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West Coast by Junk Culture will be released on 22 March on Illegal Art
Illegal Art is a backstreet home for Okapi, Tank Girl, Steinski and The Bran Flakes,
creators of spray-painted soundscapes and gritty, sampled pleasures. A perfect fit then for Junk Culture, the label’s newest inhabitant.
Deepak Mantena has spent almost a decade operating under the [...]

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Sound of Rum is a London-based three-piece fusing jazz rhythms with street-wise hip hop rap consisting of bass/guitar, drums and vocals.
They first caught my eye as they busked away the day at this year’s Latitude Festival by day before playing at scheduled live set on the Spoken Word Stage.  Instantly drawn to their great sound [...]

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Massive Attack have announced the release of their first new material in three years, a four track EP will be available on October 5.
The lead track Splitting The Atom features Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall and Horace Andy, while TV On The Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe guests on Pray For Rain. The EP also has [...]

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Following the recent sad news that  Beastie Boy Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch has beeen diagnosed with Parotid gland tumor, the singer remains upbeat as he prepares for surgery to remove the tumor in the coming weeks.
The Beastie Boys have issued the following statement:
‘Adam “MCA” Yauch of Beastie Boys was diagnosed last week as having a cancerous [...]

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Sonic Boom Six will be opening the Main Stage at this year’s Reading Festival.
The band are also performing at this weekend’s Camden Rocks festival alongside a whole host of acts at four Camden venues (The Underworld, The Barfly, The Monarch and Prince Of Wales) including Carl Barat, Pete Doherty, Ginger, Nine Black Alps and Subkicks.
The [...]

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