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THURSDAY 28 JUNE 2012
PLAYLIST: DNTEL
Dntel's latest album, 'Aimlessness', was released earlier this month via Pampa Records, a mix of dreamy pop and electronica which features collaborations with Nite Jewel and Baths, the latter on the single 'Still'. With the album out, we asked Jimmy to put together a playlist for us, which he has created specifically for all of you currently floating down a river on a rubber ring more>>
APPROVED: WHY? - SOD IN THE SEED
Returning with their first release for almost three years, alt-rap troupe WHY? have announced a new record deal with City Slang and a brand new EP, 'Sod In The Seed'. A precursor to their fifth album (fourth as a fully fledged band), the six track release will be available digitally on 13 Aug, and then as a twelve-inch exclusively at a run of upcoming tour dates in October more>>
TOP STORIES
- Great Escape 2013 dates announced, early bird tickets on sale
- MU hits out at Olympic musical freebies
- Universal spin allegedly delays IFPI report
IN THE POP COURTS
- Judge allows international royalties dispute to feature at next FBT v Universal hearing
- Irish judge says Eircom's three-strikes operation can continue
- Live Nation settles legal dispute with Cohl
- Pirate Bay founder gets new fine from Swedish authorities
IN THE POP HOSPITAL
- Pete Doherty in Thai drug clinic
IN THE STUDIO
- Florence Welch has a "churchy" house project on the go
- Snow Patrol scrap album
RELEASE NEWS
- A$AP Rocky talks debut LP, stars in Lana Del Rey video
- Chapel Club have made a "pop record"
- Tame Impala tease new release
- Ducktails enlists all-star guests for new LP
GIGS & TOURS NEWS
- Radiohead reschedule cancelled shows
- Aphex Twin to conduct 'Remote Orchestra' at Barbican
- Fans can dictate Hot Chip live date
FESTIVAL NEWS
- Festival line-up update
THE MUSIC BUSINESS
- Lethal Bizzle launches label in partnership with Absolute
THE DIGITAL BUSINESS
- iTunes launches in Southeast Asia
AND FINALLY...
- The Voice tour cancellation is a good thing, says Jessie J
FABRIC, DIGITAL MARKETING OFFICER
We are seeking a self-motivated, proactive individual to take a key role in further developing and executing a cutting edge digital marketing strategy. The successful candidate will have strong artist and industry knowledge and excellent relevant digital marketing experience.

For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here .
   
DEMON MUSIC GROUP, DIGITAL ADMINISTRATOR
Demon Music Group is one of the UK's largest independent record companies owned by BBC Worldwide. We are currently recruiting a Digital Administrator. Ideally you will have previous digital experience gained in a record company or a digital distributor. The role of Digital Administrator involves the creation, management and delivery of metadata to digital stores on a large volume of new releases. This requires liaison with product, legal, production and royalties teams as well as external agencies.

For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here.
   
BOOKING AGENCY, JUNIOR ASSISTANT
A Junior Assistant is required by a high profile music agent. Duties will include diary management, travel arrangements and itineraries, contracts, work permits, ticket figures, email dictation and inbox management. The successful candidate will need to be computer literate, discreet and unflappable, have good organisation and admin skills, and a "can do attitude". This is a great opportunity for a Team Assistant to develop their skills. Salary £20,000.

For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here.
   
EAGLE ROCK, ONLINE PROMOTIONS
Eagle Rock is the largest producer and distributor of music programming for DVD, Blu-Ray, TV and Digital Media in the world, producing top quality, high definition and 3D programmes for some of the industry's greatest musicians. As we continue to expand our digital offering, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented, driven and enthusiastic individual to take responsibility for all online promotional campaigns across all consumer media channels throughout the world (ex N America).

For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here.


GREAT ESCAPE 2013 DATES ANNOUNCED, EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE
Ladies and gentlemen, get your diaries out (your 2013 diaries that is. You got them yet? Of course you have, you all use Google Calendar now so should be booking in meetings for 2053). Here come the dates for the next edition of The Great Escape, Europe's leading festival for new music, and the accompanying CMU-programmed music business convention.

