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In a new interview with Channel 4, bandmates Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett teased the release of new music ahead of their 25th anniversary celebrations.
The Blessed Madonna pulled out from the line-up of Boardmasters over the weekend, claiming that the festival set “restrictions” on political messaging during performances.
Brighter Days Family are the DJ, MC and producer collective whose shared love for music translates into genre-bending output and a rejection of the industry’s tendency to “act bad”. With a debut album ...
Fat Tony was one of the UK's first house DJs and has had a rollercoaster career through dance music “Freddy Mercury was the first person ever to give me a line of cocaine,” confides Fat Tony. Then he ...
After a successful first event hosted at an intimate studio space in Bow, east London, Art Beyond The Shell grew into a regular club night with a unique concept fusing music with activities, art, and ...
More than 20 artists including Jamie xx, PinkPantheress, and Damon Albarn are billed to play the UK’s “largest ever fundraising concert for Gaza” next month. Together For Palestine is set to go ahead ...
Two people have been killed and six injured in a mass shooting at a warehouse party in Los Angeles over the weekend. The unlicensed event was taking place in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday evening ...
The first nominees for this year’s Independent Music Awards (AIM) have been revealed, including a sweeping number of dance music artists. The 15th edition of the AIM Awards will take place at London’s ...
Bristol pub and music venue The Crofters Rights has announced that it will reopen under a new name, The Croft. Situated in Stokes Croft, the venue announced that it would temporarily close last year, ...
Dance music continued to blur the lines between the underground and mainstream this year with the embracing of pop edits and outlandish new stars who look tailor-made to achieve viral fame. Perhaps ...
Drug welfare organisation Release Drugs has issued a warning after a dangerous batch of pills has been linked to two deaths and a hospitalisation last weekend. The green, circular pills - marked with ...
I’m fascinated by the genesis of music genres and the accidental ways that they sometimes come about. This is a 30 minute live synth jam recorded in 1981 that somehow sounded like house music before ...