Warp Records celebration

20 years of mad bleeps and danceable insanity! Sheffield's iconic Warp Records label celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, which brought back early 90's memories of buying vinyl at their sadly departed shop on Division St... still cant beat a bit of LFO!

Loopy Music

Liam Finn - Lead Balloon (I'll Be Lightning)



Me and Matt went to see the Black Keys play the academy last week, they were absolutely brilliant as usual, but Liam Finn (son of Neil Finn from Crowded House) was supporting them and he totally blew me away.

He uses a loop machine to record what he plays live and builds it up - great voice and an extremely talented musician will definitely be putting his album (called I'll be lightning) on my Xmas List!

Check him out!

Posted by: Bew

Buzzin Fly - 5 Golden Years in the Wilderness

Buzzin’ Fly are an independent record label concentrating on minimal/deep/tech house. London Agency, I want design are responsible for all sleeve designs, posters, and t-shirts using hand rendered type, collages, props and photography, giving the label an immediate - identifiable look. Music and design has always had a symbiotic relationship and this just proves it.

I was going to buy this on digital download, but thought for an extra couple of quid I could get a nice piece of design as well.

Posted by: Matt

Grace Jones New Album

I am a bit of a Grace Jones fan – and am loving the new album for various reasons:

1) Its great
2) The photography is shot in Thornton’s chocolate factory in Derbyshire
3) My mate Ants produced the majority of it

...‘I AM HURRICANE!’

Posted by: Dan

DKPM go Wireless again

To celebrate DKPM's 6th birthday we hit the O2 Wireless Festival again. So it was off to Harewood House outside Leeds in our wellies to make the most of what is fast becoming our annual day out. This year Saturday was indie day, so we had Editors and local heroes Kaiser Chiefs topping the bill, very enjoyable after a days hard partying in the mud!

Posted by: Tom

Monkey On The Roof!

Check out the Arctic Monkey's music promo for 'Leave Before The Lights Come On', which just happens to be filmed on the rooftop of DKPM North!

A lot of shoes fell past the office windows that day!

Posted By: Davey

DKPM - Sing The Hits!

At DKPM, we’ve created the new graphic identity, packaging designs and point of sale materials for the latest Sony Playstation SingStar game – SingStar: Pop Hits.

They are in stores ‘now’ throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand, so be sure to head down to your nearest retailer and pick up this fantastic fun game!

This SingStar game has all sorts of music for all music lovers. So, why not buy two copies; one to play and one to hang on your wall?

Posted By: Dan

Treadmills… Ok Go

I love the simplicity of this music video Ok Go. The concept is inventive and executed to perfection – the music, the outfits, the comic timing and the general child-like larking about make for a compelling watch – it really makes you want to join in!

In fact, let me at the gym so I can have a go (there’s a first time for everything…)!

Posted By: Clare

Arctic Monkeys outsell the entire chart!

On its first day of release, the Artic Monkey’s ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ sold more copies than the rest of the UK's Top 20 added together!

The Sheffield band are outselling last week’s No1, Avril Lavigne’s 'The Best Damn Thing', by ten copies to one.

This is a real testament to the popularity of their music. The band do their talking though their lyrics, rather than the typical promotional trail of TV and radio that hype new album launches...

Posted By: Davey

Because of the Times

Nashville-based Kings of Leon are doing a UK tour in support of their new album 'Because of the Times'. They played at the Doncaster Dome on 23rd April '07.

I knew they were a great live band, but found out that was an understatement when I went to see their sold-out gig last night at the Doni Dome. It was an absolutely awesome show and the crowd was mental.

If you get the chance to see them live on this tour, don't miss it.

Poster By: Bew

When the Clouds Clear

Charlie Alex March’s ‘When the Clouds Clear’ EP, 3″ CD, with a limited edition print by Yokoland.

It’s such an interesting format for CD packaging and it experiments with the boundaries of print.

It's great to have something tangable, rather than a software file. I really like it and I’m never opening it!


Posted By: Matt

Mixmeister

I like Mixmeister as it lets me make great mix tapes without having to faff around on my decks!

Posted By: Dan

Pet Shop Boys Website

An unusual, but very nice approach to website menus - using simple Flash & lovely Swiss typography: both things working very well together.

Have a look for yourself: www.petshopboys.co.uk/

Posted By: Matt

Jarvis Rocks!

The great man returned to Sheffield last month and played a couple of sell outs at The Plug, which seems to be fast becoming the best venue in Sheffield for live music. Anyway, great gig!

More Jarvis on his MySpace page.


Posted By: Tom