Washington DC post-hardcore band Fugazi were famous for their ethical approach to touring; all shows were all ages and affordable. Inspired by a Fugazi show he saw in Brixton for a fiver, Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, has decided to give it a bit of a go himself; "I saw Fugazi at Brixton in the 90's... £5 ticket, no light show, no bullshit... one of the best things I've ever seen. This is kind of inspired by that I guess" - and with a full line up of Ben UFO, Floating Points, Four Tet b2b Caribou, James Holden, Pangaea, Pearson Sound, it's actually shaping to be the best night of dance you'll ever see for five pounds.

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Chicago's Disappears draw on a combined reverence for reverb, heavy tremolo, distortion, delay and repetition, they play minimal rock music inspired by everything from Kraut to American gospel to punk. Carving out a space somewhere in the middle of garage-punk snarl, shoegaze haze, and Krautrock grooves. Their records sit in a classic alt-rock space, yet sound wonderfully unique. Now featuring the drumming talents of the excellent Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, Disappears' second album 'Pre-Language' is due to drop on the consistently brilliant Kranky in late february. In support they'll be playing at Corsica Studios on the 29th of March, tickets are here. Prepare to be pummelled.

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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.