20th November

This week on ClashMusic.com we took a look at a selection of classic albums, from The Beatles to Portishead. Head over to the site to read in-depth features on twenty five of our favourites.

http://www.clashmusic.com/news/clashs-classic-albums-named

Upon unleashing this week's Dj mix from Luke Slater, it occured that we have 34 mixes up on teh site now! With efforts from Bookashade, Various Production, Dj Pierre, Greg Wilson, GusGus, Groove Armada and others, there's bound to be something to get you on the dancefloor. Download the latest, featuring UK techno legend Luke Slater, and check out the other mixes.

http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/dj-mix-podcast-series-luke-slater

NEXT WEEK - Join us on ClashMusic.com next week for an exclusive listen to the new track from The Futureheads and a chance to win tickets to see the band live.


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NEWS

News this week covered Calvin Harris' unscheduled X Factor appearance, REM began work on their new album, the dates for next year's Download Festival were announced, following the Oasis spilt, Liam Gallagher revealed his plans for a solo album and the soundtrack for the forthcoming 'The Moomins' film gained a contribution from Bjork.

http://www.clashmusic.com/news/calvin-harris-storms-x-factor
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/rem-begin-work-on-new-album
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/download-2010-dates-confirmed
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/liam-gallagher-solo-album-plans
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/bjork-to-work-on-moomins-movie

Read more http://www.clashmusic.com/news

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FEATURES

Polls Apart looked at the ten best and worst producers from Calvin Harris to George Martin, we interviewed Hudson Mohawke and Echo and the Bunymen's Ian McCulloch wrote exclusively for Clash. We also trawled our archive and offered up 25 of our favourite 'classic albums' from The Rolling Stones, Portishead, Prince and others. Read in-depth features on each now.

http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/best-and-worst-producers
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/hudson-mohawke-interview
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/ian-mcculloch-rants-against-fakery
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/clashs-classic-albums-named

Read more http://www.clashmusic.com/features

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REVIEWS

Comanechi's 'Crime of Love' was this week's Album of the Week with the reviewer saying, "Together they’ve made an album that should carry stickers warning of blunt-force trauma.". We took a look at the singles out this week with Arctic Monkeys impressing with 'Cornerstone' and reviewed this week were albums from Joe Goddard, Hush Arbors, The Raincoats and a raft of others.

http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/comanechi-crime-of-love
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/singles-round-up-16th-november
http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/joe-goddard-harvest-festival
http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/hush-arbors-yankee-reality
http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/the-raincoats-the-raincoats


Read more http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews

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VIDEO

Like most, we spent this week in front of our screens, mouths agap at the bizarre video for Bob Dylan's Christams song, 'Must Be Santa'. I urge you to witness it, it really is something else. Elsewhere we had a video tribute to the late Jerry Fuchs, drummer extraordinaire with The Juan Maclean, !!!, LCD Soundsystem and others. In a more upbeat mood, Crookers debuted a new clip, 'No Security' featuring Kelis.

http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/bob-dylan-must-be-santa
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/crookers-no-security
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/jerry-fuchs-tributes-pour-in

Tune in http://www.clashmusic.com/video

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WIN

There's no point putting it off, Christmas is on the way. Getting into the festive spirit we asked a few of our favourite record labels to put together special Christmas hampers to use as prizes in some great competitions. Generous goodie bags of vinyl,cds and random other cool stuff from Ninja Tune, Tru Thoughts and Planet Mu are up for grabs right now on the site with others to come.

http://www.clashmusic.com/win/ninja-tune-christmas-hamper
http://www.clashmusic.com/win/tru-thoughts-competition
http://www.clashmusic.com/win/planet-mu-competition

Read more http://www.clashmusic.com/win

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AUDIO

This week UK techno legend Luke Slater delivered a masterclass of a mix for us taking in Jeff Mills, Robert Hood, Mauro Picotto and more. Download it free of charge from ClashMusic.com right now. Track of the Day took in the famous, Arctic Monkeys and Passion Pit, and the new kids, Kira Kira and TV Off, enjoy them all like they were your children.

