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Edinburgh-based DJ DAV has pleaded guilty to child sex offences. The DJ – real name Dave Angelo Valdez – appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last Thursday (April 17), where he pleaded guilty to possessing indecent images of children and causing a child to engage in sexual activity. Per a report from the Daily Record, Valdez, 25, coerced a 14-year-old girl to send him indecent images and perform sex acts for […]

Yellow Magic Orchestra leader Haruomi Hosono is to play his first UK show in seven years at London’s Southbank Centre. READ MORE: Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1952-2023: an inimitable sonic innovator The highly influential musician and producer is one of the artists that will play at the arts centre’s ESEA (East and South East Asia) Encounters series this summer, which will showcase a range of art and culture from the area. The […]

Electronic music videos have surpassed indie on TikTok for the first time, with the electronic music industry bringing in over $12billion last year. Posts on the social media app that are tagged with #ElectronicMusic grew by 45 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year, which itself had seen a 100 per cent increase from 2022. That represents a faster growth than that enjoyed by indie or rap music, […]

Wheatus are set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their self-titled, debut album with a 2025 UK and Ireland tour. Find all the ticket information below. The New York rock band’s seminal 2000 LP featured the breakout hit ‘Teenage Dirtbag’, which reached Number Two in the UK Singles Chart and has since been certified quadruple platinum. To commemorate its anniversary, they’ll be playing it in full each night, as well […]

Model/Actriz have shared the latest single from their new album ‘Pirouette’ – listen to ‘Diva’ below. READ MORE: Get down and dirty with Model/Actriz’s feral debut album The Brooklyn-based band announced their second album in February, with the follow-up to 2023’s ‘Dogsbody’ set to be released on May 2 via True Panther Records in the US and Dirty Hit in the rest of the world. You can pre-order/pre-save it here. They’ve […]

Kneecap have shared the messages of support they’ve received following the controversy surrounding their Coachella performances. READ MORE: Kneecap on the cover – giving peace, protest and partying a chance The trio made headlines on Coachella’s weekend one, after the live stream of their set was cut when they voiced their support for a free Palestine, and also led the crowd in a provocative anti-Margaret Thatcher chant. “Not only was that […]

Tina Knowles has looked back at the rumours that her daughter Beyoncé faked her pregnancy, and described it as “one of the worst times” of her life. The rumours she refers to relate back to 2011, when Beyoncé was pregnant with her first child, Blue Ivy, and speculation arose that she was not actually carrying the baby, but instead, she and Jay-Z were using a surrogate in secret. Momentum gathered […]

Arcade Fire debuted new songs from their upcoming album ‘Pink Elephant’ at a show in Mexico last night (April 22). Check out the footage below. READ MORE: Arcade Fire’s ‘Funeral’ at 15: the album that killed indie rock as we knew it The Canadian indie rockers are preparing to release their seventh album on May 9, and so far they have previewed the record with the lead single ‘Year Of The […]

Hurts have announced a vinyl reissue of their classic album ‘Happiness’ to celebrate its 15th anniversary. Check out the details below. READ MORE: Hurts tell us about dark new single ‘Voices’: “We’ve gone back to the essence of who we are” The alt-pop duo – formed by Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson – will be sharing the new version of the debut album on May 23 as an expanded limited […]