Outrage at plans by the BBC to axe its 6Music service is continuing to grow online, with a Facebook campaign page alone attracting some 155,000 followers to date. Domino Records have now weighed in behind the campaign: the influential label says it is “extremely concerned” at the BBC’s plans, and has urged music fans everywhere to register their disapproval by emailing the Beeb directly at SRconsultation@bbc.co.uk. A number of Domino artists have also had their say on the matter, with Jack Barnett of These New Puritans arguing that the proposed closure of BBC6 “would be a massive blow to the possibilities of creative people doing creative things in this country”.

If the below comments don't make you sign up, we're not quite sure what will.

Noah Lennox (Animal Collective/Panda Bear)

“When I was a lot younger radio used to be the place I’d go to find new music and I feel like I would find it everywhere on the dial. Since then it seems like less and less stations are willing to or have the means to play new music. I miss unpredictable radio. Please support these guys…”

Alison Mosshart (The Kills/The Dead Weather)

“Please don't leave us musicians and music lovers with such a void. We need BBC6. It is the only radio station we all listen too, and seemingly, the only station that plays anything worth listening too. It would be culturally damaging to lose this station. I highly doubt I would ever listen to radio in England again, if it were gone. And that goes for a great many friends and colleagues of mine. BBC6 has been very supportive to the bands that I have been in and supportive of my friends and label mates. We are all greatly appreciative of the fine work they do, and the open minds that they have. It baffles me why art and culture must always suffer and get the boot before sport or the generic music which EVERYONE plays already, anyway. We can get these trashy things anywhere. But we're relying on BBC6 to encourage and inspire. To shut it down would be a real shame and a real mistake. Think of it as the Tate Modern of radio. We want it; we need it... because it's unique and culturally significant. Please save BBC 6 Music.”

Hayden Thorpe (Wild Beasts)

“The closure of BBC6 music would be a huge blow to British arts in general. I don't know any other established vehicle, which allows for inventive and contemporary music to reach such a wide audience. I'm in no doubt the unrelenting support we have had from BBC6 has massively helped our career. This sends out a damning message to creative young people.”

Jack Barnett (These New Puritans)

“BBC6 was and is incredibly important to bands like us. In the world of 'independent music', where it can be difficult to survive by your ideas, it really is a unique and completely positive force. Its closure would be a massive blow to the possibilities of creative people doing creative things in this country.”

Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion)

“The end of 6Music is such a disgrace and catastrophe, I learnt so much from it, and imagine that if I was younger I would have learnt more. A lot of people are going to remember this. This is so upsetting for music fans across the country.”

Kieran Hebden (Four Tet)

"Please don't close down 6 music and Asian network. It's important to have stations on the radio that don't just play mainstream music."

In a touching display of hippified generosity, psychedelic overachievers MGMT have made a new mp3 available for free download via www.whoismgmt.com. Or maybe it’s to promote their forthcoming second album, Congratulations, which is set for release next month – we can’t really be sure. The track, entitled ‘Flash Delirium’, may or may not contain a cosmic flute solo, and is sure to be tweeted by Kanye West before this very day is out. The album, meanwhile, boasts a track called ‘Brian Eno’, some ‘totally rad’ artwork and co-production from cult space-rock legend Sonic Boom. The press release claims that the band’s follow-up to their omnipresent Oracular Spectacular debut offers a portal to “a new musical world whirling in its own space/time grid infused with hints of music from the past five decades”. Which is so 2007, right? 