The 2013 edition of The Great Escape will take place in Brighton from 16-18 May, and ridiculously cheap early bird delegate tickets are now available for £80, which will get you access to the entire convention and the whole festival. Tickets are available from here. Rooms can also already be booked in the official convention hotel, The Queens.

As previously reported, the 2012 edition of the CMU-programmed convention last month included conversations with Michael Eavis, Brian Molko and Xfm's John Kennedy, and debates on the impact of sync and the art of music supervision, the pros and cons of local music scenes, and live opportunities for new bands across Europe.

An expanded networking programme gave delegates direct access to key distributors, agents, bookers and digital innovators, and also included the first ever Digital Pitch Party. There were focused strands on what it means to DIY, and on the state of the music media, plus the return of John Robb's Pop Question Time, the popular Heroes & Villains session, our very own Yearly Music Conference Awards and much more. See our summary here.

The 2013 event will be even bigger and better, with the networking strand of the proceedings further expanded, and another packed programme of great debates, conversations and insight sessions. Needless to say, watch this space for more information.

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MU HITS OUT AT OLYMPIC MUSICAL FREEBIES
The Musicians' Union has called on artists and musicians across the UK to turn down any offers to play for free as part of this summer's Olympics festivities.

It follows a number of reports from musicians around the country that they have been approached by people involved in Olympic ventures who have asked that they play live, or licence their recordings for sync, for free, or next to nothing, because an involvement in Britain's big sporty debacle will be "good promotion". PPL Chairman Fran Nevrkla mentioned reports of such approaches at the collecting society's AGM earlier this month, calling the offers "shameful and deeply offensive". Meanwhile the MU says such offers go against previous commitments made by LOCOG, the body running the London Games, which said any musicians involved would be paid.

One artist told the Corporate Watch website: "They [Olympic organisers] said they were really keen for us to play on major stages at different events. We replied quoting our normal fees. After months of meetings they offered us a raft of gigs but said it was LOCOG's policy not to pay any musicians for performing. They should stop trying to capitalise on the image of the Olympics and pay a fair rate for our services".

Meanwhile The Quietus, which has been following this story closely, has heard from a musician approached about a sync arrangement (quite why artists would be approached directly for such deals isn't clear, as most acts would be in contract with a label and publisher who would control such arrangements, but there you go).

The Quietus writes: "His group had been approached regarding the use of one of their songs to accompany footage to be shown on screens in the various venues in the Olympic Park. The fee [for usage for] the rest of the year... a princely £250 to the artist. The Quietus learns that £250 per master usage and publishing is the standard rate being offered [for] music syncs at the Olympic site, with the you-can't-bank-it carrot of exposure being used as the reason for the low fees. Our source described the offer as 'beyond insulting' and, needless to say, his band's music will not be featured at the Olympics".

Responding to the various reports of Olympic events asking for freebies from musicians, the MU said yesterday: "This is completely unacceptable and the MU is urging any musician who is approached to call their MU Regional Office and report it. We are chasing every single example with LOCOG, and we are also going public where appropriate. We are also in touch with the TUC, as LOCOG signed a Principles Of Cooperation with them which specifically states that professional workers will be paid for their services and are distinct from the unpaid volunteer workforce".

Meanwhile the Union's Assistant General Secretary Horace Trubridge told CMU: "LOCOG have repeatedly told us that all professional musicians will be paid, and yet we've seen example after example of them breaking their word. If they want musicians to entertain thousands of people then they should pay for it. It is difficult enough to earn a decent living as a professional musician these days - where does this idea come from that musicians should be happy to work for free? Who else would be?"

He added: "We need as many musicians as possible to come forward about this so that we can put as much pressure on LOCOG as possible. We will also be bringing it to the attention of the general public so that they can decide whether they think it's fair that musicians are not being paid whilst most of the other professionals involved are".

