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This March label mates Azari & III and The Rapture will be joining the stellar Future Music Festival line-up (full dates and line-up here).

Australian fans in Melbourne and Sydney will be lucky enough to see both, together at their combined side-shows. Both groups are renowned for their upbeat and fevered frenzy-inducing qualities - expect a lot from this show, it's bound to be snappy.

If you're a fan of The Rapture, make sure you have a listen to the latest remixes of Sail Away by Cut Copy, Aeroplane and Cosmic Kids.

While fans of Azari & III should keep their eyes peeled for some new remixes of Reckless. Friend us here for updates as they come to hand!

Show dates and details below.

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Late last year after releasing two great albums, Grinderman announced their decision to call it quits. Fans took solace in the knowledge that the members were highly likely to keep making music in their various other projects including Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and the Dirty Three - and maybe in the future hear more Grinderman adventures. (When the band pulled up stumps they jokingly said something about seeing everyone in 10 years for a come back tour.)

Then, this remix surfaced, with the Yeah Yeah Yeah's talented Nick Zinner taking on remix duties. It's a meeting of creative greats. There's apparently a whole remix album on the way...

Ladyhawke's second album, 'ANXIETY' is set for release on March 16 (AUS), March 19 (UK), March 20 (US). In anticipation and readiness of said release, here's a little preview of the album.

Next week BBC 1 and triple j will premiere the first single, 'Black, White & Blue', so tune into BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show on Monday January 23 or triple j breakfast on Tuesday January 24.

Meanwhile, if you want a bit more insight into the album sounds, take a listen to some of the songs that inspired Pip, and read NME's take on the album.

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Here is the video for Pond's 'Fantastic Explosion Of Time', directed by AMJC.

The band's fourth album, Beard, Wives, Denim is an audio diary of ten friends' strange, terrible and blissful time in the country trying in vain to be a wholesome family band. It sounds just like it, distorted and woozy and fractured and ultimately nostalgic and loving. Mixed by Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) and Rob Grant at Poon's Head Studio in Perth, said record will be out on Modular Recordings March 2nd (AUS), March 5th (UK/EU), and March 6th (US). Pre-order now, Mod Shop, JB Hi Fi.

Pond will be touring across America with Oberhofer throughout March and April. The 5-week tour will take in SXSW, dates below.

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Aeroplane, Cosmic Kids and Grammy nominees (and Modular label-mates) Cut Copy, have all turned their hands to reworking The Rapture's latest single, 'Sail Away', the opening cut from their album 'In The Grace Of Your Love'. Take a listen to the full remix EP below.

Australian fans will get a chance to see The Rapture in March as part of the Future Music Festival, with friends James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, Holy Ghost, The Juan MacLean, Benoit & Sergio, Horse Meat Disco, Hercules & Love Affair, Modular's own Azari & III, and many more. Tickets here.