Like Cleopatra, I'm coming atcha. You know I'm joking with this street lingo right? Good. Now let's have a walk through a couple of tracks exciting my iPod this week.

First up. I managed to bag last minute tickets for a tiny Florence & The Machine gig last night in London. At the 350 capacity 100 Club on Oxford Street I bore witness to a fine musical show that was hot, sweaty and of epic proportions. It was nice to take a trip back in time and see her playing small sweatboxes. The show nowadays is much more honed.

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Greetings friends, lovers and cohorts. Wow. Where did the week go? I'm getting ready for a weekend DJing - at the mighty Proud Gallery in Camden tonight then up the M1 to Sheffield tomorrow to play what will end up being the Arctic Monkeys aftershow party at Threads club night. Here's a couple of disco bombs I'll be dropping over the weekend.

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Hello - Firas here again from NME Radio, filling in for Jon Hillcock from 10am every day while he's away.

Just thought I'd share with you what's been locked on my iPod this week. First up, a track that's by no means new, it's actually quite old, but a classic nonetheless.

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Hi I'm NME Radio's Firas, and can I just say it's a pleasure to be welcomed aboard the HMS NME and be given the chance to showcase some fine electronic tracks to penetrate your ears.

This blog is all about warming you up for the weekend. Perfect for an afternoon of time wasting, watching the clock, wondering whether you'll get the girl, how many drinks over your recommended daily alcohol allowance you're going to pass and just why your boss gets to go on a 3 hour boozy lunch break.

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New Noise is a daily dose of new mp3s, videos and sleeve recommendations for you

1. What's On The Show Today

Today's two hours is packed full of musical wonder from people like Johnny Foreigner, Vampire Weekend, Crystal Castles and Passion Pit, plus songs that mark high-points in musical history from the likes of Siouxsie & The Banshees, Nirvana, (more on whom below), and Smashing Pumpkins, with this little gem... 



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1. Thursday is in for a musical kicking, and a special guest.

Today from 10am on NME Radio there’ll be a stack of decent music to be heard, discovered, loved, and no doubt, hated. This includes the bloody ace North Atlantic Oscillation , Devendra Banhart, Magic Wands and Loney Dear, plus some beasts of old, from the likes of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Klaxons, Elastica, The Cardigans, and Blur, with a song that was accompanied at the time by a promo that made Damon and co. look a bit like Clockwork Orange droogs, but if they had been dressed by BHS.


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