http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/dj-mix-podcast-series-luke-slater
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/track-of-the-day-1611-arctic-monkeys
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/track-of-the-day-1711-passion-pit
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/track-of-the-day-1811-kira-kira
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/track-of-the-day-1911-tv-off

Read more http://www.clashmusic.com/audio

Listen to 'Ay Ay Ay' here - http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/matias-aguayo

Read ClashMusic's review of the album here - http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/matias-aguayo-ay-ay-ay

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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23rd October 2009 ..  .. .. As promised, this week saw audio streams of both 2562's 'Unbalance' and Mando Diao's 'Give Me Fire!'. Listen to both albums, before their UK releases and in full, on ClashMusic.com now. The Big Reunion just got bigger with Britain's largest indoor winter music festival expanding its bill yet again. As previously reported, Beardyman and Johnny Foreigner are set to open the festival with sets on November 20th - 21st. Announced this week were further additions including The Holloways and Utah Saints. Find out more HERE. Further live action will be going down in Liverpool as the free music agenda part of the Liverpool Music Festival was announced with Clash presenting three gigs featuring Wild Beasts, Maps and Bombay Bicycle Club. Find out more HERE and enter our competition to win tickets to see Kasabian, The Enemy, Seasick Steve and a host of others HERE. Clash and Tuborg have compiled a Sounds Of The Cities student guide to make your transition into the life of academia that little bit easier. Feel a bit lost and lonely in your new surroundings? We’ve brought together the best bits of your town by those who know it best. Play your cards right and you may even see your favourite bands in these haunts. Not only that, but we’ve endeavoured to keep you entertained during the onslaught of homework with exclusive interviews from world famous artists and our new favourite bands. Read it online HERE. .. .. .. Big news this week was Paul McCartney's planned Xmas gig at London's O2 Arena, his only show this year. Elsewhere Liam Gallagher agreed to a fan question time, Pavement confirmed a gig at the Brixton Academy next year as part of their reunion tour and Julian Casablancas spilt the beans on his forthcoming solo album. MORE // .. .. Another packed week saw Micah P. Hinson write a short story for us, Apse and Seasick Steve provide track by track guides to their new albums, Jon Savage wrote about 80s electro, we hailed Beth Jeans Houghton as a Ones To Watch and interviewed Daniel Johnston and Devendra Banhart. MORE // .. .. .. .. Clash's New York correspondant filed reviews this week from the three days of CMJ 2009 with The xx, Fanfarlo and Mumford & Sons while Seasick Steve claimed Album of the Week with his 'Man From Another Time'. We also looked at the new album from The Strokes' Julian Casablancas, 'Phrazes For The Young', Biffy Clyro, Spiral Stairs, Portico Quartet, Plum and Kings Of Convenience. MORE // .. .. In Diesel:U:Music land this week, we said 'Ole' with a look at D:U:M's recent trip to Madrid, captured for us in glorious video-scope, Lemonade's 'Big Weekend' was awarded Video of the Week, Pulled Apart By Horses dropped by the D:U:M Radio studios and Clash returned to the airwaves for two hours with special guest Kelpe. MORE // .. Competitions added this week boasted prizes including tickets to a number of Liverpool Music Week gigs featuring The Enemy, Kasabian, Seasick Steve and others, tickets to the Homecoming Live event in Glasgow with The View, Teenage Fanclub and more, copies of the deluxe reissue of Tricky's 'Maxinquaye' album, tickets to see Tiga live and a chance to win a free party with Fly53. MORE // .. .. Besides the 2562 and Mando Diao album streams, ClashMusic also brought you a new dj mix from Claude VonStroke and five Track of The Day contenders including Dam Funk, Portica Quartet, Ex Libras, Datarock and, from our friends at D:U:M radio, Pulled Apart By Horses. MORE // .. .. FOLLOW US ON... .. You have received this email as you have signed up via the Clashmusic.com Website, If you wish no longer to receive this email unsubscribe here ..

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Here at Clash, we love a good yarn, and so it seems only fitting to hand over our hallowed weekly DJ mix slot to hotshot tech-house producer Claude VonStroke, who has, by all accounts, led a rather interesting life.

