Skrillex Sonar Announcement Upsets Music Fans, The xx Remixed by John Talabot & Pional & More

Posted on Feb 4th 2013 8:22PM by Theo Bark
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Skrillex has just been announced as an headliner for Barcelona's Sonar festival 2013, where the transitioning dubstep king will share a stage with Kraftwerk. The news is surprising to many, as Sonar has cultivated and maintained a reputation as the world's most progressive electronic music festival. A petition has already been created to "get rid of Skrillex on 2013's lineup." [Spin]

Here's Tosca's new video for "Jay, Jay." The duo's sixth album, Odeon, which hits shelves tomorrow. [YouTube]

Spanish producers John Talabot and Pional have turned in a remix of The xx's "Chained," which sounds a lot like The Streets' "Blinded by the Lights," but is still rad. [YouTube]

Fans have awaited new music from Dabrye for some time now, and the good news is that the Michigan producer will be releasing two new EPs under his JTC / James T Cotton moniker. The first, Sonic Criminal, comes out Feb. 25. [FACT]

Peanut Butter Wolf contributed a mammoth 12 hour DJ Set for Boiler Room, which comes complete with tracklisting, and concludes with Pharoah Sanders' superb "Love is Everywhere." [ResidentAdvisor]

Four Tet just offered a free download of the WAV file of his new single "The Track I've Been Playing That People Keep Asking About and That Joy Used in His RA Mix and Daphni Played on Boiler Room." Pretty tight. [XLR8R]

Finally, Levon Vincent has announcesd a surprise 12", NS-08, which hits shelves this week, via his label Novel Sound. "Rainstorm II," first heard on Vincent's Fabric mix, is our joint. [YouTube]

Here's Prins Thomas' remix of Carmen Villain's new track "Lifeissin," which we dig a lot. [Soundcloud]

Short Stories is Koreless and Sampha, and they have a new, limited edition 12" on Young Turks. Here's a video for "On the Way," which may or may not feature their younger siblings/some random kids. [YouTube]

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