Blondes' debut long-player, out now on RNVG Intl, is actually no such thing, and in part this is why it's such a paradoxical listen. Formed of three 12"s released last year, and coupled with two new tracks, the album is a series of pairs; Lover / Hater - Business / Pleasure - Wine / Water - Gold / Amber. Each track is only fully understandable, fully appreciable, in reference to its pair. Yet for all the chin-stroking this will undoubtably bring about in the techno-pseuds 'Blondes' is also at turns a deeply-involving house record, and as such it's a rarity in a genre more suited to expressing itself on a track-by-track basis.

What this all amounts to is that with Blondes you can really take or leave a lot of their music theory baggage and really get stuck into it as a pure aural experience. This should hopefully transpose perfectly to the live arena, when Blondes launch their record in London's Shacklewell Arms on Thursday 16th. Facebook event here and tickets here.

Blondes - Blondes (Disc 1) by RVNG Intl.

JAMES FERRARO is arguably the most talked-about (certainly the most theorised) underground artist of the past two years, confounding and delighting in equal measure with a litany of cassette, CD-R and vinyl releases under a bewildering number of aliases. New album 'Far Side Virtual' on Hippos In Tanks it a forty five minute exploration of modernity, made up of the technological white noise that backgrounds our lives in web 2.0. Partly a satire of the hyperreality and interconnectivity of late capitalism, but also imbued with an innocence and willingness to engage with the subject matter.

Look for an interview with him in the next issue of Tank, but in the mean time he's playing a special one off show for Upset The Rhythm next week at the Tufnell Park Dome. Details here

James Ferraro - 'Far Side Virtual' by Hippos In Tanks

Coachella's got a line-up so good this year that it'll make you weep, then sell a kidney to fund flights and tickets.

Just to jump in with a selection of names from the line-up; Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Dre and Snoop, Justice, Florence and The Machine, Bon Iver, Madness, The Horrors, Wu Lyf, Jeff Magnum, A$AP Rocky, St Vicent, Cat Power.

And then of course newly reformed At The Drive-In and Refused are also playing shows. Together. On the same bill. Which is a lot of socially awkward nineteen-year-olds' musical reformation fantasy.

For more information go to coachella.com