John Frusciante, soon to be known as “Trickfinger”, has announced his plans to release an “experimental acid-house” LP in the coming months. Frusciante, best known as the former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, has released several solo and collaborative projects since leaving the band back in 2009 and is said
The Chemical Brothers, alt-J and Hozier have all been announced as headliners at Latitude’s sister festival, Longitude. Longitude will be taking place in Marlay Park, Dublin, from July 17 – 19 and will see performances from Caribou, SBTRKT, Wild Beasts, Jungle, Little Dragon, Kaytranada, Young Fathers, Wolf Alice, Slaves, Gengahr,
The ‘pioneer’ of CDJ’s has revealed a new deck…. that doesn’t use CD’s. Back in the early 00’s Pioneer unleashed the revolutionary CDJ-1000 and persuaded many DJ’s to put their vinyls back on the shelf and make the move from analogue to digital. In the age of iTunes, Spotify and
Legendary German techno festival Time Warp is preparing to hold it’s first US version, and has just announced that the event will be held at the Knightsbridge Armoury in the Bronx, New York. The expansive, 100-year-old building will host the festival on November 28 and 29, with the addition of
Barcelona DJ and producer Paco Osuna has announced the upcoming release of his debut full length album Long Play, which will be out next month on the highly respected Minus record label. Ahead of the October 13 release, Osuna has decided to offer four tracks from previous EPs up for
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After years out of production, Panasonic has announced that its legendary audio brand Technics will be launching two new in home Hi-FI systems later this year. The Reference Class R1 and Premium Class C700 series’ are aimed at high-end audio consumers, in response to the shift towards digital audio and
The past week has seen a media frenzy over SoundCloud’s introduction of advertising on the streaming site. For the moment, adverts are only appearing on the US version of the site and only on the accounts of certain artists and content creators invited by SoundCloud to take part in the
Sinden returns with his latest release on side project “The Crystal System,” to be released through SWEAT IT OUT on the 25th August. “The Crystal System” was started when Sinden shared a bill with Canadian group Azari & III in Tokyo at the end of 2011. The tracks were recorded
The label that helped spearhead Hardcore in the 90’s and later provide a home for artists like The XX, Basement Jaxx & Adele is to celebrate its silver anniversary with a new compilation. “Pay Close Attention” celebrates 25 years of the label’s history and will feature many of the big
Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina & Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are planning to sue the Russian Government over an unfair trial and inhumane treatment during their imprisonment. The lawsuit, which has been taken up by the European Court of Human Rights, stems from their 2012 arrest when Pussy Riot performed “Mother Of
