Headliners announced for Latitude 2013

BLOC Party, Kraftwerk 3-D and The Foals will headline this year's Latitude Festival in July.

The Maccabees and Hot Chip will join then in the Obelisk Arena, while Modest Mouse, Alt-J and Beach House will play the BBC Radio 6 Music Stage.

There will also be festival exclusive appearances from Calexico, Cocorosie, iamamiwhoami, Mark Lanegan Band, Rhye, Sohn, The Tallest Man On Earth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yo La Tengo and more.

Yannis from Foals said: “Latitude is always exciting, because they offer a very tasteful selection of acts. For our band, it’s an honour to headline alongside someone of the calibre of Kraftwerk – they can do whatever they like, they’re unique and you know they’re going to put on an incredible show. Bloc Party will be fantastic headliners too.”

Other bands on the line up include Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Beth Orton, Chvrches, Everything Everything, James Blake and Jessie Ware.

In addition to the music bill, Latitude offers an unrivalled selection of innovative arts programming, with a line-up that reads like a virtual walk through the culture pages of a Sunday newspaper. Eleven dedicated arts arenas, stages and spaces will offer performances from a spectacular mix of artists across comedy, film, dance, theatre, literature, poetry and cabaret.

Tickets are now on sale, subject to booking fees. An instalment plan is available for fans who want to spread the cost of their Latitude weekend ticket between now and July, for full details head to www.latitudefestival.co.uk

It takes place at Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, from July 18th to 21st.

Kobi to unleash debut single

SCOTTISH band Kobi are set to release their debut single All The Way on Monday, April 22.

Produced by Grammy award winner Steve Orchard (Noel Gallagher, Travis, Paul McCartney), the track draws on the band's love of 80s acts such as The Cars and Aztec Camera, as well as acts like The Foals and The Arcade Fire.

Frontman Gary Thain said: “The time is right to for us to unleash this track! We've really embraced our pop sensibilities on this and have been blown away by the crowd reaction when we debuted the song as part of our live set."

You can check out the tune below and find out more about the band at http://www.kobimusic.co.uk, http://www.facebook.com/KOBIMUSICUK or http://www.twitter.com/kobimusic

Jagwar Ma set for exciting 2013

Jagwar Ma emerged last year with the captivating single 'Come Save Me'. Combining the earworm melodic sensibilities of 60's sunshine pop with a tightly euphoric modern electronic edge, the Sydney-based duo of Jono Ma and vocalist Gabriel Winterfield quickly sent ripples across the blogosphere and heralded the arrival of a fresh-faced dose of kaleidoscopic, danceable psychedelia.

Now, armed with new single 'The Throw' and a forthcoming debut album due later in the year on new independent label Marathon Artists, Jagwar Ma have entered 2013 in no uncertain terms. Already greeted with unanimous excitement by a rapidly growing international fan-base and enthusiastic supporters in press and radio alike, ‘The Throw' is a giddily disorienting and exhilarating seven-minute whirlpool of psych groove projected through a prism of pulsating acid house and 90’s rave, culminating in a strobe-lit vocal mantra and trance-like rhythm.

Signifying the bands rapid strides, Jagwar Ma will be embarking on a set of European dates supporting Foals as well as playing a select number of UK dates, including headlining an NME Awards show February 26^th at Birthdays.

Jagwar Ma play the following live dates:

21.2 Sheffield, Bungalows & Bears
22.2 Bristol, Start the Bus
26.2 Birthdays (NME Awards Show), London
15.3 Brussels, Belgium, AB (Sold Out) (supporting Foals)
16.3 Amsterdam, Holland, Paradiso (Sold Out) (supporting Foals)
18.3 Hamburg, Germany, Markthalle (supporting Foals)
19.3 Berlin, Germany, Astra (supporting Foals)
20.3 Cologne, Germany, Live Music Hall (supporting Foals)
23.3 Lyon, France, Transbordeur   (supporting Foals)
25.3 Paris, France Olympia (Sold Out) (supporting Foals)
26.3 Lille, France, Aeronef (supporting Foals)

 
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Rolling Stones up for four NME awards

THE grandfathers of rock The Rolling Stones are up for four gongs at next month's NME Awards.

The band are up Best Live Band, Best Book, Music Moment of The Year and Best Music Film. 

Tame Impala, Haim and M.I.A. are also each up for four awards. Tame Impala gets a nod for Best International Band, Best Album, Best Track and Best Music Video. Haim, who won the BBC's sound of 2013 competition, are up for Best New Band, Best Track, Best Music Video, Best Twitter.

M.I.A. is up for Best Track, Best Music Video, Best Dancefloor Anthem and Best Twitter.

The Maccabees are up for three along with Arctic Monkeys and David Bowie, while Muse and Kasabian are also nominated.

The Maccabees, Biffy Clyro and The Cribs are battling for Best British Band and Best Live act. Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian and The Vaccines also receive nods for Best British Band while Blur, Foals and The Rolling Stones are also up for Best Live act.  

Mercury-winning Alt J are up for best album, along with The Maccabees, The Vaccines, Jake Bugg and Tame Impala.

The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, February 27 at The Troxy in East London.