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.
BBC

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…
The Leisure Society need your help! [part 2]
The BBC obviously like The Leisure Society as much as we do as their forthcoming single is again up for the ‘Record Of The Week’ spot. So it’s time for us to go for the double. We can take it, I have 100% faith. Voting details inside.
Belle And Sebastian – The BBC Sessions
To be precise, fourteen tracks from five sessions spanning their first five years. Simon Tyers journeys from Tigermilk to Trevor Horn.
John Baker – The John Baker Tapes Volume 1 & 2
Ro Cemm covers a new collection of work from one of the masters of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, John Baker.
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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