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  <title>Barclaycard Mercury Prize Recommends</title>
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	<title>News: In less than a week the winner of the Barclaycard...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[In less than a week the winner of the Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2010 Albums of the Year will be revealed after a glittering evening of live performances at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. BBC2 will be covering the event, tune in at 10pm on Tuesday 7th September for the first of two very special programmes. 6 Music will also be broadcasting live from the event throughout the evening.]]>
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	<title>News: Hyperdub label boss Kode 9 will perform a very...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Hyperdub label boss Kode 9 will perform a very special set at Club to Club, an international festival that takes place in Italy and Istanbul this November. Billed as 'Kode 9 plays Burial - Exclusive European Debut' it seems the set could consist of brand new material from the elusive producer's long awaited third album. The event also features turns from Jamie xx, Four Tet and Caribou.]]>
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	<title>Tracks: The Drums
Down By The Water
Island
This track...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[The Drums
Down By The Water
Island
This track finds the preppy popsters in a more maligned mood than on previous outings, the song providing their eponymous album with its most balladic moment. The super simple black and white video that accompanies the song isn't the only recent release from The Drums: their cover of Arcade Fire's 'We Used To Wait' has been all over the Internet this week. The adoptive New Yorkers have instilled the song with their trademark optimism and offered it as a free download ahead of their forthcoming US tour with Surfer Blood.]]>
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	<title>Tracks: Stricken City
'Losing Colour'
Puregroove
It...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Stricken City
'Losing Colour'
Puregroove
It was the start of spring when Stricken City released their free 'Animal Festival' EP,&nbsp; a four-track collection that pushed their upbeat ethereal Indie in all kinds of new directions. After a summer of recording the band return with a brand new track that precedes their debut album. 'Losing Colour' is now streaming on the band's Myspace page, which also features new versions of 'Lost Art' and 'Animal Festival'. Catch Stricken City live at this year's SWF Festival in Cardiff.]]>
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	<title>Tracks: Everything Everything
'Carry Me...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Everything Everything
'Carry Me Home'
Geffen
'My KZ, Yr BF' has fast become a sound of the summer, cropping up in clubs, on blogs and the all over the radio. The newly re-released single will be backed with a specially recorded cover of Gloworm's 'Carry Me Home'. The tune epitomised an explosion in mid-Nineties Dance that saw many records cross over from the underground into the Top Ten and marked a new chapter for the UK's love affair with American Dance music. As a childhood favourite of the band, it makes it a perfect song to cover.]]>
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	<title>Tracks: Major Lazer 
'Live at Notting Hill...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Major Lazer 
'Live at Notting Hill Carnival'
Red Bull Music Academy
Diplo and Switch's Major Lazer party has become one of Carnival's top destinations, and last Monday's session under the Westway was undoubtably the biggest and best yet. During the course of the day Joker, Drop The Lime and David Rodigan all shook the soundsystem, but it was the transatlantic duo's own set that sent the capacity crowd wild. You can stream the full set, which includes a special appearance from Lee 'Scratch' Perry, courtesy of RBMA and Fact Magazine.]]>
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	<title>Tracks: Gossip
&amp;lsquo;Heavy...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Gossip
&lsquo;Heavy Cross&rsquo;
Columbia
&lsquo;Standing In The Way Of Control&rsquo; launched Gossip into the limelight, plucking them free from their underground roots and putting singer Beth Ditto on the cover of magazines the world over. For their following fourth album they&rsquo;ve left the garage in Portland behind and decamped to Malibu with Rick Rubin. &lsquo;Heavy Cross&rsquo; is the first evidence from these sessions and it pulses with all the sweat soaked sexuality that made &lsquo;Control&rsquo; such an incontestable hit, but raises the stakes with the standard of production you&rsquo;d expect from a true legend of American music like Mr Rubin.]]>
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	<title>Videos: Mark Ronson &amp;amp; The Buisness Intl.
'The Bike...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Mark Ronson &amp; The Buisness Intl.
