Thirty more acts have been confirmed to play this years’ SWN Festival.
July, 2011
Nicki Minaj ‘fined $11 for swearing’
Nicki Minaj has been fined a bank-breaking $11 after being caught swearing during a performance in Jamaica.
Nevermind set for rerelease, unheard material due
Nirvana’s seminal Nevermind is set for rerelease, along with a raft of previously unheard material.
Watch: The Weeknd first live concert footage
Backed by a full band of musicians, The Weeknd sounds even bigger, louder, smoother and cooler as he plays to an adoring hometown crowd.
Photos: Yacht – Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, London 26/07/11
Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans – aka Yacht – returned to London last night for a blazing Hoxton show. Lauren Keogh provides a photographic report.
Transgressive Records and Jen Long launch new label ‘Kissability’
Kissability’s first release with be a limited edition pink cassette of DZ Deathrays’ ‘Ruined For Life’ EP.
Listen: Monument Valley – Round and Round
‘Round and Round’ is a compulsive new track from catchy-but-downbeat act Monument Valley. New-ish, but remarkably fully formed.
Watch: Vivian Girls – Take It As It Comes
Vivian Girls’ kitsch new video is like Goo-era Kim Gordon trying to have a conversation with Katy Perry.
Watch: The Antlers and Nicole Atkins – Hounds
The third in a series of collaborations, you can watch The Antlers perform ‘Hounds’ live with Nicole Atkins.
Discount tickets to The Apple Cart festival for TLOBF readers
The Apple Cart is London’s brand new, bespoke festival for lovers of music, comedy, interactive art, cabaret and magic and we are offering TLOBF.COM readers the chance to buy tickets at the special price of £25.
Watch: Vondelpark – Hipbone
The warm, romantic haze of Vondelpark’s latest track ‘Hipbone’ is set to the out of focus visual stylings of director Ciarán Wood.
Benjamin Shaw – When I Fell Over In The City // Song Of The Day #298
Benjamin Shaw’s recently re-released ‘When I Fell Over In The City’ brings to mind ‘Letting Off The Happiness’ and Roald Dahl’s stories for adults. It’s today’s Song Of The Day, courtesy of Audio Antihero.
It’s Almost Here… Field Day 2011, The Preview
Field Day festival is almost upon us, so TLOBF looks at what we can expect from this year’s edition of the East London get together, including a stunning line-up, a new curator and a Blindfolded Tea Drinking Relay Race…
Anna Calvi announces new single
‘Suzanne and I’ is taken from Anna Calvi’s Mercury nominated debut and will be released on 12 September.
New show: TLOBF vs. White Heat w/ Lo-Fi-Fnk + Battlekat
The Line Of Best Fit and White Heat are proud to present a very special show taking place on October 25 at Madame Jojo’s in the heart of London’s Soho. Full details and ticket links inside.
Download: Stereogum’s tribute to The Strokes
Stereogum have put together a tribute album which includes artists from Real Estate to Austra covering tracks from The Strokes seminal debut ‘Is This It’.
