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Gig review: Laneway Festival 2012  Introducing the new MusicHype blog. Check out some of the new features, including MHype radio!  MusicHype engages in a quick Q&A with Daniel Blumberg of indie/noise quartet Yuck 

"If you can mix aggression with other feelings and emotions creatively, almost in a way where it's kind of seamless, you're going to end up with a more interesting album." Read the full post

LP Of The Day: Actually

Posted by Laura on 4 February 2012

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ACTUALLY Pet Shop Boys (1987)"With their second album, Actually, the Pet Shop Boys perfected their melodic, detached dance-pop. The rhythms are part of a series of intricate arrangements that create a glamorous but disposable backdrop for Neil Tennant's tales of isolation, boredom, money, and loneliness" - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Editor Read the full post

On February 28th, Memoryhouse are releasing their debut record, The Slideshow Effect, and will be kicking off a 15-date North American tour, with a handful of European shows to follow. You can listen/download to the new track 'Walk With Me' by inserting your email in the widget below.(via Sub Pop) Read the full post

Toddla T is very pleased to announce details of what some of his 2012 is to hold - namely, that he is set to join the DJ staff at Radio 1 permanently with is own weekly show on Friday mornings 2-4am. He joins an influx of new music DJs including Skream & Benga, Charlie Sloth & Friction. Read the full post

WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX Phoneix (2009)"the album also stands apart from the first three studio albums by projecting a cool punch that is unforced. Maybe they've just hit their stride. " - Andy Kellman, AllMusic Read the full post

Pop-tastic, soul seeking, disco quintet Crazy P use vocal loops and vino to channel good vibrations with their 70’s inspired dance floor fillers. I-D Magazine caught up with the British collective for a chat. Read the full post

Every week we give away an MP3 by an up and coming artist for your listening pleasure. Download it here, and by helping us share it via Facebook and Twitter, we'll reward you with Notes for your Track Record. Check out this week's free track: Read the full post

AS HEARD ON RADIO SOULWAX, PT. 2 2 Many DJs (2002)"An hour-long mix with nary a pause for breath, the disc balances late-period electro-techno with some of the most hilarious one-over-another collisions of previously unimagined duets in history." - John Bush, AllMusic Read the full post

SOUND OF SILVER LCD Soundsystem (2007)"Sound of Silver is less silly, funnier, less messy, sleeker, less rowdy, more fun, less distanced, more touching." - Andy Kellman, AllMusic Read the full post

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