Rising concerns about the treatment of musicians by LOCOG came as the Olympics body announced that a Muse track, called 'Survival', would be the official song of the games. Possibly a tribute to all those hard-working musicians who somehow survive despite having to play the London games, with its multi-billion pound budget and vast family of big business sponsors, for free.

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UNIVERSAL SPIN ALLEGEDLY DELAYS IFPI REPORT
A global report on the state of the record industry, due for publication by the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry this month, looks likely to be delayed until the autumn, with allegations in the New York Post that the delay has been caused by a disagreement between the major record companies over a section on the rising importance of independent digital distributors and companies that enable artists to sell direct to fans.

According to the Post, it is Universal Music that wants a section focusing on the rise of companies like TuneCore and The Orchard - which help smaller rights owners and self-releasing artists distribute their recordings - in a bid show that it is possible to launch artists in the digital age without access to a major label's marketing and distribution networks.

The mega-major is, of course, keen to play down its own dominance in the record industry as it tries to secure regulator approval in Europe and the US for its proposal to buy the EMI record company, a move that will make it even more dominant.

At the Congressional hearing on the proposed deal last week, Universal chief Lucian Grainge and EMI boss Roger Faxon were very keen to stress that, in the digital age, the power of the traditional major players has decreased significantly in the face of new competition from digital start-ups, and companies that enable artists to release and sell music themselves.

Meanwhile, speaking in support of the deal, Live Nation chief and artist manager Irving Azoff told the Washington political types: "I have no doubt labels add value, but you just don't have to have one in a world where an artist can deliver an album to fans themselves".

But, perhaps unsurprisingly, the other majors, which have to sign off on the IFPI report, are objecting to the inclusion of those statements, believing Universal only wants them included to help smooth over its EMI ambitions. One source told the Post: "[With Universal's proposed amendments] this report suddenly doesn't make sense - it's really unfair".

By "other majors", we can presumably assume it is Warner Music that is objecting. The EMI record company also has an interest in its merger with Universal. And while Sony Corp might not really want a report doing the rounds that tells its investors its position in the recorded music market is weakening, Sony has refrained from commenting on Universal's bid to buy the EMI record labels, because it is leading the consortium that needs regulator approval to buy the EMI music publishing business.

Warner, however, has been lobbying hard against the Universal/EMI deal, with its former CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr, still a board member, speaking out against the acquisition on Capitol Hill last week. Some might, of course, accuse Warner of opposing Universal's latest acquisition because it too bid to buy the EMI labels and lost (and some, of course, includes Azoff, who said exactly that last week). But Warner would argue that it, like the independent sector, has genuine concerns about a combined Universal/EMI with 40% market share of the global recorded music market.

According to the Post, with Universal adamant that the "oh, aren't The Orchard doing well?" line goes in, and Warner refusing to sign off the report if it does, IFPI chief Frances Moore has ruled the document should be delayed until the autumn. By then the Universal/EMI deal may well have been approved, and the major will no longer be portraying itself as a castrated has-been. Needless to say, neither the IFPI or any of the majors have commented on the Post's allegations.

Of course, as some have previously noted, while it's true that The Orchard and one of its main competitors, INgrooves, have become forces to be reckoned with in the digital distribution space (and beyond) working with indies and artists direct, the former is part owned by Sony Music and the latter Universal Music. So while they may not have any control over their new rivals, they share in their success.

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JUDGE ALLOWS INTERNATIONAL ROYALTIES DISPUTE TO FEATURE AT NEXT FBT V UNIVERSAL HEARING
So, yet another interesting development in the ongoing FBT Productions v Universal Music dispute, the one that could set the precedent for how artists with pre-iTunes record contracts are paid royalties on download sales.

