Photos from the first day at Barcelona’s Primavera Club Festival, include Charles Bradley and Veronica Falls, courtesy of Dani Canto.

ActionAid launches emergency music network
ActionAid are putting together a network of bands and promoters who will be ready to help raise funds in a crisis.

Listen: Regina – Ui Mun Luo [Premiere]
Lifted from current album Soita Mulle, ‘Ui Mun Luo’ see Finland’s Regina in an easy-breezy mood: effortlessly binding their trademark jangle with a Saint Etienne-esque rhythm section – as warm and comforting as a mid-afternoon nap.

Listen: Free Ja Ja Ja compilation album
The team over on our sister site Ja Ja Ja – just in time for their second birthday celebration at The Lexington, 24 November – have very kindly put together a free downloadable album of Nordic goodies.

Win! Tickets to a screening of ‘Anyone Can Play Guitar’ in London
We’re giving away a pair of tickets to the Prince Charles Cinema screening on 1 December.

Gruff Rhys to release ‘Atheist Xmas’ EP
The Welsh singer will be releasing an EP of alternative Christmas songs this December.

Regina Spektor announces new album
‘What We Saw From The Cheap Seats’ is scheduled for release in May 2012.

Watch: Cold Specks – Lay Me Down (Best Fit Session)
We stripped Cold Specks, frequently backed by strings, piano and percusstion, to the very bare bones – sticking Spx in the corner of a fairly modest sized room, handing her an acoustic guitar and letting her rather enigmatic music do all the talking.

First Aid Kit announce UK tour
First Aid Kit will be heading to our shores in February next year for a string of live dates in support of their forthcoming album ‘The Lion’s Roar’.

“We can do this for another year without getting proper jobs!”: The Line Of Best Fit talks to Los Campesinos! Part One
Gareth and Kim Campesinos! talk to Luke Morgan Britton about the ins and outs of their fourth album, arguably their most mature output to date.
[mpFree Premiere] Theme Park x frYars – Milk // Song Of The Day #366
Theme Park have provided a nice tonic to a tumultuous year. Check out frYars’ beautifully produced remix of their standout track ‘Milk’ here.

“7s-Eleven: A one day record store” set to host stalls from the UK’s finest labels
The good folk behind The Orange Dot Gallery have organised a one-day ‘pop up record shop’. Featuring stalls from Cascine, Double Denim and Tough Love to name just a few.

Watch: Fleet Foxes – The Shrine/An Argument
Having unveiled a teaser for ‘The Shrine/An Argument’s visuals last month, Fleet Foxes has finally revealed the entire, beautifully animated video.

Listen: Freddie Gibbs and Madlib – Thuggin’
‘Thuggin” is the first fruit of a collaboration between Indiana legend-in-waiting Freddie Gibbs and Stones Throw demi-god Madlib.

Festival Diary: Constellations, Leeds 12/11/11
Emma Smith reports from Leeds on the Constellations Festival and finds a line up to die for despite the odd location.
HEADLINES
- Slow Club announce new UK tour
- Lana Del Rey to re-release her Lizzy Grant album
- Hooded Fang announce London tour dates, reveal new video
- Bill Callahan to release tour documentary
- Grimes to perform intimate London show in February
- Mute to launch new imprint
- Perfume Genius promo video banned from Google/YouTube
- Blood Red Shoes reveal new album, track and UK tour
- Saint Etienne reveal new track, ready new album
- Grimes announces UK/European tour dates
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