Since the release of their eponymous debut album in 2000, !!! (or Chk Chk Chk) have gained a well deserved reputation for their amazingly energetic, vital and at times manic live shows.

Now, the band have returned with a new album,  Strange Weather Isn’t it? recorded in Berlin, New York and Sacramento. We think its their most consistent LP to date.  So, with a record full of new songs burning a hole in their back pockets, the band are set to embark on a world tour. Showcasing the best of their new material, classics from the back catalogue and the energetic live performance that they have become synonymous with. Expect psychedelic funk, punk, house reworkings and extended versions of their tunes at this gig. We can’t wait to see them again.

One of the dates is at Glasgow’s Classic Grand on Saturday 30 October and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away. To be in with a chance of winning simply answer the easy peasy question below. Good luck!

Competiton

To win a pair of tickets to see !!! at the Classic Grand just answer this simple question:

What Magnetic Fields track did !!! cover to devastatingly good effect back in 2005?

Leave your answer in the comments box below and we’ll announce the lucky recipient at midday on Thursday 28 October. Please leave your email address too so that we can be get in touch with  the lucky winner.

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2.    You must be 18 years of age or older.
3.    The prize is 1 x pair of tickets.
4.    Competition will run until Thursday 28 October.
5.    You must tell everyone how much you LOVE Radio Magnetic.

By entering this competition you agree to our terms and conditions.

Watch videos and listen online to footage from the OFF Festival, Katowice, Poland on Radio Magnetic.

DJ Zaguiero, the man behind Radio Magnetic’s monthly Sub Tropic alternative and world music show is over in Poland at OFF Festival. Whilst he’s there he’s managed to get us some excellent little snippets of video and some full live audio recordings from some of the excellent acts on the bill.

Bands and acts appearing over the course of the three day festival in Katowice included, amongst notable others, Joker, Dinosaur Jr, Raekwon, Matmos, Toro Y Moi, Tunng, No Age, The Fall, Mouse On Mars, Dam Mantle, The Dum Dum Girls, Trans AM, The Tindersticks, Darkstar and The Flaming Lips. An incredible line-up I’m sure you’ll agree.

Check the fifth of Zagueiro’s videos, Polish dream-pop band, Lenny Valentino right here and keep an eye on the site for more goodness over the coming days and weeks. If you haven’t seen them already, here’s the Raekwon, Ecstatic Sunshine, We Call It A Sound and Matmos vids too!

And check out Sub Tropic’s preview show from a few weeks back showcasing a few of the excellent names on the bill and a chat with the festival organiser.

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Listen to and watch exclusive live recordings from T in the Park 2010 online at Radio Magnetic.

At T in the Park 2010, Radio Magnetic joined forces with The Skinny magazine to record and film a series of stripped back acoustic sessions with some of the best up-and-coming talent on show at this year’s festival.

Over the coming weeks you can watch the videos and hear the sessions in full here at Radio Magnetic and over at our friends, The Skinny’s website too.

Next up in the series, Glasgow based folk-noir outfit, Sparrow and the Workshop. Normally performing as a trio they took to our little tent in the media village as a two-piece and blew us away on the Saturday evening of the festival straight after they did the very same to the T Break audience. On the back of recent tours with Idlewild and the Brian Jonestown Massacre, this band are one of our favourite new additions to the Glasgow music scene of the last year. Keep an eye on them.

Check out their set by clicking stream in the menu bar above or by clicking the player beneath that. And have a look at the video of them performing over at The Skinny website.

Keep an eye out for our fifth exclusive acoustic session next week. And have a listen to all Radio Magnetic and The Skinny Sessions at: radiomagnetic.com/titp

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Ah, September. Lively freshers flood our fair city with youthful enthusiasm, ready to sample a plethora of clubs, djs and 90p spirits. Some will fail to look beyond the deep fried melting pot of Sauchiehall street, so god bless those adventurous souls willing to look a bit further for their new favourite night out.

One such party we wholeheartedly endorse is Mixed Bizness at Glasgow School of Art, who have just announced a post-summer re-launch just in time for the new academic term. Now in its second year, Mixed Bizness regularly welcomes a lively crowd of loyal fans as well as curious freshers, seeking everything from hip hop to dubstep, house to disco, dancehall to funk and most importantly, bass.

Resident DJ Benny Boom will be holding down the fort every Thursday alongside a new batch of rotating upstarts, namely MGCK, NoFace, Point to C and Djamba. Forthcoming Mixed Bizness highights include dubstep posterboy Benga at the Art School on Friday 17 September and hip hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash at the Sub Club on Wednesday 20 October.