As much previously reported, the major labels treat download revenue as record sales money, and pay artists the royalty they are contractually due on such income, usually 15%. But many heritage artists have argued that download revenue should be treated as licensing income, because the labels do one licensing deal with firms like iTunes, rather than having to press, distribute and market actual CDs. It's an important distinction, because many artists will be contractually due a significantly bigger share of licensing deal income than record sales money, maybe as much as 50%.

FBT, who as early Eminem collaborators have a stake in Slim Shady's early recordings, released by Universal's Interscope division, via its Aftermath imprint, successfully sued for the bigger share of digital royalties. And now a string of other major label artists are suing, citing the FBT case as justification for a bigger digital pay out. Though Universal insist the FBT ruling does not set an industry-wide precedent, and the other cases are yet to get to court.

Meanwhile, the FBT case itself rumbles on, because another hearing is needed to work out exactly what the production outfit should be earning from digital sales. And this week, the judge overseeing the case made another ruling in FBT's favour regards some technicalities over how royalties should be calculated, allowing the producers to raise a secondary issue when the case returns to court. And he didn't mince his words either when responding to Universal's arguments as to why said issue should not be considered at this stage.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the latest squabble relates to the way in which money moves between the various Universal Music companies around the world, when tracks released in the US are sold abroad by other divisions of the major. To cut a long story short, according to FBT's lawyers, only about 29% of international revenue actually returns to the major's Aftermath division, with the other 71% being kept by the local Universal companies that actually sell the music (so in the UK that would be Eminem).

Which is an issue, FBT say, because Universal is proposing to only pay new increased royalties on the revenues actually received by Aftermath, and not the revenues held onto by other Universal subsidiaries. Again there's a digital element to this argument. When local Universal labels invest new time and money into physically releasing international artists in their territories, there may be an argument for a system that ultimately pays out less to the artist. But in the digital domain - where US catalogue is simply made available to non-US download stores under existing licensing agreements, then - FBT would argue - the practice is less acceptable.

Anyway, FBT want this issue to be discussed when their case returns to court, but Universal does not. The major argues that this particular matter has already been resolved, and FBT has no business bringing it back up at this stage in the proceedings. That claim is based on the fact that last autumn the major asked the judge for clarification regards the phrase "our net receipts" which had been used in an earlier ruling, and as to whether that referred to Aftermath's net receipts. The judge said it did.

So, when FBT raised the issue of international revenues, Universal's lawyers argued that, in his clarification last year, the judge had already ruled that revenues generated by other Universal subsidiaries were not relevant. Moreover, they said, FBT's legal team would have realised exactly what the major was referring to when it asked for clarification on the "our net receipts" point last year, and if they had an issue with the judge's interpretation of that clause they should have raised it then, not now. Team Universal added that they suspected the plaintiffs deliberately failed to raise the issue then so to cause more trouble now.

However, Judge Philip Gutierrez has not bought that argument, saying in a written judgement that [a] he did not mean to make a ruling on this matter when asked for clarification on "our net receipts" last year, and [b] he doesn't believe that FBT were aware that Universal intended for the international royalties issue to be resolved via that clarification either, because there would be no logic in them choosing to ignore the matter until later.

On the latter point, the judge wrote: "The court is deeply troubled by defendants' argument. While it is hard to see what FBT could gain by feigning ignorance, it is now quite apparent what defendants could hope to gain by bamboozling the court and plaintiffs on this issue. Defendants' current stance makes it appear as though defendants carefully inserted the issue into the motion for summary judgment before they had notified FBT or the Court of what percentage of the revenues from foreign sales of permanent downloads and mastertones would be paid to FBT. An attempt to dupe the court into a premature ruling will not serve as the basis to deny FBT an opportunity to challenge defendants' accounting practices".

All of which means the international royalties issue will be discussed when the FBT case returns to court. Which is a pain for Universal. And I can't imagine being accused of deliberately trying to "dupe" an American court will be particularly helpful when your busy convincing US regulators that your company should be trusted with a 40% market share by allowing you buy the EMI record labels.