Congratulations hits shelves on April 12th. Full tracklisting below: 

It’s Working
Song for Dan Treacy
Someone’s Missing
Flash Delirium
I Found A Whistle
Siberian Breaks
Brian Eno
Lady Dada’s Nightmare
Congratulations

Legendary leftfield imprint 4AD have announced details of a strictly limited 12” release to celebrate Record Store Day, which this year takes place on Sunday April 17th. Entitled Fragments From A Work In Progress, the EP will showcase brand demos and session recordings from recent additions to the label’s roster, including Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, tUnE-YarDs and Gang Gang Dance. The vinyl-only release will also offer a teaser of what to expect from Blonde Redhead’s highly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s peerless 23 LP, as well as a brand new track from electro-rocking Londoners The Big Pink. Boasting classic 4AD artwork from v23, and forming part of the label’s 30th anniversary celebrations, we reckon you’ll have to be near the top of the queue on April 17th to get your hands on one of these. Full details below: 

Fragments From A Work In Progress
Catalogue Number: BAD3X17 

A1 - Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti: ‘Menopause Man’
A2 - tUnE-YarDs: ‘You Yes You’

B1 - Blonde Redhead: ‘Getting There’
B2 - Gang Gang Dance: ‘Slime City (Heaven)’
B3 - The Big Pink: ‘With You’ 

Having previously released solo material under the King Biscuit Time and Black Affair monikers, Steve Mason will release his second single as plain old Steve Mason next month, with an album release to follow during the first week in May. Five years on from the demise of cult misfits The Beta Band, and having recently signed to Domino offshoot Double Six Records, Mason has been working with producer Richard X on a largely acoustic, ‘back to basics’ album entitled Boys Outside. A single, ‘Lost & Found’, backed by B-side ‘It’s Never You’, will now be released digitally on April 19th. This follows on from ‘All Come Down’, also from the new album, which dropped just before Christmas. Full tracklisting for Boys Outside below: 

1) Understand My Heart
2) Am I Just A Man
3) The Letter
4) Yesterday
5) Lost & Found
6) I Let Her In
7) Stress Position
8) All Come Down
9) Boys Outside
10) Hound on My Heel

DM Stith will play two solo UK dates in March & April, returning for the first time since supporting Bat for Lashes at her Somerset House show last summer on the back of his rather wonderful debut album Heavy Ghost.

Following the tour, a collection of all DM Stith’s acclaimed EPs will be released in June and will include favourites such as his cover of Randy Newman’s ‘Suzanne’ as well as remixes of his own tracks by the likes of Warp sound hounds Bibio and Clark.

Sun 21 Mar London Slaughtered Lamb, www.seetickets.com
Thur 8 April Bristol Cube, www.cubecinema.com 

Dan Deacon will release a special, one-time pressing - limited to 500 copies worldwide - of a new remix EP to be released through the Amazing Sounds label on April 19. Woof Woof features remixes of tracks from 2009's Bromst by Alex-Allex, Luke Abbott and Hudson Mohawke and is streaming right now at http://www.myspace.com/amazingsoundsrecords
 
Track list
1. Woof Woof (Original mix)
2. Woof Woof (Hudson Mohawke remix)
3. Build Voice (Allez-Allez remix)
4. Surprise Stefani (Luke Abbott remix)

MIA, who cryptically tweeted recently that something was happening in June i.e. the likely release of her new album, will headline the Underage Festival in London on August 1.

Gold Panda, new 4AD signings Stornoway Egyptian Hip Hop and Lightspeed Champion will also play at the event, set to take place in Victoria Park on August 1.

Ticket-holders must be under the age of 18 to attend the festival. Kids have all the fun...

Line-up so far is:

MIA
Ellie Goulding
Tinchy Stryder
Egyptian Hip Hop
Lightspeed Champion
Caspa featuring MC Rod Azlan
New Young Pony Club
Hadouken!
Chase And Status
Daisy Dares You
Gold Panda
General Fiasco
Late Of The Pier Soundsystem
Jakwob
Is Troppical
Rox
Stornoway
Sub Focus
Tinie Tempah
Unicorn Kid

When Dan Snaith tours. He tours! Better known as Caribou (or Manitoba to those with longer, more stubborn memories), Snaith begins a world tour on April 19, the day of his new album Swim hits stores.