Hailing from Detroit, Barclay Crenshaw (the VonStroke moniker arose when he and some partied-up pals were making up fake European DJ names for a laugh) got to where he is by (unsuccessfully) asking Juan Atkins for a job, working as an assistant on some Hollywood uber-films, playing a load of warehouse parties (where he lost all of his music in an electrical outage), making an epic film on electronic music, and finally starting a record label, which – amongst other artists – has released two fine albums from VonStroke himself.

VonStroke’s exclusive Clash mix showcases the wide range of classy house styles for which he has become known, veering from progressive minimal beats to glitchy tech-house, all expertly weaved together. Artists on the mix include a range of talent from Vonstroke’s own dirtybird label (including Jacob Seville, Iz and Diz, and Sascha Braemer), other carefully selected acts, and – of course – some choice cuts from the man himself, which come from his hot-off-the-press second album ‘Bird Brain’ – a diverse, masterful and danceable record, released but a few days previous – October 19 – to the airing of his superb Clash mix.

http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/dj-mix-podcast-series-claude-vonstroke

http://www.clashmusic.com 9th October 2009

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WHAT'S NEW ON CLASHMUSIC THIS WEEK



The new issue of Clash magaine with Dizzee Rascal hit the streets this week. We also snapped U2 as their 360 tour rolled into tour, Kraftwerk were held aloft and scrutinized, The Flaming Lips open the doors of perception, Editors invite us into their studio, and we conduct a VERY weird conversation with Devendra Banhart. All that plus Fuck Buttons, Peter Hook, Richard Hawley, Muse, The Raveonettes and, er... Slayer.

Read more about the issue HERE - http://www.clashmusic.com/news/new-clash-magazine-out-today

A new issue means another free Cross Section download album with Lusine, Beth Jeans Houghton, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Kelpe, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Vitalic, Choir Of Young Believers, Micah P. Hinson, 2020 Soundsystem, Mumford & Sons, The Raveonettes and She Keeps Bees.

Download it HERE - http://www.clashmusic.com/cross-section-download

Clash returns to the live stage on the 14th October with another great show planed at the Hoxton Sq Bar & Grill in London. The launch party for the new album from Lupen Crook and the Murder Birds, with support from Underground Heroes, it'll be a night to remember. Stay tuned to ClashMusic for further details and ticket info.


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NEWS

The big news this week came when we spoke to Massive Attack's Daddy G who revealed that they plan to let Burial remix songs from their forthcoming new album.  Elsewhere Amy Winehouse's label boss confirmed a new album from the troubled singer while Nordoff Robbins and Ben Sherman announced a special charity auction to sell signed plectrums from Kings Of Leon, Razorlight and more.

Read more http://www.clashmusic.com/news

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FEATURES

You can read our chat with Massive Attack's Daddy G in full (including that Burial revelation), an interview with dapper gent Josh Weller, then mixed it up with No Age, O. Children  and Mumford & Sons. We shone the new band spotlight on Poirer, The Brute Chorus supplied their top ten historical brutes and we asked some of Kraftwerk's famous fans why they love them so.

Read more http://www.clashmusic.com/features

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REVIEWS

While Air claimed our Album of the Week with 'Love 2', we also turned our Medusa like gaze on the Kraftwerk re-issues, new releases from Counter Records, Hefner, Alice Russell, Kurt Vile, Wojtek Godzisz, Boys Noize and The Brute Chorus and took in live shows from Slow Club in Manchester, the JD Set with Carl Barat and John McClure and Fever Ray and Bear Hands in New York.

Read more http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews

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Deisel:U:Music

In case you missed Clash's D:U:M appearance we posted the highlights online this week for your enjoyment, with guests Shut Up & Dance and Alessi's Ark performing live in the studio. Also on Diesel:U:Music Radio this week were Roots Manuva, a soundtrack special and, our D:U:M Track of the Day subjects, Detachments.