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IRISH JUDGE SAYS EIRCOM'S THREE-STRIKES OPERATION CAN CONTINUE
The major labels have secured a court order in Ireland quashing a noticed issued by the country's Data Protection Commissioner last year which halted Eircom's three-strikes operation to combat illegal file-sharing.

As much previously reported, Ireland's biggest ISP, Eircom, voluntarily introduced a so called graduated response system to combat illegal file-sharing as part of a legal settlement with the country's major record companies. Under that agreement, it started sending warning letters to suspected file-sharers, ultimately with the threat of sanctions if file-sharing continued. But Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner started raising concerns about the legalities of the operation, and - after evidence surfaced last year that some warning letters had been sent to the wrong people - ordered it be halted on data protection law grounds.

But both the majors and Eircom raised formal objections to that DPC ruling, and were given permission in late February to take the matter to judicial review. According to the Irish Times, the record industry claimed that the DPC's order was "an unlawful and irrational attempt to reopen data protection issues already determined by the courts in their favour". The Commissioner, for his part, denied that was so.

But this week Judge Peter Charleton basically sided with the record companies, ruling that the DPC failed to provide sufficient justification for his order to Eircom (it was a matter of privacy rights, the DPC said, but that argument was no sufficiently specific, the judge countered). Not only that, but the reasons given - as far as they could be ascertained - "involved a misconstruction of the relevant law".

All of which means that Eircom can resume sending out warning letters to suspected file-sharers. The Irish Recorded Music Association welcomed the ruling and said it planned to continue with its efforts to get a three-strikes system in place both via its agreement with Eircom and beyond.

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LIVE NATION SETTLES LEGAL DISPUTE WITH COHL
This is no fun at all. Live music conglom Live Nation has settled its legal dispute with its former Chairman, American live music veteran Michael Cohl. And we were hoping for a long bitter trial.

As previously reported, Live Nation and Cohl began a legal battle in 2010 over the agreement the two parties had reached when Cohl was pushed out of his executive role at the live music major in 2008.

In that agreement Cohl agreed to pay the live music firm nearly $10 million over a number of years in order to circumvent a non-compete clause in his previous contract with the firm, meaning that he could return to independently promoting tours with certain key artists, even though that would mean going into competition with his former employer.

In late 2010 Live Nation accused Cohl of defaulting on those payments, while a few months later Cohl countersued the live firm, saying they were in breach of contact for interfering in his negotiations to promote a Rolling Stones 50th anniversary tour (a tour, of course, which ultimately never happened).

But that legal battle is now at an end after Live Nation announced it had amicably resolved the dispute. The boss of Live Nation's global touring division, Arthur Fogel, said yesterday: "We've had a long and fruitful history collaborating with Michael Cohl. We're pleased that we've been able to resolve our differences, and can now get back to working together".

Meanwhile Cohl added: "Live Nation has been a valued partner through the years, and I'm glad that we've been able to put this behind us and move forward".

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PIRATE BAY FOUNDER GETS NEW FINE FROM SWEDISH AUTHORITIES
One of the founders of The Pirate Bay has been fined £45,000 for breaching a court ruling that banned him from involvement in the rogue file-sharing website. Well, sort of.

As a result of one of the Bay's many and various legal challenges, both Fredrik Neij and Gottfrid Svatholm were previously banned from operating the file-sharing search engine, with the threat of substantial fines if they broke the ban. Though by that point the original three founders of the Bay were already insisting they were no longer involved in the running of the controversial website.

However, it seems Neij has now been fined 500,000 Kroner for breaching the order, though he insists no ban has actually been broken, and the fine is the result of a technicality. The Pirate Bay founder has told Torrentfreak that the fine has really been issued because he refuses to reveal to the authorities who has taken over the running of his former website, and that they basically tried to blackmail him into revealing the names of the new Bay management by saying that, if he didn't, they would assume he was still personally involved and fine him.

