Last.fm/presents is excited to announce the line up for their stage at Offset Festival. Featuring the best of indie & electronica from the Last.fm Hype chart . . .

METRONOMY + CHROME HOOF + BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB + DIE!DIE!DIE! + SLOW CLUB + MERZ + LACK + SILJE NES + TOMB CREW + THE LAST.FM DJ TEAM

Other bands performing at Offset include Wire, Gang Of Four, The Maccabees, The Young Knives plus many more

Last.fm will be filming the sets for www.last.fm/presents – check out footage from their recent shows and also upcoming events in London & New York.

Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/presents
You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/lastfmpresents

Hainault Forest Country Park
Romford Road
Southampton IG7 4QN
United Kingdom

Okay folks, a shameless dirty plug for my friend’s monthly club night - The Slackers Convention - and it’s their 6th Birthday on Saturday 16th August @ Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton.

In the Main Room they’ve got Body Snatchers - (30Hz and Baobinga) - Live Show, Ill Audio - Live 6 Piece ElectroBreaks along with residents Matt Slackers & Chris Dirtpop, Pav & Lucas, Capcom Ninja and stunning visuals from my homeboy VJ Spank.

In the Bar, there’s turntablist wizardry from Brighton’s favorite DMC champ, JFB (DMCs, Battlejam), plus Dirtbomb (Playboys), Statikedge (Flawless, Breakdown), Moif (Brap FM, Brighton Breaks), and DJ Y-Not (Slackers).

UNFORTUNATELY, I won’t be there in my every-present mode on the door (duties elsewhere call), but the night is sure to see all the crew and the regulars, who’ve kept the party alive since its front room days, on TOP TOP FORM!!!!!!!!!!! get in xxxxxxxxxx

‘Beats, Bass & Party Nonsence for the Discerning Underachiever’

Bring ID - dont want to have to go home for it
£8 Advance Tickets - Ticketweb / Rounder / Resident
£10 On Door
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www.myspace.com/slackersconvention
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www.concorde2.co.uk

Ex-London partymeisters 44 have cranked up the audio-visual fiesta machine Cellar Door to present - wait for it - the Lo Fidelity All Stars, that’s right, TONIGHT at the The Cinema Room - Canteen in lovely old Barrow in Furness (that’s northwest England), from 8pm to 3am, £5 entry ALL NIGHT.

The lo fi electronica dudes are flanked by Mister Sushi (Botchit & Scarper), FM (Infra), Junior Moss (Section 8), Jamie & Steve Graham (Homegrown).

The Cinema Room is on Michaelson Road, Barrow in Furness LA14 1AD. For more info/guestlist, email alex@botchit.com

MORE ABOUT THE PROMOTERS: In the ye old days of 2004, breaks label Botchit & Scarper bonded with a couple of like-minded peeps over a couple of beers and came up with a party concept called 44. Their parties shook the walls of venues all around East London and presented a variety of lively acts such as Superstyle Deluxe, Coburn, Plaza Da funk, Atomic Hooligan, Eclectic Method, Dreadzone, Half Arsed Beats, Pirate Soundsystem, Soto, Jason Sparks, Si Begg, Aquasky, Radioactive Man, Mark Moore, Jay Stewart, Future Funk Squad, LBJ, Strider, Groove Allegiance, Idiotech, Slyde, Loose Cannons, Dirtpop, Slackshot, Hi Eight, Poj Masta, ILS, Move Ya, Deekline and many more…

FABRICLIVE
Fri 4th July, 2008

Room One:
SWITCH & SINDEN PRESENT GET FAMILIAR
Switch
Scratch Perverts
Drop The Lime
Toddla T
+ SPECIAL GUEST TBC!

