This week we head out of London, and even manage to cross a bit of water, in pursuit of Paul Woolford, aka Bobby Peru from 2020 Records, whose doing a session in Ulster.

Leeds man Woolford has held residencies in Ibiza at Space, Manchester at Sankeys and in his home town at Back To Basics, so presumably knows a thing or two about DJing by now! No doubt he'll be rocking the floor big time with his blend of tech-infused house at this rather strangely named venue on the other side of the Irish Sea.

Also on the bill are local resident Senor G and Bobby Murray who, I'm reliably told, will be playing some warped and twisted party house beats. And why not, I ask you?

Should be a good one.

Saturday 4 Sep, The Stiff Kitten Bar & Club, 1 Bankmore Square, off Dublin Road, Belfast, BT7, £8 adv, more from www.thestiffkitten.com or 028 9023 8700

Former ballerina Nanna Øland Fabricius, aka Oh Land, is one of our favourite finds of recent years. Her 2008 debut album, 'Fauna', was (and indeed still is) a beautiful collection of songs, which manage to sound like recordings of a late night in a 1920s speakeasy, then unearthed in the 21st century and spruced up with modern production. It's quite striking, which is why Sony/Epic snapped her up after last year's SxSW and shoved her in the studio with Shakira producer Lester Mendez.

With her second album now complete, Fabricius has unveiled the first track to be released from it, 'Sun Of A Gun'. It's clear straight off that she's been given much more of a pop treatment this time around, but that's not to the detriment of her experimental side, which ensures the track is essential listening throughout, beyond its killer chorus hook.

You can download 'Sun Of A Gun' from the Oh Land SoundCloud page now, where you'll also find Yuksek and Savage Skulls remixes of the same track, plus another new song, 'Perfection'.

soundcloud.com/ohland

Arcade Fire have teamed up with the cool dudes at Google to create an interactive video whatnot thing for their latest single 'We Used To Wait'. Basically, you plonk your postcode into a box and the video then uses Google Street Map to personalise what appears before you in various windows by showing pictures of things near where you live.

It's kinda cool, and I didn't even watch it in Google's Chrome browser, as recommended. Take that, Google! It definitely worked in Safari, and Firefox just about managed to hold it all together, as well. As a quick demonstration of the potential of HTML5 coding, it's quite impressive. As a demonstration of how good Arcade Fire's new songs are, though, not so much.

www.thewildernessdowntown.com

NHC 2010. From its inception in 1966 the NHC is now utterly massive. If the weather is bad the carnival is good but with sun shining its ace. Forget all the negative press about it - and check it out before passing judgement. There truly is something for everyone. The food and drink from the Caribbean is top rate (but often overpriced these days), but the floats playing soca, pan and calypso and reggae are amazing, and sound systems are briliant. Sunday is traditionally kids day and Monday is more of an adults theme but it is a school night! Sound systems are my fave, and to name a few good ones-  here we go: Abashanti-I, CMC/ Matrix, Fun Bunch, Good Times, King Tubby, Rampage, Rapattack, and focus on one of London's leading underground dance pioneers: Sancho Panza  return to their favourite gig of the year. In their 17th year the boys will be showing off with their classic underground tunes old and new on their biggest weapon of two mountains of Funktion One bizness.

Expect unexpected top bouncy tunes a la carnival, an array of special guests, lots of smiley people all partying in the middle of the street. This crew won't be stopping there as the street party which will be turned off by the council at around 9pm,  will be followed by an exclusive shindig with Sancho Panza and Leftside Wobble presenting Carnival Top Up  special guests: Crazy P (2020 Recordings), Matt Brown (Sancho Panza), Jimmy K Tel (Sancho Panza), Jonathan Moore (Leftside Wobble),  at The Regent just a few minutes walk away.... whistles a must have, it's carnival time.

