It seems that the next Bloc Weekender, to be held 11th-13th March, could be the last one ever. The UK festival, a personal favourite of recent times, has decided to call time on the festival after 10 years. [more...]
Release will report from the last ever Bloc, taking place between the 11th to the 13th of March. Our long association with the festival, which has lasted a number of years now, will take in such acts as Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke’s latest project, as well as numerous Release faves. [more...]
Release reports from the very last Bloc fest in the old holiday camp at the Somerset coast. The impressive UK electronic music festival had invited celebs like Daniel Miller, Thom Yorke, Four Tet, Goldie, Metalheadz, Holly Herndon, Radioactive Man – and snooker star Steve Davis. Mike Whyte’s report makes for an excellent read. [more...]
To celebrate last Saturday’s Record Store Day, Warp released a special 12″ in its classic purple series sleeve. [more...]
Shobaleader One, the electronic group set up by Squarepusher, will tour live across selected dates this Summer. The masked musicians will perform two dates in the UK, with a trip to the Berlin Jazz festival sandwiched in between. [more...]
The highly anticipated new video from Radiohead is finally available. “Burn the Witch” is believed to soon be followed by the follow-up album to “King of Limbs”, released in 2011. [more...]
“A Moon Shaped Pool” is the title of Radiohead’s new album, available digitally now. The album was preceded by another new track “Daydreaming”, just days after the first single “Burn the Witch” was released. [more...]
Autechre return with new album “Elseq 1-5″, their 12th studio album. This new release will be different to previous albums though. [more...]
There are not many places I would rather be in the world when it comes to June. So having my accreditation letter in one hand, passport and boarding pass in the other, and two cameras and a notebook in my bag, it was off to the airport and Sonar in Barcelona again.
I looked forward to another good festival, and was open to new experiences, as there seemed to be a huge variety of acts this year – and a lot of new acts I hadn’t really heard of too. So, once I got the formalities out of the way, it was on to the music. [more...]
Ambient music pioneers The Orb return October 14th with the new, 16th album “Cow/Chill Out, World!”. [more...]