But Neij called their bluff, arguing that, as he's already liable for $10,000,000+ in damages to be paid to the music and movie industries as a result of the 2009 Pirate Bay trial in Sweden, something he'll never be able to do, having an extra $70,000 added to his debts isn't really that big a deal.

Says Neij: "There is no evidence [that I am still involved in TPB], just a lack of evidence that I am not involved. In a previous case I declined to give the details [about] who I transferred the site to. They say if it's not me, then I could easily say who it is. [It doesn't matter], I don't live in Sweden, and it's not like an extra $71,000 would hurt the $10,606,000 I already owe!"

As previously reported, Neij and his fellow Bay founder Peter Sunde are now trying to get their prison sentences, also dished out at the 2009 trial for the copyright infringement their website enabled, overturned via the European Courts Of Human Rights. Meanwhile Svatholm is still AWOL.

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PETE DOHERTY IN THAI DRUG CLINIC
The list of Pete Doherty's past CMU appearances makes for dispiriting reading, and appears even more dismal now that the troubled former Libertine has once again entered a Thai rehab facility for his longstanding addiction to crack cocaine and heroin. This has meant that his bookings at T In The Park, the Czech Republic's Rock For People and Portugal's Super Bock Super Rock have now been cancelled.

The singer-songwriter has, of course, faced various criminal charges for his prolonged drug use over the years, and was last year jailed over cocaine charges, after being found in possession of the drug after the untimely death of filmmaker Robin Whitehead the previous year.

In 2004, he quit another detox course at Thailand's famed Thamkrabok Monastery after just three days, and despite also spending time in drug clinics in 2006 and 2007, has continued to relapse. Doherty now resides at The Cabin in Chiang Mai (a facility counting Michael Barrymore amongst its previous patients), and is said to be following a "tailored exercise programme including yoga and pursuits such as elephant trekking".

A statement written on Doherty's behalf reads: "Peter has left the building, well not quite, more the country, on his way to rehab in Thailand. He left Heathrow last night and will have arrived in Thailand this morning. We wish him well. He has plans to continue working on his new songs for the album which is eagerly awaited".

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FLORENCE WELCH HAS A "CHURCHY" HOUSE PROJECT ON THE GO
Last seen side-of-stage schmoozing with Beyonce and Jay-Z during Rihanna's Hackney Weekend set - and no, I'm not at all jealous - popstar and friend-of-Drake Florence Welch has said things about a new side project she's pursuing.

It's called er... Side Project, and Welch has classified it thus in a convo with Digital Spy: "We actually have a dance outfit side project called Side Project. We made this weird house track that sounded quite churchy - to be confirmed! As yet it has never seen the light of day".

And by the sound of it, I doubt it ever should.

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SNOW PATROL SCRAP ALBUM
Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody has told the NME that the band have scrapped what was to be their seventh studio album and started again.

Lightbody says that he's written some new "mind-boggling stuff" and wants to put that out instead. Though it sounds like he might also have realised that putting out a load of off cuts from the band's previous album, 'Fallen Empires' (released last November), wasn't that great an idea.

He said: "We recorded a second album during the 'Fallen Empires' session. But we've scrapped that one now. The songs I've been writing recently are light years away from anything I've ever done. It's mind-boggling stuff".

He added that the band planned to record with a number of different producers on the new album, including regular collaborator Jacknife Lee: "We'll be working with Jacknife again, he'll always be in the Snow Patrol camp, but he has suggested we try a few other producers as well".

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A$AP ROCKY TALKS DEBUT LP, STARS IN LANA DEL REY VIDEO
So rapper A$AP Rocky has been discussing his modestly-titled debut LP, 'LongLiveA$AP', to the end that we now know its release date to be 10 Sep.

It may well also feature collaborations with Pharrell Williams, Santigold and Lana Del Rey - with whom A$AP previewed a duet titled 'Ridin' back in April - though no rumoured guest artists have yet been made official.