'The Bike Song'
Directed by Warren Fu
In a clip that picks up directly from where 'Bang Bang Bang' left off, Mr Ronson goes blonde and sets through the streets of South London on a BMX with a Boom Box. The View's Kyle Hall also puts the pedals in to action, and in doing so pays slight homage to the two-wheeled protagonist in cult Sixties film 'Les Bicyclettes de Bellsize'.]]>
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	<title>Videos: Wildbirds &amp;amp; Peacedrums
'Take Away...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Wildbirds &amp; Peacedrums
'Take Away Show'
Directed by Vincent Moon
Wildbirds and Peacedrums join forces with iconic filmmaker Vincent Moon for a striking performance in one of the most famous boxing gyms in New York. At first it may seem like an unusual location, but there is a certain symmetry between the duo's impacting, percussive music and the gym in which Robert DeNiro trained for his Academy Award winning performance in 'Raging Bull'.]]>
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	<title>Videos: The Orb &amp;amp; David Gilmour
'Metallic...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[The Orb &amp; David Gilmour
'Metallic Spheres'
Directed by Gavin Elder
Few parings could ever boast a similarly spatial awareness as that of The Orb's Dr Alex Patterson and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. The two have joined forces with producer Youth for an ambitious work made up of two half hour long works entitled 'Metallic Spheres', and in doing so they've joined the dots between three of the biggest names in Ambiently inclined music.]]>
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	<title>Videos: The Acorn
'Restoration'
Directed by Exploding...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[The Acorn
'Restoration'
Directed by Exploding Motor Car
The Canadian band, favourites of Guy Garvey and label mates to The Low Anthem and Beach House, spent an impressive amount of time making this new video. After a 24 hour set-up, they preceded to film in stop-frame for another 20 hours in a forest, finished the shoot, ate breakfast and then drove 7 hours home to Ottowa.]]>
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	<title>Videos: Doves
&amp;lsquo;Kingdom Of Rust&amp;rsquo;
Black Cab...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Doves
&lsquo;Kingdom Of Rust&rsquo;
Black Cab Sessions
Given that their latest album hit the charts at Number 3 and their current tour visits venues such as the Brixton Academy and the illustrious Brighton Dome, it&rsquo;s surprising to see Doves squashed in to the back of a Hackney carriage. Even more surprising is that they also managed to squeeze their epic sound. The trio are taken on a quick tour of Shoreditch whilst the Black Cab crew work their magic, the resulting session proving to be one of the most enjoyable from this innovative series.]]>
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	<title>Albums: Dylan LeBlanc
'Paupers Field'
Rough Trade
The...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Dylan LeBlanc
'Paupers Field'
Rough Trade
The maturity and world-weariness that resounds throughout 'Paupers Field' belies Dylan LeBlanc's young age. Having picked up a guitar at only 7 years old, LeBlanc's father, an engineer at the renowned FAME Studios in Alabama, ensured his son learnt from some of the best players in the South. His upbringing shines through on his debut record, a tender and tormented set that takes in moments of Country, Folk and Americana, but is characterised by LeBlanc's vocals.]]>
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	<title>Albums: Summer Camp
'Young'
Moshi Moshi
Jeremy...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Summer Camp
'Young'
Moshi Moshi
Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey made the right decision in using old Instamatic snaps for their press shots and cut ups of beach movies for their videos; the dislocated nostalgia of found photos and saturated crackle of old VHS tapes are the perfect match&nbsp; for the duo's hazy, sentimental Pop. It would be easy to file Summer Camp under the burgeoning 'Chillwave' tag, but the smart musicality Warmsley established with his own solo sets ensures Summer Camp's sound is both sophisticated and sincere.]]>
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	<title>Albums: Various Artists
'Young &amp;amp; Lost Club...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Various Artists
'Young &amp; Lost Club Compilation'
Young &amp; Lost
There are a handful of small independent labels who have, through faultless release schedules and tireless work, established themselves as some of the UK's most important arbiters when it comes to Indie. Young &amp; Lost Club definitely fall in to this bracket, and celebrate 5 years at the forefront with this compilation. The double disk set features early singles from Noah &amp; The Whale, Bombay Bicycle Club, Golden Silvers, Vincent Vincent &amp; The Villains and plenty more besides.]]>
