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M83 (aka Anthony Gonzalez) return with “Midnight City” the first single takn from their forthcoming double album, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, released on October 17. Produced by Justin Meldal-Johnson (Beck, NIN, Goldfrapp), the album includes contributions from Zola Jesus, Brad Laner (from 90’s band Medicine) on guitar, and Saturdays = Youth vocalist Morgan Kibby. With [...]

V Festival The behemoth of the V Festival roles into the country at the end of the month. It features the usual mix of mainstream and up and coming rock/pop and electronic acts including The Killers, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, Elbow, The Human League, Madness, M83, Louis XIV, Howling Bells, The Kills and more. Apr [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, the envelope please! Webcuts favourite albums of 2008 as argued and fought over by us, including star-studded appearances from Beach House, My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes, Nick Cave, Santogold, Okkervil River and many more…

  Virgin, 2008 I have a very vivid memory of M83‘s previous album Before the Dawn Heals Us being played at a thunderous volume while sleeping at a friend‘s house early one morning, and it shook through the drunken spillover of the night before as if the ceiling inside my head was about to cave [...]

Anthony Gonalez is the driving force behind French band M83. Since 2001 M83 have released several albums of hypnotic electronica combined with effects laden guitars, and softly sung vocals. Static’s Chris Berkley managed to track down Anthony on his first Australian tour and discussed airline mishaps, growing up on the French Rivera, the new M83 [...]