Room Two:
Pendulum (DJ Set)
Goldie
Bailey
Clipz
Blame
Macpherson
MCs 2Shy, Lowqui & Eksman

Room Three:
MARY ANNE HOBBS’ ALBUM LAUNCH
Mary Anne Hobbs
Oris Jay
Distance
Peverelist
MRK1

Fabric
10:00pm - 6:00am
£13 (£10 students) £6 fabricfirst
£6 after 3am
fabric operates a 24hr drinking license.
Advance tickets available from TICKETWEB: Buy here

DURRR happens every Monday night at The End, West Central Street, London, WC1. Resident DJs Rory Phillips, The Lovely Jonjo and Our Man Fred play a mixture of underground sounds and dancefloor dynamite across two rooms.

Every week Hanna Hanra djs in the live room and on the first Monday of the month she is joined by her partner in crime Princess Julia as THE P.I.X. Expect frequent live bands, guest DJs and secret surprises!!

Also… visit durrr.co.uk for details of how to WIN signed Erol Alkan goodies & Video Hippos albums!

23rd JUNE (return of the Alkan)

WHITEY (LIVE)
Underground legend Whitey hits the stage for a rare London club appearance tonight in anticipation of new album ‘StayOn The Outside’, which will be with us later in the year. Always special and never dull, make sure you don’t miss this one!

VIDEO HIPPOS (LIVE)
Baltimore’s Video Hippos make lo-fi indie gems, reminiscent of Sonic Youth, Animal Collective and shoegazy things like MBV, only with more drum machines and casio bothering. They also have a song with the exellent title ‘Piss Traction’, which makes us giggle. Check out their myspace for a couple of downloadables….

EROL ALKAN (DJ SET)
Erol joins us once more for what is sure to be another fine display of L’Arte de Dee Jay. Fresh from producing LOTP’s debut album, and about to head off into festival land, catch what will be one of his few club gigs of the summer. If you don’t know how good he is at what he does by now, you’re an idiot. Come and join us as we annoy grammarians by using the word ‘party’ as a verb….

Upcoming
30th JUNE

PNAU (LIVE)
Aussie chart botherers PNAU are well known down under for providing ears with super sexy sampled-up dance wonderment. Recent single ‘Baby’ has been turning heads all over the place, so come down and see just what these guys are doing so well that everyone wants a piece of them!

A TRAK (DJ SET)
Canadian Hip Hop wunderkind A Trak is a turntable legend. The youngest ever DMC World DJ Champion (at 15), he runs the Fool’s Gold label, has worked closely with Kanye West on various things and ran the Audio Research label with his brother (the one with the ‘tache in Chromeo). He’s recently remixed Bonde De Role, Architecture In Helsinki and Digitalism amongst many others. You won’t get many chances to see him in the UK outside of a festival tent, so don’t miss!

Stag and Dagger is proof that the music scene in the U.K. is about the best there is anywhere. Held on the 15th May in East London, the lineup on this one is incredible. At the end of this night, they may consider renaming the event to DAG & STAGGERING! Fuck. I’m living in the wrong country.

“Stag & Dagger is a “One ticket gives access to all” annual festival that will allow 5000 music lovers in the Shoreditch area access to over 100 of the best new live music acts, DJs, art shows and film screenings. The event will take place in over 15 official festival venues over the course of one evening and is brought to you by Adventures in the Beetroot Field and Margaret, in association with VICE magazine“.

Two of our favorite boys, The Count and Sinden announced their live UK tour, which kicks off the 16th of May and precedes the release of their long-awaited debut album for “Domino“. Check their My Space for more gig dates!!

May
16th // Oxford (Simple)
17th // Brighton (Great Escape)
24th // Northampton (Gatecrasher Summer Soundsystem)
25th // Birmingham (Custard Factory)
26th // Newcastle (Digita)
27th // Manchester (Sankeys)
31st // Leeds (Lotherton Hall)

June
3rd // Sheffield (Tuesday Club)
6th // Nottingham (Stealth)
7th //Bristol (Lakota)
8th // Inverness (Rockness)
13th // London (Fabric)