Hot off the press:

And we shot this in Austin, Texas, earlier this year:

LEGEND. Gotta love him.

As the last dregs of the MTV TWO team - and boy do we feel like dregs today! - trundle home from Glasgow with Iglu & Hartly's "In The City (Put A Donk On It Remix)" still ringing in their ears, we thought you might like to read wee review of the final night's show at http://www.rokbun.com There's some pretty awesome pictures of Kele Bloc Party's crowd-surfing excursion during the encore too.

Can't believe that's it for another year - although my liver is very grateful and I'm looking forward to sleep and vegetables.

You can see highlights of the onstage action, Zane's interviews with all of our magnificent line-up of bands and backstage malarkey in the Gonzo on Tour 08 Special on Friday 14 November on MTV TWO.

If you can't quite wait that long, check www.mtv.co.uk/gonzo for exclusive footage from Kaiser Chiefs' Gonzo show at ULU last Sunday - we're featuring a brand new track every day this week. Tasty.

What do you do when three unsung musical geniuses (genii??? Who knows...) decide to get together and take shit over?

Fall in love with them and give away a free remix MP3 of course.

The Invisible formed just over a year ago and are made up of Dave (Jade Fox, Matthew Herbert), Tom (Jade Fox, Polar Bear) and Leo (Gramme, Zongamin, Matthew Herbert). It's tunes but not as you know 'em. Have a dance, have a party, have a wee boogie... do whatever comes naturally and you won't go far wrong.

This remix is remixed by Kwes, a newcomer who has signed to XL for his debut single - never a bad sign...

DOWNLOAD The Invisible "Monsters Waltz" (Kwes Rework)

And cos we love you the most here's a live version of the original:

The Invisible - Monster's Waltz (LIVE)

www.myspace.com/theinvisiblethree

Welcome to the last day of the first weekend of the 2008 Gonzo Tour. Am currently wending my way back from Birmingham to London to join the rest of Team Two who are busy setting up for tonight's sold-out show at ULU with Kaiser Chiefs and Late of the Pier. This must be the smallest venue Kaisers have played in years and easily the hottest ticket in town tonight - the guestlist requests/demands/bribes have been flooding in all week!

Short of the total failure to find anywhere in Birmingham with full fat milk to make a decent coffee to relieve my hangover, it's been a fun few days. Friday saw The Automatic and current Top 10 stars Iglu and Hartly in Liverpool's Barfly. The latter whipped the audience up into a proper frenzy, especially the local ladies who were obviously smitten - i think it's frontman Jarvis Anderson's habit of performing stripped pretty much to the groin! Afterwards both bands hung around to watch Zane Lowe pack out the downstairs bar for a very sweaty aftershow and one member of Team Two made herself most unwell shooting Jagermeister on The Automatic's tour bus!

After an afternoon persuading Birmingham's shoppers to trade in various items of clothing for splendid new Gonzo on Tour t-shirts - a special mention has to go to the girl who gave up her denim skirt! - we headed out to the Barfly to receive some bad news: Noah and the Whale had cancelled due to singer Charlie being ill. This was not just a surprise to us but to to the band as well, the rest of whom were already in the venue and had done their MTV TWO interview and a DJ session in the local Topman that afternoon! Very soon, though, a plan was hatched and headliners Mystery Jets retired to their tour bus to learn Noah's hit 5 Years' Time.

When doors opened, there were a few disappointed faces in the queue, but no-one seemed to want a refund and Mystery Jets came out early to a packed room. Dressed in dazzling sequinned outfits (one wisecracking guy in the audience likened William Rees to Pat Butcher!) the band cracked through their hits, inspiring a mass singalong to Two Doors Down and then towards the end of a brilliant set, bringing the rest of Noah and the Whale on to a huge round of applause. You would never have guessed that the two bands' version of 5 Years' Time had been patched together barely two hours previously and i reckon it's going to make proper telly gold.

You can see the results on Friday 14 November on MTV TWO, but meanwhile keep your eyes on the MTV TWO blog and news for more updates from this year's Gonzo Tour... maybe even some pics!

This posting is almost embarassing because if's so rich in goodness.

One of m'favourite bands - Gang Gang Dance - are releasing their best record yet on Monday 20th October. And because the music industry is a-changing, the cool people at Warp Records are giving away some of the best music from it... for FREE.

If you like Battles, Animal Collective, TV on the Radio, Foals, LCD Soundsystem... blah blah you get it... then you'll get this.

Princes (ft. Tinchy Stryder) (taken from forthcoming Saint Dymphna LP)

Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (taken from forthcoming Saint Dymphna LP)

Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (XXXchange Remix)

Gang Gang Dance - Nicoman (from Rawwr)

See what I mean?

The band play their only UK date tomorrow night at London's Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen. You should go if you can, it'll be a little something like this:

www.myspace.com/ganggangdance

The Joy Formidable are one of our new favourite bands that might just make it. They're just finishing a tour with White Lies tonight in London, and have a load of other days happening over the next couple of weeks (listed below) so go and see them if you can.

MEANTIME you can download their brilliant song "Austere" for FREE by clicking HERE NOW. DO IT!!!

www.myspace.com/thejoyformidable

7th Oct - London ICA w/ White Lies
8th Oct - Southampton Lennons
15th Oct - Derby - Eject Rewind @ The Royal
22nd Oct - Manchester Joshua Brookes w/ Those Dancing Days
6th Nov - London Luminaire (The JD Sets)
7th Nov - Manchester Night And Day (The JD Sets)
13th Nov - London - We Are So Electric @ Wilmington Arms
14th Nov - Glasgow ABC2 (The JD Sets)
15th Nov - Cardiff Swn Festival
20th Nov - Reading After Dark Club
28th Nov - Crewe Box

So, one of our favourite UK indie labels - Full Time Hobby (home to White Denim, Micah P. Hinson, Tunng, Fujiya and Miyagi and loads of others - are being super-generous and giving away a load of free tracks on their website, and all you have to do is join their mailing list!

