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News: Rudimental & Bipolar Sunshine kick off Bacardi Beginnings 2013

Accredited with launching the careers of Jessie Ware and AlunaGeorge in previous years, prestigious music mentoring programme BACARDÍ Beginnings today announces details of its 2013 campaign. The programme pairs together established artists with hotly tipped up-and-comings, who then work closely to release original tracks together. First up in the series, Rudimental

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News: College announces new album

This August will mark the return of French electro genius David Grellier, better known by his College alias. Having come to mass mainstream attention with ‘A Real Hero’ ft. Electric Youth, which provided the audio to that blissful joy-riding, stone-skimming, Gosling-worshipping scene in 2011′s DriveGrellier now announces Heritage, …

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Original Penguin announce Plugged In Session with Google+ ft. Benga

Earlier this year, Planet Notion had the pleasure of attending Miles Kane‘s Plugged In Session for Original Penguin. We’re now very excited to report the next Plugged In live music session from the iconic clothing label, which will this time be streamed live via a Google+ ‘On …

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News: Zola Jesus + JG Thirlwell & Mivos Quartet

Following a very special and well-received performance at New York’s prestigious Guggenheim Museum, where she recruited JG Thirwell (AKA Foetus) to arrange her work for a classical quartet, electronic musician Zola Jesus (‪Nika Roza Danilova‬) has announced that the studio recordings of those tracks will be released in the form …

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News: David Lynch & Lykke Li – ‘I’m Waiting Here’

One would expect nothing short of stunning from a collaboration between David Lynch and Lykke Li, and “I’m Waiting Here” doesn’t disappoint. The track comes from the cult director’s sophomore album, The Big Dream, which follows up his 2011 musical debut Crazy Clown Time. Perfectly balanced are …

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News: Hurts announce new single – ‘Somebody to Die For’

Previous Notion cover stars Hurts have just announced ‘Somebody To Die For’ to be the third single off their latest album, Exile. Released earlier this year through Major Label, the band’s sophomore effort peaked in the top 10 in 30 countries. They have now reached over 2,000,000 sales worldwide, and …

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News: Washed Out announces sophomore album

Following up his critically-acclaimed debut Within and Without, Ernest Greene – AKA Washed Out – now announces his second album, Paracosm, to be released on August 12th via Weird World. Named after the phenomenon whereby people create intricate imaginary worlds, such as Tolkein’s Middle Earth and C.S Lewis’s …

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News: Red Bull Studios presents Monki & Friends

2013 is already off to a roaring start for 21-year-old Monki. Spotted by the BBC in January and invited to join the illustrious In New DJs We Trust lineup, she now hosts her own weekly show filling in for B.Traits. Off-air, Monki’s independent label ZOO Music prepares for …

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News: Volcano Choir return with new album, Repave

A lot has changed for Justin Vernon in the three years since he – alongside members of Pele and Collections of Colonies of Bees – released the first Volcano Choir record, Unmap, back in 2009: the Wisconsin native has seen critical acclaim for his day job as Bon Iver

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News: Isle of Man Festival

This July, Acatel One Touch in association with MTV presents a brand new festival! Taking place on the beautiful Isle of Man, a top lineup of music acts including Primal Scream, Paloma Faith, Johnny Marr and Wretch 32 will take to stage, with many more exciting names supporting. …

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