Read more http://www.clashmusic.com/gigs

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WIN

Last chance today to win an acoustic guitar from Rodrigo Y Gabriela and tickets to the Big Reunion festival at Butlins with Calvin Harris, Beardyman, Judgement Sundays, Judge Jules, Westwood, Johnny Foreigner and more.

Read more http://www.clashmusic.com/win


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AUDIO

This week ClashMusic gave you exclusive access to the new Flaming Lips album, 'Embryonic', another exclusive in the form of The Brute Chorus' self titled new album, a dj mix from The Keyboard Choir and five more Tracks of the Day.

Read more http://www.clashmusic.com/audio

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http://www.clashmusic.com     2nd October 2009

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WHAT'S NEW ON CLASHMUSIC THIS WEEK

Following our recent burst of Album preview streams, we are very happy to announce that we'll be exclusively streaming 'Embryonic', the Flaming Lips excellent new album, on ClashMusic.com from Monday. Happy days! Also on the site next week are advanced listen to new albums from The Brute Chorus and Kelpe. We're spoiling you.

Further audio exploits comes in the shape of our Jay-Z podcast, featuring the highlights of our recent cover story feature with the Hip Hop superstar. Read more about it on ClashMusic here - http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/clashmusic-jay-z-interview-podcast - or head straight over to iTunes to download it here - http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=60405446&id=263179125

Our Iceland Airwaves competition is still open, generously offering travel and tickets to  this year's festival. Clash will be in attendance with it's very own stage. Stay tuned for updates but in the meantime, we have got two tickets to give away, alongside free travel from Icelandair. To stand a chance of winning head over to ClashMusic.com NOW.


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NEWS

The proposed Kanye West/Lady GaGa 'Fame Kills' tour was cancelled this week, while intimate details of Michael Jackson's person  surfaced from an autopsy report. Oasis' Liam Gallagher came out in support of Bees (the insects not the band) and Radiohead's Thom Yorke revealed his live band including the Red Hot Chilli Peppers' Flea on bass.

Read more  http://www.clashmusic.com/news

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FEATURES

As The MOBOs hit Glasgow, we looked a the city's urban music scene, Dj Yoda let us take a look in his record box and Richard Hawley revealed what he'd do with his last day on Earth. We posted an exclusive photo gallery of Editors in rehearsals as they return with new album, 'In This Light And On This Evening' and we spoke to Girls (the all male duo).

Read more  http://www.clashmusic.com/features

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REVIEWS

Out and about, ClashMusic reported on three festivals in Iceland this week, up and comer Beth Jeans Houghton, and Bobby Long and Little Boots in New York. 'On wax' we assessed the latest releases from Mumford & sons, Why?, Bad Lieutenant, Editors, The Leisure Society, Baddies, Sean Lennon, Kippi Kaninus, The Twilight Sad, Kreidler, Kill It Kid and Fat Freddy's Drop. Phew.

Read more  http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews

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Deisel:U:Music

Clash made it 'on air' this week on Diesel:U:Music Radio with a show that including Alessi's Ark performing live in the studio and a chat with Shut Up & Dance. D:U:M also held it's 'World Tour' event in London this week with The Big Pink and Young Fathers performing live. Head over to ClashMusic to read a review of the night.


Read more  http://www.clashmusic.com/gigs

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WIN

There are only a few days left to win some great prizes on ClashMusic. Mentioned above, you can win travel and tickets to this year's Iceland Airwaves festival where Clash is hosting a stage. The lavish Beatles Mono and Stereo boxsets are still up for grabs in a competition ending today, be quick to get your hands on one of these lovely sets. Thanks to Rodrigo Y Gabriela you can also win an acoustic guitar to set you on the road to stardom.

Read more http://www.clashmusic.com/win


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AUDIO

'It never rains but it pours' never seemed more apt as we aired exclusive streams from Lou Barlow, Fanfarlo, Baddies and The Twilight Sad. All are still live, head over to the site to listen to the full albums. We also had a new dj mix from Iceland's Kippi Kaninus and five more tracks of the day including O. Children, Matt & Kim, Mickey Gang, FaltyDL and The Drums.

Read more  http://www.clashmusic.com/audio

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