From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Interview:Paris DJs

August 28, 2009

For those of you who like your crate diggers to have really gone the extra mile when it comes to spinning records; to have searched every nook and cranny for that impossible to ignore beat then look no further than Paris. OK, the city of romance is not exactly round the corner but if Eurostar

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Ring The Alarm

August 24, 2009

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away Altern 8 warned us to “watch your bass bins”. Similar advice recommended for this bass HEAVY tune from Donaeo, “Riot Music”. With a seductive breakbeat and Donaeo’s vocal and production skills, it’s no wonder this track has been mashing dance floors, car stereos and generally

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Interview: Mayer Hawthorne

August 21, 2009

Covert caught up with Stones Throw man Mayer Hawthorne today whilst he is in the UK for a couple of DJ sets, pre-album release. Playing tonight in London and Kings Heath Birmingham tomorrow night, Mayer gave us a glimpse into his record box. “I prefer vinyl and have brought over a box of old 45s

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Animated Adventures at the Herbert

August 19, 2009

Animated Adventures – The Exhibition 24th October 2009 – 17th January 2010 The herbert is hosting an animation exhibition dedicated to Aardman, heres the details come and get involved. Discover the science and magic of animation in this brand new interactive exhibition. Animated Adventures showcases many of the incredible handcrafted sets and models from Aardman and DreamWorks’ new feature film

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Radiohead Take a Leak

August 19, 2009

I’ve just realised I talk about pissing quite a lot on this site. Anyway… Radiohead have officially released their new track, ‘These Are My Twisted Words’ as a free download via their W.A.S.T.E website. As the song mysteriously appeared on the fansite At East last week. There was speculation that the band would release a

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Tune: Dub FX ‘Flow’

August 19, 2009

The man Moore put us on to the man they call Dub FX. From Australia but working out of Bristol (mecca for the beats) this one man beatbox, mc, vocalist has skills that will hopefully pay bills for him. Truly beautiful and amazing to watch this street busker in action armed with only his voice

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The Hawthorne Touchdown

August 17, 2009

Currently in the UK to promote his debut album on Stones Throw entitled “A Strange Arrangement” Mayer Hawthorne is hitting Birmingham on Saturday night, and this correspondent humbly recommends being there to watch him DJ. Classic soul and hip hop are bound to be on the menu at The Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath,

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Where the Wild Things Are

August 14, 2009

This movie is gonna be big, An adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world- a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler. Directed by the legend that is Spike Jonze, music created by Karen

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The Living Dead & The Singing Bad

August 14, 2009

It was quite a time for all coming together and doing stuff at last weekend’s Big Chill festival. And I don’t just mean that a load of people turned up for the festival. Although they did. There were other smaller pockets of getting together and doing stuff during the festival. First off, as expected, on

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D’N'B goes R’N'B

August 14, 2009

We knew Chase & Status were getting big, but we’ve heard theyre working with Rihanna on material for her next album. Saul Milton, aka Chase: “Rihanna got in contact with us after hearing our track ‘Saxon’. She loved the feel of the drums and said she wanted a similar thing for her next record. We’ve

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