Read his blog post here, and check out his cute pooch!

Ben Harper lets us know a few of his favourite songs… have a listen

Sharpening Bone – Piers Faccini
A great surf song that follows you around, tapping you on the shoulder

Fit Song – Cornelius
A straight-up jam, super different and innovative. Hear it once and it’s family.

Summer Blue – Money Mark
Mark is just unreal, a master of soul. The thick, infectious groove locks you in.

Ben Harper & Relentless7 are touring Australia with Pearl Jam & Liam Finn – Tickets on sale 17 August

The brand new, freshly cut video for Chaka Demus, the 2nd single from Jamie’s album Kings & Queens due out September 11, was inspired by the film Cannonball Run and directed by Julian Fletcher and Dan Henshaw – check it out:

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Never seen Cannonball Run? it’s classic!

Chaka Demus EP available August 30 on iTunes

While in Brisbane to kick off her first Australian tour date KATY PERRY took the time to visit the Brisbane EKKA yesterday and hang out with the B105 Breakfast radio gang. Our favourite girl was mobbed but Katy couldn’t have been happier getting to meet her Brisbane fans for the first time before she thrilled them again live that same evening at her SOLD OUT “Hello Miss Katy” show at The Tivoli.

Come back soon Katy…..

1. Water Get No Enemy by Fela Kuti
Amazing arrangement, mean ass horns, this track bristles its so tight then knocks you down like a rhino charge. I mind was blown the first time I heard this….

2. Poison Flour by Dr Alimantado

This features great toasting from the Doctor and the chorus will stay in your head for a very long time. Also watch out for some of the most house vibrating bass this side of Kingston, you may need to get the builders in for some repairs.

What more do we need from an old Skool reggae track? Nothing.

3. Robot Rock by Daft Punk (live version from Alive 2007)

This song stomps you to the ground like some ginny gangster in a Scorsese film. There are upwards of a dozen different beats and variations all with the same evil riff.

4. Dirty Water by The Standells

We are in Boston at the moment doing a show and this song is synonymous with this town. We put it on as our entrance song last time we were here and the crowd went fucking nuts, singing and stomping. We will probably do it again tonight, hey it works don’t it?

5. Family Affair by Sly and the Family Stone

I once heard ‘There’s a riot going on’ described as the soundtrack for a hangover. I couldn’t describe it any better and I completely agree. For this reason this was the soundtrack to half my life touring our first two records. There is something about the ratty recording and the layer upon layer upon layer rhythms that fascinates the ear. One of my all time favorite records and this song is the cornerstone.

Aussie via LA rockers Sick Puppies unleash the video for the 1st single from their sophmore album Tri-Polar – You’re Going Down.

Rising to fame through providing the soundtrack to the infamous Free Hugs YouTube vid, Sick Puppies have spent the past few years touring the States and honing their craft and they have delivered a 2nd album full of massive rock anthems.

You’re Going Down is currently top 10 at Rock Radio in the US and this video is sure to push it even higher up the charts.

JET’s Nic Cester – the more laid back member below – is currently undergoing further tests and evaluations after his on stage collapse at Q The Music Club Live At Hard Rock Cafe last night. The Aussie rocker is suffering from dehydration and severe low blood pressure and is being held in hospital for a second day awaiting test results. The guys have reported on their twitter (@jettheband) that Nic is A-OK and will be released by 6pm today.

Josh Klemme from Tenth Street Entertainment, the band’s management company in New York says,
“JET is just completing their second trip around the world in support of the upcoming release of Shaka Rock. Hopping from airplane to airplane, city to city and country to country could compromise anyone’s health. Nic’s drive to give it his all and get up on stage to perform despite feeling ill is a testament to how strongly he and the band feel about “She’s A Genius” as a single and Shaka Rock as an album.”

JET are currently promoting their third studio album Shaka Rock which is out in Australia on August 21. You SHOULD already know all the words to She’s A Genius.

Get better Nic!

So far we have two massive dancefloor global anthems – When Love Takes Over and Sexy Bitch – but we still don’t know much about David Guetta’s upcoming album One Love… UNTIL NOW.

Turn up your speakers. THIS. IS. EPIC.

• Kelly Rowland
• Will.I.Am
• Chris Willis
• Apl De Ap
• Akon
• Kid Cudi
• Ne-Yo
• Estelle
• me dancing my b*tt off on a Saturday night pretending to be Kelly Rowland

Our resident dance expert Dom – hi Dom!!! - is a massive fan:

“This is the album that will make David Guetta a household name worldwide. He has taken the dance community by storm and will now take over the world!!! Some great tracks, brilliant vocals and even better remixes to come…“

Listen to the new song from Pocket 808 (AKA Sameer Sengupta) featuring our very own Nathan Hudson from FAKER, who is working on the follow up to Be The Twilight featuring that HUGE single This Heart Attack… listen out this summer for the single!