[News] BBC 6 Music x The Hype Machine's Top 25 Artists of 2012

This Sunday BBC 6 Music and The Hype Machine will join forces to announce their top 25 artists of the year so far in the 2012 Music Blog Zeitgeist. It's a subject that a lot of music fans are thinking about at the moment. Half the year has already passed, I know scary, right? A tonne of top notch music has been released but who has gained more plays on your iTunes than any other, which record have you played to death repeatedly and who has earned the top spot? Well, over the next few days we'll be posting up a few of our choices for the top spot thus far but if you want to hear the full 25 compiled by Hype Machine you'll have to listen to BBC 6Music this coming Sunday to find out. We'd love to hear your opinions too of course.

To get involved head on over to the officialFacebook page and @SKoABlog and use the hashtag #Blog6Music to let us know your thoughts. Watch this space for a handful of our favourites from 2012 so far, what are yours?

[Watch] First Aid Kit - "Blue" (Official Video)

Johanna and Klara Söderberg aka First Aid Kit have offered up a visual accompaniment for their track "Blue" which features on The Lion's Roar. The sisters do appear in the video but taking centre stage is the veteran Swedish actress Ewa Fröling. A touching video showing Ewa going about her daily business and the troubles she has when visiting a local bonfire. See what you make of it up at the top.

[Watch] Slow Club - "Beginning" (Official Video)

The duo known as Slow Club are a Sheffield band consisting of Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor and have been working hard for years after releasing a couple of albums. They've just uploaded a brand new video for their new single "Beginning" which stars none other than Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe. Daniel himself is a huge fan of the band and agreed to star in the video after meeting the band previously. It sees him get rather drunk off of the ends of peoples pints around London. Not the safest thing to do but the results that come out of it are pretty funny. 

Check it out at the top and for more information on Slow Club head over to their official site. 

[Watch] Dirty Projectors - "Gun Has No Trigger" Live on Fallon

Dirty Projectors brought their insanely good track "Gun Has No Trigger" to the TV screens of many last night with an energetic visit to the stage of Jimmy Fallon's slot. The results are pretty impressive and for the first ever performance of the track I think it's more than a worthy representation of their forthcoming LP, Swing Lo Magellan. Check it out at the top and get excited for the release courtesy of The Audio Perv.

[News] Bon Iver Announce UK and Ireland Tour Dates

Following their dates at a few smaller venues last year in the UK, Justin Vernon and Bon Iver have announced some more dates in the UK and Ireland for late in 2012. Four dates to be precise, so nothing to shout home about, but those dates are all arenas. A big step up from the size of places they played last time around. Check out the dates below and if you missed it, yesterday the band's iTunes session was released. Pick up a copy here. General sale starts on Friday (22nd of June) or you can grab them right now on the official Bon Iver site.

November Dates

08 London Wembley Arena

09 Manchester Arena

10 Glasgow SECC

12 Dublin O2 Arena

[Watch] Grouplove - "Tongue Tied" Live on Leno

Grouplove brought some cheer to the late night TV circuit last night with a performance of their Never Trust A Happy Song featuring track, "Tongue Tied". Check out the performance at the top of the page via the wonderful Audio Perv.

Never Trust A Happy Song is out now.

[Watch] Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - "Everybody's On The Run" (Official Video)

It seems like getting A-List stars to appear half (fully) naked in your video is all the rage this week. Following the Shia LeBeouf starring video from Sigur Ros earlier in the week, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have now offered up the Mischa Barton starring video for "Everybody's On The Run". Check out the chase that ensues in the video up at the top. Noel makes an appearance too.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is out now.

[Listen] AlunaGeorge - "You Know You Like It" (Bobby Tank Remix)

After offering up their track The three-track EP from AlunaGeorge was released not too long ago via Tri Angle Records and it was a really nice listen. Today though we get an extra added treat from their camp in the shape of a remix from Bobby Tank. The track makes for a nice early afternoon listen on a slow moving Wednesday. Check it out below and head over here for the original to compare the two. If you've not checked out the EP yet either go grab a copy too.