding her and what she has planned for the rest of the year.
I Blame Coco is the alias of one Coco Sumner; who has so far been mostly known for being the daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler and her previous dalliances with infamous indie urchin, Peter Doherty. However this is all set to change with the release of her debut single ‘Caesar’ – released February 1st on Island Records. The track sees the young singer team up with Swedish songstress Robyn for a cut of fast paced electro-pop. While being the offspring of rock royalty would irk some people, Coco clearly hasn’t let it affect her at all. Addressing any potential critiques with the opening line “I want to annoy… and I’m going to enjoy it”. Any fans of 80’s infused songwriters such as Ladyhawke & Little Boots will find plenty here to enjoy, while any naysayers should at least hold back their thoughts until the album is released later in the year.
Caribou, formerly known as Manitoba, has been using a laptop to create spellbinding electronica for the past few years. However he recently upped the ante by putting a full band together to support his latest album project entitled ‘Swim’ – the follow up to Caribou’s Polaris Prize winning long player, ‘Andorra’. First track ‘Odessa’ maintains their trademark electronic-tinged, pop-rock. On first impression, it sounds like a future cult classic, likely to be considered next to ‘Melody Day’ or ‘Yeti’ as one of Caribou’s finest moments. ’Swim‘ is out via City Slang on 16th April (Germany), 19th April (UK/Europe) and on April 20th via Merge (North America).
With the release of ‘La Trinciarice’ Ben Rymer continues to prove himself to be an endearing addition to the world of dance music. After his previous work with The Fat Truckers and Gucci Soundsystem, Rymer has now found a new home with London’s Disco Bloodbath collective – known as the capital’s finest purveyors of all things disco related.
‘La Trinciarice’ is an epic, slow burning cosmic cut that sucks you in and throws you back out nine minutes later. The track is released through Serge Santiago’s Arcobaleno label now and is available on iTunes. To listen and purchase click here .
The world’s favorite cartoon rock stars are back with their highly awaited third offering. Gorillaz, the project created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, has enjoyed an impressive cast of high profile guests in ‘Plastic Beach’, including Snoop Dogg; De La Soul; The Horrors; Lou Reed – there were even rumours about a collaboration with Barry Gibb which have to be confirmed. For the first single, ‘Stylo’, the rocking cartoons manage to put together the vocal talents of two exceptional collaborators: Bobby Womack and Mos Def.
‘Stylo’ has just leaked and can be listened at the band’s website. Gorillaz were also announced this week as one of the headliners at this year’s Coachella festival. Keep an eye for the band members tweets for related surprises until the record is officially launched.
This week Sade holds onto the number one spot in the Shazam New-release Chart USA with ‘Soilder Of Love’, a track that’s gaining plenty of attention thanks to its inclusion in the adverts for TV show Lost.
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