Check out some of resident, Boom Monk Ben’s past mixes and podcasts on Radio Magnetic for a taste of what to expect.

Glasgow School Of Art
Every Thursday
11pm – 3am
£3/4, GSA students free before midnight/£1 after

www.mixedbizness.co.uk
www.myspace.com/boommonkben

We thought it was about time we put another party on for you people, so get yourselves along to The Admiral, Waterloo St, Glasgow on Friday 10 September if you’d like to join us. From 11pm – 3am (£4).

The show which has been a regular fixture on Radio Magnetic since 2007 champions and celebrates the best new music coming out of Scotland every week. With regular interviews, sessions, gig and festival reports all bound together with Jim’s personable and fun-lovingly professional demeanour and style.

Jim’s podcast has been nominated alongside UK podcast heavyweights like Adam and Joe’s 6 Music show, Adam Buxton’s Big Mixtape (also on BBC 6 Music), Jamie Cullum’s BBC Radio 2 Podcast, Chris Coco’s Melodica show and the Scouting For Girls Podcast.

Check out all of our resident, new music guru, Jim Gellatly’s New Music podcasts on Radio Magnetic.

We feel Jim’s show deserves to be up there with these excellent podcasts and quite frankly, think he deserves to win it! Let’s hope the judges agree.

For full details on this year’s awards which take place on, Thursday 20 September at The Roundhouse in London, and to vote and win tickets visit: btdma.com

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Watch videos and listen online to footage from the OFF Festival, Katowice, Poland on Radio Magnetic.

DJ Zaguiero, the man behind Radio Magnetic’s monthly Sub Tropic alternative and world music show is over in Poland at OFF Festival. Whilst he’s there he’s managed to get us some excellent little snippets of video and some full live audio recordings from some of the excellent acts on the bill.

Bands and acts appearing over the course of the three day festival in Katowice include, amongst notable others, Joker, Dinosaur Jr, Raekwon, Matmos, Toro Y Moi, Tunng, No Age, The Fall, Mouse On Mars, Dam Mantle, The Dum Dum Girls, Trans AM, The Tindersticks, Darkstar and The Flaming Lips. An incredible line-up I’m sure you’ll agree.

Check the fourth of Zagueiro’s videos, one of the stand out local Polish acts on the bill, We Call It A Sound, right here and keep an eye on the sit for more goodness over the coming days and weeks. If you haven’t seen them already, here’s the Raekwon, Ecstatic Sunshine and Matmos vids too!

And check out Sub Tropic’s preview show from a few weeks back showcasing a few of the excellent names on the bill and a chat with the festival organiser.

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After making their Scottish debut at HYP? in December 2008, Benni G and Plus One AKA Jackbeats have been invited back and will be bringing there own particular brand of bass heavy electronic house that has made them one of the most exciting production duos working today.

Joining Jackbeats on Friday 27 August will be German party starter Malente making his Sub Club debut and new Mixed Bizness resident MGCK for what is set to be one of the parties of the  year.

Advance tickets are available from Ticket Scotland. There will be a limited number on the door but tickets are selling fast so book now to avoid disappointment.

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myspace.com/jackbeats
myspace.com/malente
myspace.com/djmagick

Listen to and watch exclusive live recordings from T in the Park 2010 online at Radio Magnetic.

At T in the Park 2010, Radio Magnetic joined forces with The Skinny magazine to record and film a series of stripped back acoustic sessions with some of the best up-and-coming talent on show at this year’s festival.

Over the coming weeks you can watch the videos and hear the sessions in full here at Radio Magnetic and over at our friends, The Skinny‘s website too.

Next up in the series Glaswegian five piece acoustic folk-rock outfit, The Seventeenth Century. The band formed back in early 2008, after studying music at Reid Kerr College and Glasgow University and the Daily Record recently described their style as, “a Hebridian take on The Beach Boys”.  The band played their acoustic set in the Media Village for us on Sunday afternoon after their performance in the T Break stage on Friday 9 July. It doesn’t look to be the end of an already very exciting 2010 for them. Definite ones to watch.

Check out their set by clicking stream in the menu bar above or by clicking the player beneath that. And have a look at the video of them performing over at The Skinny website.

Keep an eye out for our fourth exclusive acoustic session next week. And have a listen to all Radio Magnetic and The Skinny Sessions at: radiomagnetic.com/titp

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myspace.com/theseventeenthcentury