Modular People

Every year around this time in the lead-up to Record Store Day, little gems start surfacing, hints of what's to come.

One of these is a collaboration between Flaming Lips & Bon Iver, taken from the forthcoming album "Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends" (featuring a diverse range of collaborations including with Nick Cave, Ke$ha, Yoko Ono and our very own Tame Impala). If this collaboration with Bon Iver is anything to go by, the album's going to be pretty special (not to mention the plans for the vinyl to be pressed with a mix of the contributors blood!)

Record Store Day is on April 22 this year, more info here.

In Flagranti have a new late night, dirty disco, party jam called "All That And A Bag of Chips". The video is an ode to their city of New York and fabulous fashion.

UK Producer Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs has an album coming out in June and in anticipation he's released this video of his latest single 'Tapes & Money'. Directed by David Terranova (of Rebel Rave fame), using live footage from a show in London this video is a taste of things to come.

In October 1991 Nirvana performed at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. The show was recorded on 16mm film and released in its entirety late last year. To mark what should've been Kurt Cobain's 45th birthday today (Feb 20), we thought we'd give it a gentle nod and post for you to appreciate.

New York's Matthew Dear and London based director Morgan Beringer have been collaborating on visuals and videos for quite some time - Beringer plays with texture and morphing colour, working seamlessly with Dear's audio prowess. This latest video is no exception. Together they make something that's hypnotic, transfixing and a little mind-warping. Matthew Dear's latest EP Headcage is out now through Ghostly International.

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...

Todd Terje is the master of the dancefloor, and a magician in the studio. His latest offering 'Inspector Norse' is again proof that Mr Terje has more tricks up his sleeve. From the pulsating rhythm to the ever-so-warm bassline, the track bubbles away to the out edges of your head and back again.

It's been floating around clubs for a bit, but it's now available on the 'It's The Arps' EP - stream it above and buy it here.

When you start a band, do you imagine how it will end? You'd probably hope it ends with the celebration that LCD Soundsystem had, performing their final show surrounds by friends and fans at Madison Square Gardens.

'Shut Up And Play The Hits' is a documentary directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace charting the preparations of this once in a life time performance, the final days of LCD Soundsystem and an intimate portrait of frontman James Murphy. The trailer alone gives us chills.

SBTRKT is both a mysterious and prolific English producer.

He released his self-titled debut long player to critical acclaim last year and he's already releasing new material.

Most recently however, his cover of Friendly Fire's 'Blue Cassette' (recorded for BBC1's Live Lounge) has hit the interweb.

Merrill Garbus, or tUnE-yArDs as you might know her, has a phenomenal voice and is the master of wonky, lo-fi experimental (and simply awesome) sounds. She recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel with her band to perform 'Bizness', taken from her 2011 release w h o k i l l.