Sunday 29 Aug, The Regent, 5 Regent Street. Kensal Rise, NW10 5LG, 7pm - 3am, £8 adv, £10 door, more info from www.sanchopanza.org

After two years, Does It Offend You, Yeah? are finally coming close to finishing work on their second album, 'Don't Say We Didn't Warn You'. There's still a little way to go, sample clearing and mastering mainly, so it's not clear when it'll actually be out yet, but the band have put a new track online for all to enjoy.

Entitled 'We Are The Dead', the track is a definite progression from their debut album, opening with acoustic guitar and voice, before dropping a load of beats all over the place a minute in, the first of a number of twists and turns throughout the song. As well as downloading the complete track, you can also download the individual parts in order to create your own remix (or if you just fancy listening to the bass on its own).

www.doesitoffendyou.com/wearethedead.html

Copenhagen-born, Berlin-based singer-songwriter Agnes Obel released her debut single, 'Just So'. in Europe last year (under the name Obél). The track was promptly picked up in Germany for a Deutsche Telekom television advert, shooting her to fame in the country. She released her debut EP, 'Riverside', in the UK in May, and is set to re-issue it on ten-inch vinyl next month, ahead of her debut album, 'Philharmonic', on 4 Oct.

The formula for her songs is simple; gentle piano playing underpins her soft vocals, which build into intricate harmonies. Simple, and also effective. The EP's title track, 'Riverside', which you can hear on Obel's MySpace player, has a lilting, almost lullaby-like quality, the piano on the verse twinkling like sunlight on water. However, this same sound takes a darker turn on her cover of John Cale's '(I Keep A) Close Watch'. And if you want to know how all this comes across live, she will be supporting Mercury nominees I Am Kloot on their upcoming UK tour.

www.myspace.com/obelmusic

Denis Jones released his debut album, 'Humdrum Virtue', in 2007. Although often using loops created with a bank of equipment and the occasional guest musician, the focus of the songs was nonetheless Jones' distinct guitar-playing style and piercingly soulful voice, maintaining a very intimate feel, however much layering was added. Tracks like '£10 Of Electricity', 'Four Water and '17' really marked him out as someone special.

Three and a half years later Jones is back with album number two, 'Red + Yellow =', which is due for release in October. The songs remain in very much the same style as his debut, though this is no bad thing - he always leaves you wanting more, letting neither album stretch beyond eight tracks and ensuring the quality is kept high throughout. You can hear the album in full via Jones' website now.

www.denisjones.com

I finally went to see 'Inception' yesterday, after weeks of not being able to find the time and carefully avoiding all mention of the film by everyone else in the world, you all having seen it at least twice by now. I've done so well, managing to find out almost nothing about it in advance, which I'm quite impressed by. Unfortunately, these skills of avoidance have developed to such a high level now that I managed to go to the wrong cinema, one that wasn't showing 'Inception' at all. So, please, if you see or speak to me in the next week, stay quiet a little longer. Here are some things you could use to occupy yourself while you refrain from spoiling the year's biggest film for me...

01: Popstars in court. This week, George Michael will be in court to answer charges of decimating the Hampstead branch of Snappy Snaps with his car, just the latest of a string of driving offences, while Bez will be in court to be sentenced for assaulting his former girlfriend Monica Ward. Blue's Lee Ryan is up in court on Friday charged with assaulting his fiancée, and N-Dubz drummer Aaron Fagan was convicted of sexual assault last week. You are all bad people (some of you allegedly).

02: Reading and Leeds. Hey, it's Reading and Leeds weekend, that's fun. Or not, I don't know, opinion seems divided. Though to add to the excitement this year, they've booked two bands famed for being unreliable. There's still a nagging twinge of doubt over Guns N Roses' headline slot, despite assurances otherwise, and who knows if The Libertines will bother? (Actually, I'm fairly sure they'll both play, but that's less fun to write).

