Day In The Life: Tim Binns, A&R Director, New State Entertainment
6.30am The alarm goes off, but I usually lie in until 7am. I make tea for my wife, Jenny, and then wake up our children, Stan andMolly. I leave the house around 8.30am for the school run, then it’s off to our offices in Queen’s Park, London.
Is the rave spotlight shifting back to the alternative Los Angeles scene?
For a brief period in the early-Nineties, Los Angeles was the epicentre of rave culture in America, thanks to a series of epic, hedonistic parties and the presence of Mars FM, the country’s first radio station dedicated to dance music. Yet unlike, say, San Francisco, the city never developed a reputation as a nexus for electronic music makers. Finally, it seems things are changing.
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Album: The Weepies, Hideaway (Nettwerk)
The folk-pop of Hideaway evokes laid back lazy summer's days. The kind of album that makes me think of a Californian road trip, on the road in golden afternoon sun. Lyrically, though, it's more storm clouds and rain.
Celebrating Independents Day
On 4 July, we will celebrate Independents Day, a new annual initiative from AIM in the UK designed to raise awareness and celebrate the importance and success of independently released music across the globe.
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