Talking of Del Rey, A$AP can at present be seen starring as president John F Kennedy in Lana's ridiculous new video for 'The National Anthem', as appears on her own first LP 'Born To Die'.

And here that video is, not taking itself too seriously at all.

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CHAPEL CLUB HAVE MADE A "POP RECORD"
Chapel Club are back, everyone, and they're better value than ever they were in the days of their debut LP, 'Palaces'. The band - who say their new album 'Good Together' is "bright, playful and surprising" as compared to its darker prequel - have just posted a free download of new single 'Sleep Alone', as well as sharing partial previews of tracks entitled 'Jenny Baby', 'Scared' and 'Good Together' via their website.

Writes vocalist Lewis Bowman of the new record: "It has touches of the old romance and melancholia, of course, but much more colour and energy and fizz and sparkle besides (at least, it does to my ears). It also has songs you can dance to: finally some CC songs you can dance to! I've been waiting for that since before the band had a name".

Hear all this manifest in 'Sleep Alone'.

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TAME IMPALA TEASE NEW RELEASE
Antipodean psych types Tame Impala are apparently about ready to release a sequel to their 2010 long player 'Innerspeaker', which is nice. It seems the new LP will bear the title 'Lonerism', and is "coming soon" (ie out later this year) via Modular.

Here's a trailer featuring new music from it.

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DUCKTAILS ENLISTS ALL-STAR GUESTS FOR NEW LP
Hypno-pop artist Ducktails, aka a solo Real Estate guitarist Matthew Mondanille, has convinced lots of alt notables to appear as guest collaborators on his forthcoming third LP.

Though minus a title, the tbc new long player's cast list includes Madeline Follin on Cults and Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin (and his studio partner Joel Ford), not to mention ex Test Icicles man Sam Mehran (who's now doing this kind of thing as Outer Limitz).

Oh, and since everyone else is at it, the rest of Real Estate will also feature.

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RADIOHEAD RESCHEDULE CANCELLED SHOWS
Radiohead have rescheduled various European shows, cancelled after their drum tech was killed when a staging construction collapsed ahead of a planned concert in Toronto earlier this month.

As previously reported, the band told fans that a number of shows would have to be postponed, partly so that they and their team could recover from the loss of drum tech Scott Johnson, and partly so lighting equipment destroyed in the stage collapse could be replaced. The band's summer tour will resume in France on 10 Jul, while cancelled shows have now been rescheduled for late September.

Alongside a note on the band's website announcing the new dates, Radiohead drummer Phil Selway told fans: "Thanks to all of you who have sent messages of support over these past couple of weeks. Scott has touched many people's lives and all your sentiments are testament to this. Our thoughts and love remain with Scott's family".

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APHEX TWIN TO CONDUCT 'REMOTE ORCHESTRA' AT BARBICAN
It's been announced that Aphex Twin will stage one of his 'Remote Orchestra' concerts at London's Barbican Hall on 10 Oct.

As per the show's premiere in Poland last year, the electronic producer - real name Richard James - will conduct the 40-piece Heritage string orchestra and choir via remote control, creating what The Quietus has christened (http://thequietus.com/articles/06967-european-culture-congress-poland) a "visual score" that can be remixed in real time.

The London performance will also feature 'Interactive Tuned Feedback Pendulum Array', also known as James' interpretation of American maestro Steve Reich's 1963 piece 'Pendulum Music'.

Further details on the one-off date are available here.

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FANS CAN DICTATE HOT CHIP LIVE DATE
Further to announcing a national tour (https://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/hot-chip-announce-academy-tour/) and a subsequent extra date at London's Brixton Academy, the ever-popular Hot Chip have also shared details of a one-off and apparently 'intimate' show, the location of which is subject to a fan ballot.

Lovers of the band can recommend their city - be it York, Stoke-on-Trent or Folkestone - to host Hot Chip by casting a vote or 'pledge' priced at £12.50. Basically, the first city to sell all its tickets - sorry, 'pledges' - wins, and will thus have Hot Chip performing their new LP 'In Our Heads' right inside it.