03: One final ThreeWeeks plug. Hey, it's the last week of the Edinburgh Fringe, which can only mean one thing; yes, it's the final time I will shamelessly plug ThreeWeeks here. Since the beginning of August, our ThreeWeeks team have been covering the world's biggest cultural festival with news, reviews, features and interviews in four editions of a print newspaper, a daily reviews sheet, a daily email bulletin, a daily podcast and a twice-weekly radio show, all in order to cover more of the planet's biggest cultural event than anyone else. It's quite a feat. Find out more at www.ThreeWeeks.co.uk.

04: New releases. It's hard to pick one big release this week, there are so many possibles. Of course, Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' is the big pop release, but there's also the return of Klaxons and !!!, plus the new live album and DVD from Mogwai to consider. And let's not forget Caspa and Mr Hudson's 'Love Never Dies', which entered the chart on Sunday, but gets its official release this week. And I haven't even mentioned Efterklang's Leaf Label re-issues, Tracey Thorn's remix EP, or the new Minus The Bear album yet.

05: Well, of course, the gig everyone's talking about this week is the first Libertines reunion show at The Forum - you're either desperately wishing you could get a ticket or professing loudly to anyone who will listen that you'll be giving Kentish Town a wide berth on Wednesday night. You could also be checking out Bad Religion in London and Manchester, Eels in Glasgow and Birmingham, Saint Saviour in London for Thursday's GustoGig, or Warpaint at CAMP Basement in London, also on Thursday.

You can read more ramblings from my brain in this week's CMU Weekly on Friday, but not here in the Daily again next week, as it's a bank holiday. There will be no Daily at all that day. In fact, there will be no Daily on Tuesday next week, either. But we'll be back in full force on Wednesday 1 Sep and you'll get your next Five Day Forecast in two weeks' time.

Andy Malt
Editor, CMU Daily

Sub Pop has caught up with the modern age and released its catalogue digitally through Amazon, dropping the price of all albums to £4.99 until the end of September. The releases stretch right back to the early days of the label, with classics from the likes of Green River, Tad and, of course, Nirvana. As well as that, the label has put together a free 22 track compilation, entitled 'Digital Bang', which is also available through the site.

Contained with 'Digital Bang' are 20 tracks, from acts new and old, musical and comedic. Amongst them are Nirvana, Pissed Jeans, Iron & Wine, The Postal Service, David Cross, Band Of Horses, The Shins, The Vaselines, Flight Of The Conchords, Male Bonding, Dum Dum Girls and more. Did I mention it's free? Oh, I did. Well, no harm in reminding you, is there? If you can't find something you like amongst the tracks on offer, I think I'm going to start to wonder if we can still be friends.

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Since his excellent 'Special Kind Of Fool' album was released back in April, I have been taken in by UK hip hop star Ben Chijioke aka Ty. Over the last decade the cerebral rapper has had the pleasure of working with De La Soul, Estelle, Scratch Perverts, Talib Kweli, Black Twang, and Arrested Development.

Tonight he takes to the wheels of steel for a DJ set. Expect some food for thought in this set - I imagine his influences will be wide ranging and as interesting as the music he crafts. Should be a really good one at this boozer/club in N1.

Friday 20 Aug, The Old Queens Head, 44 Essex Rd, London, 7pm - 2am, free before 8pm, £4 after, more info at www.theoldqueenshead.com

Noise-rock has become something of a fashionable genre of late. And while there's nothing wrong with the likes of Health and No Age, you never get the feeling that being around them might be a - ahem - health risk. And sometimes you need that extra edge, don't you? Luckily, Norwegians Årabrot are here to deliver it.

The trio release their new album, 'Revenge', on 13 Sep via Fysisk Format, just six months after their last acclaimed LP, 'The Brother Seed'. Brimming with the spirit of Melvins, 'Revenge' is thrillingly loud, Vidar Evensen's drums shuddering underneath Stian Skagen's effects noise and Kjetil Nernes' screaming guitar and lung-tearing vocals - literally; the band recently completed a nine date tour, despite Nernes having blown (they don't get specific about the medical details) one of his lungs during the first show. Told you they were a health risk.

www.myspace.com/arabrot

We've got a bit of a reputation for being some sort of Justin Bieber newswire of late. Of all the artists we've covered over the years, we've never seen anything like the craving for Bieber news amongst our readership. We get complaints, actual complaints, if we overlook anything Bieber-related. However, that's not why this track is featured here today. It's being stamped CMU Approved, as it should be, because I really, really like it.

