[News] Dot to Dot Festival Preview

Summer is creeping in and with that you'll of noticed a host of Festivals taking place in just about every corner of the globe. Dot to Dot Festival started back in 2005 in Nottingham bringing together some top music acts across a number of venues. Fast forward to 2012 and the event has grown to three cities, all playing host to the chosen bands over a weekend. This years event will take place over the weekend of June 2nd to 4th in Nottingham, Bristol and Manchester. It's sure to be a great way to spend the bank holiday weekend in the UK and some ridiculously good bands will take to the stages over the weekend.

Up at the top you can see some of the line-up which includes, The Drums, Pulled Apart by Horses, Wavves, Willis Earl Beal, Summer Camp, Willy Moon and countless other top artists. Over the next week or so leading up to the event we'll post up some recommendations for bands we'll most definitely be checking out and will be at the Manchester date to report on all the shows we possibly can! Keep your eyes peeled for it but in the mean time for some more info hit up the official site. The full line up can be found here while the venue guide and set times are also up for your perusal here. Tickets can be purchased for the event here so get planning and see you in the pits!

[Listen] Kendrick Lamar - "War Is My Love"

Check out a brand new Kendrick Lamar track that features on Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. The game itself was released yesterday but you can stream the track in full below. Regarding the song Kendrick stated:

 When I recorded "War Is My Love" I did my best to put myself in the shoes of the Ghosts from the video game and capture that feeling of being willing to wage war and do whatever it takes to claim victory... And when I started really getting into the game, I thought it actually matched perfectly.

 I was never much of a Tom Clancy man myself.

[Watch] Benga - "Icon" Feat. Bebe Black (Official Video)

Benga is certainly a man that knows how to deliver great track after great track and this new one featuring Bebe Black is a good example of it. Titled "Icon" the track is a little more radio friendly with the addition of Bebe and the video is an entertaining one to watch. It sees the two take flight from a plane skydiving. Check out Benga's face as they break through the clouds! Priceless. The single is set for release next month on the 24th of June.

Benga's full-length solo project, Chapter 2, is also on the way on the 27th of August via Columbia Records.

[News] Beck To Release Third Man Records Single

On May 28th Beck will make his debut on Third Man Records by releasing a one-off 7" single, "I Just Started Hating Some People Today" with "Blue Randy" as the b-side. The single will be available on day of release via Third Man Records website, iTunes and the TMR store in Nasvhille. There will be NO pre-orders for this single, so guess who will be stalking the TMR website like a crazy person? Yes, me. Until the 28th rolls around you can head over to the TMR site and hear clips of the two songs.

The tracks were recorded in 2011 while Beck was in Nashville working on new material for his long awaited next album. The songs spontaneously came together at the Third Man studio on Beck's final day in Nashville.

There will be an extremely limited run of 100 Tri Color 7-inches (which were inspired by the title of b-side "Blue Randy) will be available beginning 10am on Saturday June 2nd at Randy's Records. An even scarcer scattering of 50 Tri Colors will be randomly inserted in mail orders for the single placed with Third Man.

We. So. Excited

[Watch] Gossip - "Move In The Right Direction" (Official Video)

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We've seen their visual for "Perfect World" early last month and now Gossip have offered up a video for "Move In The Right Direction". The song features on their newly released album, A Joyful Noise, which was released yesterday via Columbia. See what you make of the video up at the top via MTV.

[Listen] Action Bronson x Riff Raff x Dana Copafeel - "Hot Shots Part Deux"

Action Bronson has teamed up with Riff Raff and Dana Copafeel for a new cut titled, "Hot Shots Part Deux". The Queens native and the combination of the other two makes for an interesting mix of styles that mould into one pretty dope track. It can be purchased on Bandcamp or give it a try before you buy below via Hypetrak.

[Watch] Florence & the Machine - "Wild Wild Life" (Talking Heads Cover)

We know Florence Welch likes to don some pretty flamboyant attire every now and again but to announce her headline set at Bestival over the Summer she has done something a little more left field. Florence and 3 others have covered Talking Heads' track "Wild Wild Life" whilst wearing a the costumes of a penguin, a fox, a lion and finally a rabbit! It's certainly a light hearted way to start a Wednesday. Head over to the Bestival site for ore info on the fest once you've enjoyed the video at the top.

[Listen] Theophilus London - "Morning Kisses"

The good folk over at Dynmk copped themselves the premiere of a brand new Theophilus London track titled "Morning Kisses". The track is to feature on his upcoming Rose Island mixtape See what you make of it below.