Details on all three dates here.

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FESTIVAL LINE-UP UPDATE

BT LONDON LIVE, Hyde Park, London, 28 Jul - 11 Aug: Newton Faulkner, St Etienne, The Temper Trap, The Overtones and The Beat are the latest acts added to the Hyde Park-based edition of BT's free Olympic music extravaganza. There are similar events also taking place in London's Victoria Park and Trafalgar Square, but their line-ups remain as-yet unannounced. www.btlondonlive.com

ELECTRIC PICNIC, Stradbally Hall Estate, Co Laois, Ireland, 31 Aug - 2 Sep: Electric Picnic programmers book Explosions In The Sky, Grimes, Wild Beasts, Dexys and Villagers as extra features of a line-up also housing The Cure, The Killers, Tindersticks, Sigur Rós, Elbow, Grizzly Bear, Orbital, The Killers, Bat For Lashes, Christy Moore, The Roots, Hot Chip, Glen Hansard, The xx, Metronomy and The Horrors. www.electricpicnic.ie

HEINEKEN OPEN'ER, Gdynia, Poland, 4-7 Jul: Open'er tops off its 2012 roster with one last shot of international alt-pop, this time from brand new bookings The Cardigans, who align with Björk, New Order, Justice, Major Lazer, The xx, Mumford & Sons, Janelle Monáe, The Mars Volta and M83. www.opener.pl

STRUMMER OF LOVE, Somerset, 17-19 Aug: Staged in honour of late Clash iconoclast Joe Strummer, this year's Strummer Of Love festival will now host Mick Jones, Pete Wylie and The Farm's supergroup-of-sorts The Justice Tonight Band as its closing headliners. Jones et al join Seasick Steve, The Pogues, Badly Drawn Boy, Frank Turner, Roots Manuva, Billy Bragg and Alabama 3 on the event's line-up a large. www.strummeroflove.com

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LETHAL BIZZLE LAUNCHES LABEL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ABSOLUTE
Rapper Lethal Bizzle has announced the launch of his own label, Stay Dench Records, which will work in partnership with label services company Absolute Marketing & Distribution. This follows a number of one-off joint projects between the rapper and Absolute, for a best of compilation and various single releases, including Bizzle's recent Euro 2012 song, '#threelittlewords (Come On England)'.

The rapper told CMU: "Our combined efforts so far for the '#threelittlewords (Come On England)' single between Stay Dench and Absolute has been wicked. To have my own platform where I can release fresh music is a great look for me. DENCH!"

Label Manager Nadia Khan added: "We have been really happy with the overall proactive role that Absolute have played in the creative marketing nature of the '#threelittlewords (Come On England)' campaign, and we're really excited about this partnership moving forward".

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ITUNES LAUNCHES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Apple's iTunes launched in twelve new markets in Southeast Asia yesterday, including Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Consumers in each of these countries will have access to both local and international music catalogues, as well as movie content, and also the iCloud digital locker service, though it's not clear if that will include the full scan-and-match functionality at launch.

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THE VOICE TOUR CANCELLATION IS A GOOD THING, SAYS JESSIE J
Jessie J has told Radio 1's Newsbeat that she thinks it's quite good that the planned post-series tour involving finalists from the UK version of 'The Voice' has been cancelled due to no one being interested in it even a little bit. It now gives the contestants a chance to "do gigs around London and really learn their craft". Or in other words, do the thing they were entering a TV talent show in order to avoid. Presumably Jessie thinks the winner's single not making the Top 40 is good for the same reasons.

She said: "It's always disappointing, but you know what, it's not a bad thing. Personally, maybe I shouldn't say this but I will, I actually think it's a good thing. Not that it's been cancelled but that they've now got the opportunity to go out and do their own thing. For me it's a bit too similar to other TV shows to do that tour thing. I think actually the artists have the opportunity now to do gigs around London and really learn their craft".

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