Set times for our first birthday party

At the Macbeth in Hoxton.

Dummy 8 - 9
dollop 9 - 10
Fnord 10 - 11
Egyptian Hip Hop 11 - 11:30
dollop 11:30 - 12
Hudson Mohawke 12 - 1
Stopmakingme 1 - 2

Armand Van Helden @ The Coronet

This will be a good night. Armand Van Helden ruled UK nightlife in the late 90s. Course he hangs out with Dizzee and A-Trak these days, still making good music. Here's hoping he plays Flowerz for old time's sake though.

Armand Van Helden, Herve, Joe & Will Ask?
The Coronet, Elephant & Castle
Sunday 2 May

More details here

MIA – Born Free

Hooray!

M.I.A. - Born FreebyTheProphetBlog

Nothing on this Ghostrider-sampling track, but it's doing the rounds, she's amazing, and we thought you'd be interested.

James Blake releases CMYK on R&S

James' early stuff on Hemlock/Hessle was fantastic, so it's with great pleasure I announce that his debut for R&S will be released on the 31st May. We can't play any tracks form it but it sees him translating his minimal dubstep into the most beautiful, future ready pop music I've heard in so, so long. Circle the date.

LCD Soundsystem stream album

You may already know that you can hear your favourite record of the year at their website. You may not. Worth a listen.

Mount Kimbie + FaultyDL song to download, for free.

If I were the editor of the Sun (I'm not) I'd make Mount Kimbie lead story because

a) They are one of the most genuinely thrilling bands in the UK, adding post-rock, and provincial yearning and (whisper it) melodies the Housemartins would be proud of to the dubstep template.

b) It would give me a chance to use the headline "Peak Time!"

READ A CATCH-UP WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR ALBUM, HERE.

Mock N Toof video

Mock And Toof- Farewell To Wendo from Darling Department on Vimeo.

Good that.

Have a nice weekend!

Malcolm Mclaren on hip hop in 1984.

'Beat This! A Hip Hop History' tells the story of early hip hop, something that Malcolm Mclaren makes sound ineffably exciting, as he seemed to make everything – even boredom – sound. It's a greyer world without him, and our thoughts are with his family.

Ariel Pink announce album

'Before Today' will be released by 4AD on the 8th June. It was recorded at Tito Jackson's old house, the House Of Blues, with Sunny Levine (Quincy Jones' grandson) and Rik Pekkonen (Bill Withers, Seals & Crofts, Bread). Artwork above, designed by Douglas Lee.

Preorder it immediately and buy tickets for their Cargo show. Download Round and Round here while you do that, yes?

Ariel Pink - Helen [Haunted Graffiti] from pearface on Vimeo.

Nice Monarchy video

Monarchy - Phoenix Alive from dandelion & burdock on Vimeo.

Good that.

Released via This Is London May 4th

Bugged Out tent at Field Day line-up announcement

Playing the Bugged Out! tent at Field Day (Victoria Park, 31.07.10), of which Dummy is proud media partner, will be

LIVE

Moderat
Chilly Gonzales
Memory Tapes
The Golden Filter
Tensnake

DJs

Simian Mobile Disco
James Holden
Fake Blood
Carte Blanche – DJ Mehdi & Riton
Joker & MC Nomad
Rory Phillips

YES

Last year was terrific. Imagine what this year will be.

Buy a ticket now

Mount Kimbie, Darkstar, A Grave With No Name + more at Fabric, 1st April

With a line-up like that, you don't need pretty pictures on your flyer. Just a big list. Yeah. Pretty frickin' good.

More details here.