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Mogwai have announced the release of their new album, titled Atomic, slated for a 1st April release. The album is composed of reworked versions of the music recorded for the soundtrack to director Mark Cousin’s acclaimed documentary Atomic: Living In Dread and Promise, which first aired on BBC Four last summer. The band have premiered U-235, a new track lifted from the album. Constructed entirely of archive film, Atomic is an impressionistic kaleidoscope of the horrors of our nuclear times - protest marches,...

By Alex Lodge (@alexlodgemusic | Insta @alexlodgemusic7) Alex Lodge is a music supervisor for film, TV and advertising at Studio 32 Music.  Welcome to the Weekly Report Vol. 30. It's raining, it's miserable and David Bowie is dead. Not a great deal to recommend today, apart from this playlist of course. We start off with a great calypso song about London and finish with a prophetic track from Bowie's latest album. Happy listening… https://play.spotify.com/user/11123730619/playlist/30p3rVWgUZyLfC6Bws7ge8

Two of David Bowie’s out-of-this-world hits have topped a chart of the nation's 40 favourites from his vast repertoire. His 1969 single ‘Space Oddity’ was voted number one, with 21 per cent of the vote, closely followed by ‘Life On Mars’. The 1983 smash-hit ‘Let’s Dance’, produced by legendary disco mastermind Nile Rodgers, was third, ahead of 1972’s ‘Starman’ and his 1985 duet with Mick Jagger ‘Dancing In The Street’. A spokesman for research experts OnePoll.com, which conducted the survey...

By Ben Gelblum The death of pop legend David Bowie, aged 69 just days after releasing his 28th studio album, the haunting Backstar, has inspired tributes from pretty much everybody who woke up to the sad news today. Perhaps our favourite tribute to The Man Who Fell To Earth, then reinvented himself endlessly, is Soulwax's "Dave" - a flawless one hour mix by Belgium's eccentric Dewaele brothers of their favourite Bowie hits. Premiering in 2012, as part of the Radio Soulwax project that Soulwax aka 2manydjs hope...

By Alex Lodge (@alexlodgemusic | Insta @alexlodgemusic7) Alex Lodge is a music supervisor for film, TV and advertising at Studio 32 Music.  Welcome to the Weekly Report. This is a playlist I’ve been releasing on my blog Liquid Architecture every Monday for the last 29 weeks. It’s made up of tracks I’ve come across in my digging sessions throughout the week, along with some old favorites from my record collection. To keep it interesting, I try to include stuff that you're unlikely to...

With Adore Life, one of the most highly anticipated albums of 2016, set for release on January 22nd, Savages today release their stunning new track ‘Adore’. Marrying Jehnny Beth’s commanding vocals and evocative facial expressions with intimate closeups of the band, oscillating rhythms, and surging guitars, the affecting ballad is inspired by the American poet Minnie Bruce Pratt. To mark the release of their sophomore album, the band will embark on a 28-date 2016 tour, kicking off in the UK, before traveling to Europe and...

By Ben Gelblum There’s always a buzz about Touched compilations.  Some of the finest talents in electronica from Boards of Canada to Plaid, Orbital and 808 State have made them pretty, pretty special… This Christmas, Touched has put out another fundraising compilation for Macmillan Cancer Support charity. - Only this time the acts behind the sizzling electronica are top secret. - TLE Music have spent the past few days trying to needle, badger and uncover who the artists behind the...

2015 was a difficult year for HECK. Having cemented their reputation as Baby Godzilla since 2012, with a deserved notoriety for redefining the word havoc, out of nowhere came the news that the Japanese cinema giant were legally forcing them to change their name. Whilst this caused no end of grief for the Nottingham based chaos-quartet, delaying the release of their much anticipated debut album, it did not, and nothing will, stop them. October of this year saw the release...

Handmade Festival have announced the new line-up additions for the fourth edition of the Leicester-based festival. Joining the recently announced We Are Scientists and 65daysofstatic are Lonely The Brave, Los Campesinos! and Pretty Vicious. Following on from their biggest ever headline tour alongside Black Peaks, anthemic rock quintet Lonely The Brave are currently putting the finishing touches to their new record. In addition, having recently sold out a UK tour with Bruising, Los Campesinos! will be joining the line-up to exhibit their...