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“UTOPIA: 2nd Annual Festival of Women in Digital Culture CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OF WOMEN DIGITAL ARTISTS: Media artists, mobile technology, gaming, video + VJs, electronic music (DJs and producers), hackers, writers, educators, and you! Utopia, presented by W2, is NOW accepting submissions for its 2nd annual festival and showcase of women in digital culture.”
DATE: March 3 – 10, 2012
LOCATION: W2 Media Cafe
For more info on how to apply click here.
Previous artists include: Peaches, Blondtron, Betti Ford, Isis (formerly of Thunderheist) and many more.

Posted by Matea

Try typing Daughter into your Google search engine and you’ll be sure to find results varying from “female offspring” to “a shapeshifting humanoid ”.  However, upon a closer look you might just discover a true musical gem.

As i’m writing this, a dub step version of Daughter’s “Youth” sits atop of Hype Machine’s most popular songs on blogs. And while this track is sure to soothe your soul, its nothing compared to the real thing.

Daughter aka Elena Tonra is a 21-year-old singer/songwriter from the U.K, who has the lyrical maturity of someone twice her age. She released her second EP “Wild Youth” in November of last year and it holds enough romantic angst to re-sink the Titanic.

While listening to the EP in its entirety, I couldn’t help but wonder if she was ghost writing my life and/or the life of most teenage girls growing up in the new millennium. You’ll begin the record on “Home”, where you’ll meet a sexually deprived young adult and end on “Love”, with an emotionally bruised young woman who makes desperation seem utterly desirable. It’s oddly tortured but still wildly approachable.

I could make comparisons to Florence and the Machine but it won’t do her music justice. You need to hear it in order to fully experience what I’m talking about. Get ready to blow a musical load.

Daughter – Home

Daughter - Youth (Love Thy Brother Remix)

Check out “Wild Youth” on bandcamp.

Posted by @clarkbs

Fresh from destroying dance floors down under, Jack Beats are returning to the UK to headline “The Revolution Tour.” The dynamic duo of Ben Geffin & Niall Dailly are working alongside the masters behind Deadmau5 & Daft Punk’s live production, The Bionic League, to “revolutionize” their live show. The age of DJ’s performing on a table is over, as fans and artists are demanding visual components from shows. “The Revolution Tour” goes one step further, incorporating seizure-inducing visual elements with a fan based social media component. Fans can upload photos to the Jack Beats Facebook and become part of the production.

Check out what they have to say after the jump!

Niall explains, “this tour is going to be sick, we are going to cram some amazing visuals into these clubs AND it will be the first time we will be road testing a whole bunch of new tunes from our forthcoming album!” Ben continues “the fans also get a chance to appear on stage with us… it is great to see our show evolving and bringing the fans closer to the music.”

Jack Beats are finishing up their debut album, which is set to drop this summer. In the meantime, check out their free music series titled ‘Dubs For Clubs,” featuring unreleased tracks every month.

Here is the first installment titled “Make the People”

 The Revolution Tour

Tuesday 28th February – Tuesday Club Sheffield
Friday 2nd March – Fabric London
Saturday 3rd March – Concorde 2 Brighton
Friday 16th March – Mint Warehouse Leeds
Saturday 17th March – Death Disco Glasgow

Jack Beats Website

Jack Beats Facebook

John Talabot’s album “ƒin” has been getting an absolute thrashing since I got my hands on it a little over a week ago. I’ll also be seeing him at Laneway on Saturday. But there is no such thing as too much Talabot so I’ll be at this on Friday night.

Good times.

Die Antwoord have received a lot of criticism in the past for their controversially gory artwork on their new album and split from their former major label ‘Interscope Records‘

The cover featuring Yolandi Vi$$er feasting on a delicious? cooked ‘extra rare’ heart.

But lets take a breathe and have a sigh of relief as it is finally here! The new Die Antwoord album ‘Ten$ion’ has hit the ‘interwebz’ and their second single, ‘I find you freeky’ has been launched with an, as suspected, unusual music video!

The album overall is very satisfying to listen to and we found there to be an unusual influence of techno music throughout but more in particularly with their song ‘Baby’s on fire’.

Download Die Antwoord – Baby’s On Fire 192

Help the new breed of rap superheroes Die Antwoord by Buying their album out on Zef Recordz: here