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	<title>Albums: Various Artists
'Kompakt: Total...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Various Artists
'Kompakt: Total 11'
Kompakt
The Cologne-based label has, over the course of decade, become a definitive force in Dance music. The eleventh Total compilation features some of the label's longest standing associates, including founding fathers Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and J&uuml;rgen Paape, as well as more recent recruits like Matias Aguayo and Walls. Just like the previous editions of this classic the series, this mammoth selection offers up some exciting explorations of the interesting space between House and Techno.]]>
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	<title>Albums: Toddla T
&amp;lsquo;Skanky Skanky&amp;rsquo;
1965...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Toddla T
&lsquo;Skanky Skanky&rsquo;
1965 Recordings
Dance music is, by it&rsquo;s very nature, reliant on setting, which is why it can sometimes be a tricky translation from dancefloor to album. Sheffield&rsquo;s Toddla T is no stranger to the discotheque, in fact he&rsquo;s very much a DJ du jour - another factor that could have easily had a detrimental effect on his debut long player. Fortunately Toddla&rsquo;s taken notes from his townsmen the Arctic Monkeys (Matt Helders appears on the album, as do Roots Manuva and Tinchy Stryder) and ignored much of the hype that surrounds him, producing an album that bumps with energy and humour and captures the excitement of his sweat inducing sets.]]>
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	<title>Live: Foxtrot
Stamner Hall, Brighton
Saturday 18th...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Foxtrot
Stamner Hall, Brighton
Saturday 18th September
The Willkommen Collective have graced all manner of festivals this summer, but will finish the season with event of their own at the beautiful Stamner House in East Sussex. Headliner Laura Marling (pictured) will be joined by a host of acts including Anna Calvi, Mary Hampton and Willkommen founders Sons of Adrian and Noel and Shoreline.]]>
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	<title>Live: Metronomy
The Old Blue Last, London
Wednesday...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Metronomy
The Old Blue Last, London
Wednesday 29th September
Now residing in Paris, Joseph Mount rounds up the rest of Metronomy and returns to the UK for the second of two free shows organised by Sailor Jerry's. The mysterious new clip that recently appeared at the top of their Myspace bodes well for a follow up to the band's excellent 'Nights Out', so keep an ear out for new material.]]>
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	<title>Live: Alpha-Ville 2010
Various Venues, London
Friday...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Alpha-Ville 2010
Various Venues, London
Friday 17th - Saturday 18th September
Digital technology has had a profound and lasting effect on the creative world, and ever more exciting artists are emerging all the time. Alpha-Ville celebrates a vibrant international community with it's inaugural event. Live music comes from Actress, Subeena, experimental modern Classical duo The Boats and Scanner, who's collaborators have included Radiohead, Brian Eno and The Royal Ballet.]]>
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	<title>Live: Moodyman 
Roadhouse, Manchester
Friday 17th...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Moodyman 
Roadhouse, Manchester
Friday 17th September
In the same weekend that Disco godfather David Mancuso visits the Capital, another of Dance music's founding fathers is also in the UK. Detroit legend Moodyman will be visiting Brixton's Plan B for a party alongside Floating Points, but before that he makes an appearance at one of Manchester's best loved underground haunts.]]>
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	<title>Live: Au Revoir Simone
Bush Hall, London
Wednesday...</title> 
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     <![CDATA[Au Revoir Simone
Bush Hall, London
Wednesday 6th May
Many bands call Brooklyn home, but none make music as delicate and darkly melodic as all girl trio Au Revoir Simone. They&rsquo;ve spent the past couple of years touring Europe and the U.S, and though a life on the road has no doubt won them swathes of new fans, it&rsquo;s also informed their new album &lsquo;Still Night, Still Light&rsquo;. Exploring the ideas of distance and belonging, the band have made a creative leap with their third album, and will be showcasing new material at this very special one off show.
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