Established in 2004 by Nigel Adams and Wez, Full Time Hobby’s name was and is a truism, a label conceived as a way of turning a passion for music into a permanent occupation. Elektra, Rough Trade and Domino provided the inspiration, as did Creation, whose Doing It For The Kids comp was adapted for the title. “But Creation inspires us less and less as Alan McGee continues to make statements like, All record companies are fucking rubbish,” says Nigel. “You've had your turn, now let us have a go.”

Since the beginning, Full Time Hobby’s business plan was simple: to break down the barriers between artist and label. It’s an approach that’s resulted in the flowering of their entire roster, from Tunng’s career-best album Good Arrows to Malcolm Middleton’s flurry of masterful albums and the formation of nu-folk supergroup The Accidental.

To get your fix of indie hits just click here!

We’re looking for people to join our research panel and give us their views on the music videos we’re playing...

Find out how YOU can get involved here here

Oooh we so generous for a Monday morning.

CSS are going on tour in October to the following places. Download the FREE MP3 by clicking the link below and you'll be entered into a prize draw to win tickets to see them at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, easy peasy. You've got until September 19th to do so...

Download Rat Is Dead...

CSS play:

5-Oct-08 Sheffield Leadmill
6-Oct-08 London Shepherd's Bush Empire
7-Oct-08 Norwich Waterfront
9-Oct-08 Coventry Kasbah
10-Oct-08 Manchester Academy 2
12-Oct-08 Edinburgh Liquid Room
13-Oct-08 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
14-Oct-08 Bristol Thekla
15-Oct-08 Brighton Concorde

ON THE TELLY…

MTV TWO AT BENICASSIM FESTIVAL 2008
Friday 29 August, 20:00
Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man frontman Frederick Blood-Royale did such a magnificent job at Oxegen festival that we decided to whisk him off to Spain to what we like to call our favourite festival ever, Benicassim. In between the gallons of vodka y limon we caught up with the likes of Babyshambles, Hot Chip, Battles, Tricky, Spiritualized and Justice plus live performances from Sigur Ros, The Raconteurs and Lightspeed Champion.

MORE MTV TWO AT BENICASSIM FESTIVAL 2008
Friday 29 August, 23:00
Frederick Blood-Royale catches up with Hot Chip to find out why Mika is so shit, Lightspeed Champion to find out why the films of Eli Roth are rubbish and Justice to find out what it was like to meet Mario Lopez aka AC Slater from Saved By The Bell…

TOP 20 FORGOTTEN CLASSICS
Saturday 30 August, 14:00
We count down 20 classic tunes that surely shouldn’t be forgotten!

METALLICA: MTV LIVE
Saturday 30 August, 21:00
Here’s another chance to see one of the most influential metal bands, like, ever performing an explosive live gig for MTV back in 1998.

TOP 20 BANDS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Sunday 31 August, 15:00
We take a look at 20 legendary bands.
The world just wouldn’t be the same without them!

VINTAGE RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
Tuesday 2 September, 22:30
The band’s frankly awesome performances at Oxegen and Reading this summer have whet our appetites for a bit of Rage, so join us as we go back to their glory days and take a look at their best videos.
Turn that shit up!

DIY DISCO
Thursday 4 September, 00:00
Put on your special indoor dancing shoes (that’ll be yer slippers then!) for the return of DIY Disco. Expect a danceable and diverse playlist of alternative dancefloor tunes, covering the best in electro, nu rave & indie.

ON THE WEB…

WIN A VIP TRIP TO SEE OASIS AT THE EDEN PROJECT!
After the rapid sell-out of their UK arena tour, Oasis have just announced a special open air show at the Eden Project on September 27, which will be filmed by MTV for YOUR viewing pleasure!

Tickets aren’t available through the usual outlets and applicants will have to register online at www. oasisinet. com to go into a draw for the chance to be at the concert…

BUT don’t panic, we’ve got a very special prize to be won, including a VIP trip for two with travel, two nights bed and breakfast and £200 spending money!

All you have to do is go here www. mtv. co. uk/oasis and answer our simple question!

WIN BESTIVAL TICKETS!
Ok so we might STILL be recovering from Reading last weekend, but that doesn’t mean festival season is over just yet… Giving us just enough time to get our breath back, the brilliantly bonkers Bestival returns this September, with a super line up including My Bloody Valentine, Noah And The Whale, CSS, Hot Chip, Late Of The Pier, Foals, Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip and Santogold!

We’ve got an amazing top prize including a pair of tickets, return ferry and accommodation in Tangerine Fields, plus a runner up prize of one pair of tickets!

To enter go here www. mtv. co. uk/bestival, now!

GONZO PODCAST EP 7: ZANE MEETS THE MIGHTY BOOSH - PART 3
The latest and Booshiest edition of the mighty Gonzo podcast awaits your clicking finger here www. mtv. co. uk/downloads

THE MTV TWO BLOG
Oddles of free music and assorted randomness … check out what’s been bothering the brains of the MTV TWO team this week www. mtvblogs. co. uk/mtv-two

SPANKING NEW SESSIONS – LADYHAWKE
Watch the latest in our amazing series of exclusive, stripped back sessions as Pip Browne aka Ladyhawke enters the building to perform two live tracks plus an interview right here www. mtv. co. uk/sessions

IN THE NEWS…

http://www. mtv. co. uk/channel/mtvuk/news/442484-arctic-monkey-buys-pub

http://www. mtv. co. uk/channel/mtvuk/news/442135-oasis-to-play-eden-project

Team Two xx