The premise is simple. Shamantis, aka musician and producer Nick Pittsinger, stretched out Justin Bieber's single 'U Smile' by 800%, retaining the same pitch, turning it into a 35 minute ambient work with ethereal, Liz Fraser-esque vocals and snare hits that sound like waves crashing. It's genuinely lovely (and a marked improvement on the original). Have a listen on Shamantis' SoundCloud page (and check out his own original work while you're there; it's pretty good, too).

soundcloud.com/shamantis/j-biebz-u-smile-800-slower

It's been some time since Jakwob last appeared in this slot, gaining approval over a year ago for the track that first brought him to public attention, a dubstep remix of Ellie Goulding's 'Starry Eyed'. Since then he's become the guy you go to when you want a credible remix of your new single, reworking the likes of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Robyn, The Temper Trap, Empire Of The Sun, Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip and more.

Now, finally, Jakwob is set to release some of his own material, with his debut single, 'Here With Me' set to come out via his own Boom Ting label on 13 Sep. The track sees him mixing dubstep with more expansive electronic sounds; slow drums, wobbly bass, huge string samples and ethereal vocals. It's emotive stuff, something you might not expect to hear of a dubstep track. Even the bassline and piano stabs set you nicely on edge as you listen, which you can do at Jakwob's website now.

www.jakwob.com

I went to Epping Forest yesterday. It's nice, have you been? It's all full of trees and that. Makes a nice change from the hustle and bustle of central London, which I rarely get away from. It's nice to be back, though. There's only so much peace and quiet I can take before I get a bit restless. I think it comes from growing up in the countryside. Anyway, that's not really important now, maybe we can discuss it some other time? Instead, let's take a look at some things that are happening this week.

01: ThreeWeeks. Are you sick of plugs for ThreeWeeks yet? No? Good, because we're far from finished. With week one of the Edinburgh Festival (confusingly actually the second week) done and dusted, the first proper edition of the ThreeWeeks newspaper is out. Guest edited by brilliant stand-up comedian Brendon Burns, who interviews fellow stand-up Dave Hill, the paper also features an interview with the musically wonderful Tiger Lillies, a bit of CMU archive action featuring Thomas Truax and an exclusive column from Mrs Moneypenny, who you'd more usually find writing in the Financial Times. And then there's the cover feature, an interview with Hollywood actress Jennifer Coolidge, which is written by some guy called Andy Malt.

02: Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly eBay auction. Sam Duckworth, aka Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, has put himself up for sale on eBay, with the winning bidder getting themselves an acoustic gig from the musician right in front of them in their own home. The auction is being held in aid of Oxfam, with all proceeds going to help those affected by the flooding in Pakistan. You have until 2.37pm on Wednesday to get your bids in (though I should possibly warn you that the total is currently over £1300).

03: Ninja Tune exhibition. As part of the record label's ongoing 20th anniversary celebrations, Ninja Tune will open an exhibition of art, design and photography from across the history of the company and its offshoot labels this week. There's a press launch on Thursday before they let the smelly public in on Friday. The accompanying book is part of Black Dog Publishing's Labels Unlimited series, and the exhibition will run on Monday to Friday, 12-5pm until 16 Sep.

04: New releases. Amongst the releases out this week are the new album from Iron Maiden, which is called 'The Final Frontier' but almost certainly isn't their final album, a new mini-album from The Saturdays called 'Headlines' (double points to anyone who buys both the Maiden and Saturdays records together in an actual record shop), plus a new compilation from the mighty fine Full Time Hobby label, called 'Hobbyism', and the new Count & Sinden single 'Dark Dark', which is a collaboration with The Mystery Jets.

