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Video of the Week: The Loose Salute

With so many amazing music video being made right now, our fingers are itching to share them and this week’s comes from photographer Lionel Dufau who brough you this feature a couple of years ago. Remember it?

Anyway, Lionel dropped us a line this week with the news that he has spent some time working on a music video for The Loose Salute. It was shot for free in his bedroom and around Newquay with a ridiculously low budget for props. Check out the ‘Happy I Don’t Count‘ and get a summer injection from Graveface Records.

The Loose Salute play Rough Trade East in East London on September 12th.

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Another new Wugazi tune!

Wugazi have unleashed another cut from their upcoming 13 Chambers album, dropping this Wednesday [July 13th] and featuring O.D.B. shimmy-shimmying his way over the tune.

If you’ve not already checked it out, have a read of our exclusive interview with Cecil and Andy, the men behind the masterpiece here.

Forensic Shimmy by WUGAZI

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Former Motorhead guitarist dies

Michael Burston, a former guitarist with Motorhead, has died of ventricular fibrillation.

The guitarist, nicknamed ‘Wurzel‘, joined the seminal band in 1984 and stayed part of the line-up for the next 11 years, appearing on six studio albums. Though he left in 1995, he rejoined them here and there for some live shows and continued to play guitar for a number of other bands.

R.I.P.

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Mogwai announce new EP

Mogwai will be releasing a new EP.

The band announced that Earth Division will be released on their Rock Action Records on September 12th. The EP will contain four tracks, all brand new, called Get To France, Drunk And Crazy, Does This Always Happen? and Hound of Winter.

They play the Roundhouse in London on July 23rd as part of the iTunes Festival.

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New Game mixtape coming in August

The Game announced the release of a new mixtape last night.

Hood Mornin’ will be dropping on August 1st ahead of his new studio album R.E.D. which is slated for an August 23rd release. He has teamed up with Mars of 1500 Or Nothin’, who has worked with the LA rapper in the past, for the mixtape and if his Purp & Patron mixtape is anything to go by, it will be a good day come August 1st.

Here’s what happens when Game and Mars work together…

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Street Sound UK Fresh Reunion details

The Street Sounds UK Fresh Reunion will take place on July 16th at London’s Scala to celebrate the 25th anniversary of UK Fresh 86.

With performances from Newcleus, Captain Rock, Arthur Baker and The B Boys f. Chuck Chillout, the night promises to be a celebration of electro, hip hop and street culture. Mixmaster DJ Mirage will be on hand, dropping tunes from the 80s all the way up to the modern day providing the soundtrack to B-Boy battles and much more.

In the foyer bar will be a Street Sounds memorabilia and graffiti exhibition to walk around and enjoy as well as a special lino area for those who want toshow off their b-boy/breaking skills.

Tickets are available now at £35 going up to £40 on the door.

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New Goes Cube video online

New York hardcore masters Goes Cube have returned with a brand new video for new track ‘Thunderheads‘ lifted from the new album In Tides and Drifts.

Get some below and if you missed our interview with them, click this.

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Henry Rollins announces return to the UK

Henry Rollins will be hitting the UK in 2012 for a series of spoken word shows.

His world-renowned shows are sure to sell out fast, so make sure you pick your tickets up for the dates below, you don’t need to be told twice!

January 2012:
12th – Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
15th – Newcastle, Tyne Theatre
16th – Sheffield, Memorial Hall
17th – Bristol, St George’s
18th – Oxford, The Regal
19th – Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall
20th – London, Royal Festival Hall
21st – Bexhill, De La Warr Pavillion

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Kid Koala releases graphic novel and soundtrack

Kid Koala is releasing a graphic novel along with a “still picture score” of music as the soundtrack.

Space Cadet is 132 pages long and tells the story of a cadet and her guardian robot, celebrating “the idea of connectivity through family and the cycles that build generations”. The soundtrack will feature pianos, strings, horns and his weapon of choice, the turntables.

To work out the accompanying live show and gallery exhibition, Koala introduced the world to the Space Cadet Headphone Concert and Gallery which involved live visual-making and a pop-up planetarium which you can see in the video below.

Here is the tracklisting for the release, which is coming out on September 19th through Ninja Tune or pre-order it right here.

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01. main title theme: open your book
02. goodbye: page 8
03. remembrance: page 10
04. window: page 25
05. today tomorrow: page 37
06. expedition: page 45
07. birthday: page 71
08. void: page 86
09. dawn: page 97
10. cardboard stars, seashells: page 100
11. speed of light: page 102
12. recyclotron: page 110
13. hope: page 115
14. return: page 125
15. connectivity: page 129

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Paul White to release new album

Paul White is releasing a new album.

The London producer’s new record Rapping With Paul White, is his first vocal album and features a number of great guests including Guilty Simpson, Danny Brown and Jehst and will be released on the brilliant One Handed Music label. Check out the tracklisting below and get excited, this one’s big.

1. Intro: We Make A Lot Of Noise
2. Right On
3. Trust ft. Guilty Simpson
4. Run Shit ft. Marv Won
5. One Of Life’s Pleasures ft. Danny Brown
6. The Doldrums
7. Life Is Flashing Interlude
8. Stampeding Elephants ft. Moe Pope
9. Rotten Apples ft. Tranqill
10. Thirty Days
11. A Weird Day ft. Homeboy Sandman
12. African New Wave
13. Indigo Glow ft. Jehst
14. Dirty Slang ft. Guilty Simpson
15. A New Way
16. Evasive Action
17. Wily Walruses ft. Nancy Elizabeth
18. Outro: We’ll Never End