As part of our continued coverage for Ja Ja Ja, this months curator Steve Lamacq talks about his relationship with Nordic music and his fascinating career on the airwaves.
6Music

6Music to close – still time to stop it though!
It was officially announced this morning that the BBC, as part of their nonsense Digital Strategy, are to close 6Music and 1Xtra. However, there’s still time to act…

A Word To The Wise Guy #3 // Save 6 Music
David Laurie of Something In Construction Records discusses the fiasco surrounding the proposed 6 Music axing. Have your say inside.
6Music ‘Wear your old band t-shirt to work’ day
Got a stash of old band t-shirts? Then 6Music might just have created the perfect day for you!
The Wave Pictures – The Borderline, London 30/07/08
A week on and Jude Clarke is still giddy after witnessing The Wave Pictures perform as part of 6Music’s Club Fandango night – held in the intimate underground lair of Soho’s Borderline.
6Music: Leading the fight or losing its way?
Ro Cemm investigates the recent changes at 6Music and questions whether its original mandate is being destroyed to make way for a station obsessed with celebrity culture.
HEADLINES
- Best Coast announce UK headline tour, new album due in Spring
- Timber Timbre announced as support for Laura Marling tour
- Clarence Clemons’ nephew Jake Clemons joins the E Street Band
- Barack Obama drops campaign mixtape
- Cate Le Bon announces UK tour
- Kanye West and Jay-Z rumoured to be appearing in Shoreditch today
- The Flaming Lips, Friends and Tom Vek amongst those confirmed for The Parklife Weekender 2012
- Hot Chip, Mount Kimbie, Metronomy and more to play Sónar 2012
- Josh T. Pearson, Beth Jeans Houghton and Gilles Peterson added to The Apple Cart line-up
- Sigur Rós, The xx, The Horrors and more added to Bestival line-up
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