05: Gigs. I could be mistaken, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot going on this week. Even my Songkick profile has failed to come up with anything at all, which must be a first. However, you could entertain yourselves by going to see Sam Amidon at CAMP Basement on Thursday. It would be brilliant if every single one of you turned up. Go on, let's try it. Also, Mirrors kick off a UK tour with gigs in London, Bristol and York this week.

If you fancy finding out how this week went, be sure you're signed up to receive CMU Weekly on Friday afternoon. Until then, goodbye.

Andy Malt
Editor, CMU Daily

Years ago, probably a decade now, I went and saw Cappo live. He was about half way up the bill, maybe a little lower, but when he came on he blew everyone else off the stage. After his twenty minute slot there was no doubt about who the king of the show was. But just to make sure, he came on and freestyled with every other act performing that night. He ended up on stage for a good two or three hours and it made for one of the best hip hop shows I have ever seen.

This is basically a very long winded way of telling you that Cappo has a free compilation of freestyles from various radio appearances over the last couple of years, plus one from a Tim Westwood's Radio 1 show in 1999, back when everyone's voices were much higher. His skill is apparent throughout, as he rhymes with absolute confidence, mixing very British references with nods to literature, history and mythology. The compilation is available for nothing (or more, if you like) from Cappo's Bandcamp-fuelled website, where you'll also find his latest album 'Genghis' (still one of my favourites of 2010), and classics from his discography, like the 'Codex' and 'H-Bomb' EPs.

cappohq.com/album/full-scale-chronicles

This Saturday, Leeds-based electronic label 2020Vision Recordings brings its 2020 Soundsystem summer tour to London for its final UK date before heading out to Ibiza for a big finale at Space later this month. On the bill for this twelve hour extravaganza are some heavyweights of the label's producer talent, Crazy P, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Simon Baker, Julien Chaptal and company boss Ralph Lawson.

Also joining them are some DJs pulled in from elsewhere in the electronic world, Jozif, Craig Torrance, Chris Halliday and Danny Raper, who'll ensure the deep funky beats keep rolling throughout. They've already impressed at various festivals, including Sonar and last weekend's Big Chill, and this will be a great chance for a massive blow out. Be quick, though. There aren't many tickets left.

Saturday 14 Aug, Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3PQ, 6pm - 6am, £12 before 10pm, £15 after, more info from www.villageunderground.co.uk or www.2020recordings.com

Oh, what's this? More shameless plugging for our own stuff? Yes. Yes, it is.

As I've already explained several times, our sister publication ThreeWeeks is up there at the Edinburgh Festival, reviewing mind bogglingly high numbers of shows and producing a really rather silly amount of content. There's a weekly newspaper, daily review sheet and email bulletin, daily podcast, the website, a Twitter review service, and reviews on your iPhone (via iFringe, look it up). And, twice weekly, at 8.30pm on Tuesdays and Saturdays, on Edinburgh student radio station Fresh Air, the ThreeWeeks Radio Show.

For the first time this year the radio show is also available on-demand via the rather brilliant Mixcloud. Click the link below to listen to the first show, where you'll hear interviews with the 2Headed Pigeon theatre company, stand-up comedian Jarlath Regan, sketch comedy troupe Late Night Gimp Fight and musical comedian Jay Foreman with a song or two (it is actually two). Plus, in between all that, there's music selected by good old Team CMU. Pats on the back all round.

www.mixcloud.com/threeweeks

Teenage brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence began making music together as Disclosure early last year. Born into a musical family (their father apparently once had a major label record deal), they are heavily influenced by the vibrant dance scene that surrounds them where they live in Croydon, their music combining garage beats with dubstep basslines, though it's also informed by broader influences picked up throughout their childhood, from jazz to 90s hip hop.

