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Grinderman RMX 2

Forthcoming after their recently announced disbanding, Nick Cave’s Grinderman project have returned for one last grizzly hurrah; their posthumously released ‘Grinderman RMX 2′. It is, quelle suprise, a remix album of their critically…

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Bombay Bicycle Club – How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep

Curious, idiosyncratic and bursting with a child-like – if slightly off-kilter – sense of adventure, the latest video from Bombay Bicycle Club – to accompany the single ‘How Can You Swallow So Much…

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M.I.A – Bad Girls

Brand new video and the return of M.I.A (if you dont count her guest spot on the abysmal Madonna single that dropped last week). ‘Bad Girls’ sees Maya venture team up with previous…

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Feist – The Bad In Each Other

Feist has just unleashed the video for her latest track ‘The Bad In Each Other’ – taken from her 4th studio album ‘Metals’. The music video (Or more accurately; Short film) directed by…

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Jacques Lu Cont – Church

The many-monikered Grammy-winning producer and DJ Stuart Price is back under his Jacques Lu Cont guise, with his first original production work in nearly a decade. New track ‘Reload’ dropped on Soundcloud at…

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Spector – Chevy Thunder

Following Spectors trilogy of 7″ singles throughout 2011, the boys return with their major label debut – on esteemed Universal imprint, Fiction. Already a firm live favourite from 2011′s festival appearances and a…

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Justice – On & On

Acclaimed duo Justice will release their new single ‘On ‘n’ On’ (feat. Morgan Phelan of NYC’s Diamond Nights) on February 27th on Ed Banger. The ‘On ‘N’ On’ EP will include remixes from…

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A$AP Rocky – Wassup

After a chance meeting with Vice Magazines global editor Andy Capper at Vice’s head office in Brooklyn, A$AP Rocky pitched an idea for his latest video, taking elements from his favourite films –…

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Dominique Young Unique – She’s Unique

Dominique Young Unique has just released the third video from her ‘Stupid Pretty’ mixtape – ‘She’s Unique’ is a bouncing, synth laden club banger backed by a fierce 808 kick – just as…

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The Weeknd – Echoes of Silence

Trilogies can be a tricky thing to pull off. If you think about some of the more famous film trilogies – say Star Wars or Lord of the Rings – the first one…

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LCD Soundsystem – Shut Up And Play The Hits

On April 2nd 2011, LCD Soundsystem played their final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands…

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Herve – Better Than a BMX

Herve’ the electro stalwart and head of one of the UK’s most exciting dance label’s ‘Cheap Thrills’ has just dropped the video for his latest single ‘Better Than a BMX’. The track is…

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Kool A.D – The Palm Wine Drinkard Mixtape

Last year, we were promised solo mixtapes from the members of Brooklyn based Das Racist. The band hit the scene in 2008 with the crowd splitting “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” a…

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Chiddy Bang – Ray Charles

2011 was an incredible year for Chiddy Bang. Their infectious debut single ‘Opposite of Adults’ surpassed sales of 500,000 downloads and was certified gold by the R.I.A.A in the US. 2012 is set…

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Dizzee Rascal – Dirtee TV Mixtape

Dizzee Rascal has just dropped a new mixtape to celebrate the release of his online “tv channel”, featuring guest spots from the likes of Example, Kano &  The Newham Generals. The mixtape is…

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Monument Valley

It’s getting hard to write about singer-songwriters. Not that Monument Valley, the musical alias of the promisingly talented Ned Younger at all deserves to be pigeonholed into being just another post-Mumford singer-songwriter –…

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The XX – Open Eyes (demo)

The XX have delivered us a tasty little Christmas present this year, with a brand new barebones recording of the track ‘Open Eyes’. ‘Open Eyes’ was recording during the bands recent sessions for…

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BLEEDING KNEES CLUB – Bad Guys

Austalian Surf/Garage/Trash kids BLEEDING KNEES CLUB, recently teamed up Tiger Tiger Photography to produce their latest video for ‘Bad Guys’ and it comes in the form of a raucous look at their most…

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Kid Ink – What I Do

Kid Ink is a 24 Year old Rapper & Producer from L.A. After recently dropping his 3rd Official project “Wheels Up”, Mr Ink is making some serious noise right now online and in…

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Skream + Benga Presents w/ Zinc, Artwork + Oneman

Wednesday the 15th of December saw the final appearance at Store Street of an artist whose career has developed immeasurably during the past five years. Shortly after featuring on BBC Radio 1′s Essential…

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Modeselektion w/ Modeselektor + Four Tet

Arguably the most highly anticipated night of the Warehouse Project season each year, December 11th saw the return of Modeselektor to Manchester with the last date of their ‘Monkeytown’ show. The German legends…

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Dog Is Dead – Christmas Wrapping

We got a Christmas gift from Faux’s favourite Nottingham based indie pop band, and it comes in the form of a cover of The Waitresses classic Christmas track ‘Christmas Wrapping’. It’s been a…

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Mickey Moonlight

Following last years ‘Love Pattern’ EP and before that ‘Interplanetary Music’ (described by The Guardian as “the thinking fan’s pop moment of 2008), Ed Banger has just released Mickey Moonlight’s debut album ‘and…

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B. Dolan Ft. Toki Wright, Jasiri X, Buddy Peace, Sage Francis – Film The Police

In a nod to N.W.A’s classic infamous track ‘Fuck Tha Police’, B.Dolan and the Strange Famous crew have just dropped ‘Film The Police’ – serving as a call to action for a worldwide…

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Tinie Tempah & Big Sean – Lucky C**t

The second track from Tinie’s upcoming ‘Happy Birthday EP’ features one of my favourite US rappers of the minute – Cali’s finest and internet darling Big Sean. The duo go back and forth…

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Stalley – Go On

Ohio based MC – Stalley has just dropped the video for ‘Go On’, taken of his recently released album ‘Lincoln Way Nights’, which contains a few additional tracks and completely re-mastered sound from…

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Daley – Smoking Gun

Meet Daley, the new wunderkind of modern R&B. You may already be familiar with him from his two visits to the charts, either via the Gorillaz single ‘Doncamatic’, a collaboration with Damon Albarn…

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Chibuku w/ Erol Alkan + Fake Blood

As we arrive in the last month of the Warehouse Project’s final season at Store Street, Liverpool based Chibuku came to town with some of the biggest names in electro-dance. Superstar producer, remixer…

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The Producers: Season 2

Now in its second series, The Producers is a joint project between Red Bull Studios London and VICE Media. This year The Producers builds on last year’s stellar cast and explores the methods…

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The Collectable Few – Model Behaviour

The Collectable Few, whose debut single ‘Headstrong’ earned a fair bit of radio airtime, are set to release follow-up ‘Model Behaviour’ on December 12th. With guitar pop stuck in a bit of a…

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