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Grime MC Griminal takes us to his musical beginnings in Greengate.

MIKA's third album The Origin Of Love has leaked onto the internet. The album, which is supposed to be a return to form is ready for the fans' ears. Let's hope the new album has what it takes to bring MIKA back to the forefront of pop. What he needs is more uptempo pop - the same kind that catapulted him to fame with his debut.  Related articles Video Premiere: "Origin Of Love" by MIKA [...]

Some people gave international popstar Mika 24 hours to record his new single with the vegetable and junk orchestra. This is the result! Struts his stuff on top of the drum kit all night long! (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Related articles New music: Mika feat Pharrell - Celebrate (guardian.co.uk) Watch: Mika - Celebrate (hangout.altsounds.com) [...]

For those of you who are all about the chilling by the pool side with a mimosa listening to deep grooves, look no further. The British deep house duo, Disclosure, has provided an ultra smooth session of vibes to relax you this weekend. Disclosure brings us their amazing set live from the 10th anniversary of [...]

So the english summer is taking its sweet fucking time in starting and I'm pretty sure that this is having a crappy knock on effect for peoples thoughts of summer London fun. Well Im here to try and get at least a bit of hype with all this gloom lingering about. (Be prepared for lots of positive adjectives.) So regardless of the weather there are things to look forward this month and one of those yearly moments on the London calendar is the Lovebox Festival which is now in its tenth year. 2012 sees Lovebox’s programming [...]

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Multi Grammy award-winning music legend Chaka Khan joins the Lovebox 10 th  birthday party line up on Sunday alongside already announced disco legends Grace Jones and Chic. The Queen of Funk will take to the main stage and belt out her feel-good grooves across Victoria Park which include the classic worldwide hits: “I Feel For You”, ‘Through The Wire”, ‘I’m Every Woman’ and the 80’s number one ‘Ain’t Nobody’. Chaka now completes the ultimate disco line up alongside headliner Grace Jones and special guest Chic ‘Le Freak’ for the hottest disco inferno to hit London. These US [...]

Lovebox festival 2012 , taking place in London on 15-17th June, is set to be the biggest dance line up the city has ever seen. New acts have been confirmed for this year include Hot Chip, Friendly Fires, Azealia Banks, Grace Jones, Chic James Murphy & Pat Mahoney , Norman Jay , Mele, Brenmar , Baio (from Vampire Weekend ), Jaguar Skills , and many more playing across 12 stages. Full list below. Weekend tickets are £99 available at Ticketmaster . Full line-up below.

Lovebox festival has announced new acts for it's 10th birthday event at London's Victoria Park on 15th - 17th of June. Most notable among the announcement is the unveiling of the FACTmag.com stage, which - in association with Greco Roman - sees Disclosure and Blondes queued up to bring you live performances. DJ sets from The 2 Bears, Jaguar Skills and Vampire Weekend's Baio will also grace the stage. But it gets bigger: James Murphy and Pat Mahoney will be making an appearance, playing a Special Disco Version set on the [...]

The initial line-up for Lovebox Festival , which was announced a few weeks ago and included the likes of Azealia Banks and Crystal Castles, has now been expanded to make room for Lana Del Rey and many others. Lana Del Rey, Skream Booka Shade, Benji B, Ms. Dynamite, Redlight with Dread MC and Nextmen will be heading to the festival, which takes place on June 15 to June 17 in London's Victoria Park. For more information/tickets please head to lovebox.net .

Hudson Mohawke is back with a brand new EP called "Satin Panthers". The EP, due out on 1st August on Warp Records (WAP313) is available for pre-order and the "Thunder Bay"... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

South Carolinan act Toro Y Moi (aka Chazwick Bundwick) is known in America as one of the pioneers of the chillwave movement. (According to Wikipedia, chillwave is a musical genre closely associated with synthpop, shoegaze, ambient and psychedelic sounds. To me it sounds like relaxed electronic music - think compressed synths - with a bit of hip hop.) He and his band will embark on their first tour of the UK in July. They will also play Lovebox and Field Day Festivals. Monday 12th July 2010 - [...]

No time to be witty...   ...so let's just get bitty. (I am a dork)     Bombay Bicycle Club, These New Puritans, Fenech-Soler, Midn ight Juggernauts, Toro y Moi and The Invisible have been added to the Lovebox Festival line-up. link [...]

No time to be witty...   ...so let's just get bitty. (I am a dork)     Bombay Bicycle Club, These New Puritans, Fenech-Soler, Midn ight Juggernauts, Toro y Moi and The Invisible have been added to the Lovebox Festival line-up. link [...]

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Last week, There Goes The Fear gave you the low-down on all upcoming summer festivals , one of which was Lovebox . The eclectic festival - which takes place over Saturday July 18th to Sunday July 19th in Victoria Park, London - has just confirmed this year's super headliners. 80's legends, Duran Duran , will be the main act taking to the stage on Saturday night, while Groove Armada (the band who actually founded Lovebox) will be claiming the top slot [...]

Websites crashing from traffic overload... frustratingly engaged phone lines...eventual resortment to eBay – ah the fun that is purchasing festival tickets. If you're still not sure as to who's mud you want to tread in your wellies this 2009, check out our summary below detailing all major festival line-up news to be announced so far! To find tickets for each of these events, we suggest you try using Needtickets . Needtickets.com offers you the most comprehensive ticket service in the UK. With one click you can search every nationwide online ticket [...]