The brothers' debut single, 'Offline Dexterity', is due for release through Moshi Moshi (who know a good thing when they hear it) on 6 Sep. A track that creeps up on you, 'Offline Dexterity' builds to a peak of screaming noise while remaining eminently danceable. B-side 'Streetlight Chronicle' meanwhile keeps things on a more balanced level but nonetheless shows Disclosure's potential for a big future in dance music.

www.myspace.com/disclosureuk

I don't know why Glasser, aka Cameron Mesirow, has never appeared in this column before. I think we all just assumed she had. Why would we not have covered someone who makes such brilliant music? I guess now's not the time to ponder this, as her debut album is imminent. Entitled 'Ring', it will be released on 27 Sep via the Matador-owned True Panther Sounds.

Glasser's debut EP, 'Apply', was released last year through Young Turks, its title track a sparse concoction of syncopated percussion, sloping synths and echoing vocals, almost tribal in sound. A perfect way to announce her arrival. Her debut single, 'Tremel', released in March, takes a different approach, using the same elements but filling out the gaps with a more dense electronic sound; a marked development in the Glasser sound, and also an exciting first taste of what's to come on the album.

www.myspace.com/glasssser

Hello there. How are you all? No, please, speak one at a time, I can't understand a word you're saying. Oh, good, well that does sound nice. Me? Oh, I didn't really get up to much. Sat in the park, went to the pub, that sort of thing. Nothing that could reasonably fill a brief introduction to a weekly column, if that's what you're getting at. Let's just move on to looking at what is apparently going to happen this week instead.

01: ThreeWeeks in Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Festival is happening, then. I know this because I read about it in ThreeWeeks. Yes, our sister publication is up there in Scotland covering everything happening at the Fringe, through various outlets, including, of course, the flagship weekly newspaper. You can read the preview edition online here, or if you're up there in Edinburgh, pick one up in venues across the city.

02: ThreeWeeks audio. Of course, words are alright written down, but sometimes you want to use your eyes for other things, like looking where you're going or watching what the neighbours are doing. Don't worry, you can do all that and still know what's happening in Edinburgh. The ThreeWeeks radio show will be on air on Fresh Air every Tuesday and Saturday at 8.30pm until 24 Aug, and then available at www.ThreeWeeks.co.uk the next day via the wonders of MixCloud. You can also listen to the ThreeWeeks podcast every day until 27 Aug. The first one is online now and features poems and a comedy song as well as interviews, so that's exciting, isn't it?

03: Festivals. Edinburgh isn't the only place with a festival, although none of the music festivals happening this week match it in size or scope (sorry music festivals). If you have an aversion to Scotland, here are some festivals you might like to attend this week at very short notice: Summer Sundae, Øya (that one's in Norway), Bloodstock Open Air, Fairport's Cropredy Convention, Croissant Neuf Summer Party and Vintage at Goodwood.

04: New releases. There are some very excellent new albums out this week. Top of the list are Sleigh Bells' debut, 'Treats', which gets its official physical release this week, and Skream's new LP 'Outside The Box', both of which are absolute must-haves. Also on the shelves and well worth a look are 'Kryptonite' by DJ Fresh, 'My So-Called Life' by Venetian Snares and 'Own Side Now' by Caitlin Rose.

05: Gigs. Now, if I was going to go to some gigs, what gigs would I go to this week? Well, I'd probably see Sleigh Bells at The Lexington tonight and head back to the same venue on Thursday to see Housse De Racket. If I missed Sleigh Bells tonight, I might try to catch them playing an in-store at Rough Trade East on Tuesday. Oh, and on Wednesday I'd go and see Edwyn Collins at the 100 Club. I wouldn't try to see him at the Inverness Book Festival on Sunday, though. It's too far away.

Well, there you go. What an exciting week this is shaping up to be. Truly action packed, don't you think. How about we crowbar one more Edinburgh Festival reference in, eh? This week's Powers Of Ten playlist in CMU Weekly will be from Andrew Collins, journalist and broadcaster now turned stand-up comedian, who is performing a show up there at the Fringe.

Andy Malt
Editor, CMU Daily