Popular beat combo Your Demise went above and beyond the call of duty to make this tour diary interesting. Not only is there a video of one of them getting tazered by a skinhead, but they even got themselves held at gunpoint to provide us with good content. Thanks fellas!

Compiled by Brooklyn-based label of the moment Captured Tracks, Mixtape XI is an actual C-60 mixtape (kind of), split over an A and a B side, with the requisite artwork provided too. Authentic or what!

Starting from right now, we’ll be posting a regular round-up of the best new music we’ve found hanging around in the internet ether and putting it here for you to steal/share/download (depending on how you see these things). And we’re calling it Jookbox.

What was this Policeman doing in Marek’s room in halls when he was at college? You’re going to have to click through to this story of heavy metal intrigue, violence and recriminations to find out.

Here’s a list of ten super-positive songs, designed to make you feel like Ross finally kissing Rachel, or the whole of The Wonder Years, or like your entire life was wrapped in the magic realism of Amelie. Chin up, chest out and remember life is awesome (sometimes).

Have a butchers at our IM chat with Seattle singer-songwriter Perfume Genius, Mike Hadreas, about his dalliances with Alcoholics Anonymous, crack cocaine, Joanna Newsom and rollerblading.

Have a butchers at this collage and video by Fence records’ OLO Worms, a band who clearly have a lot of time on their hands. They’ve been touring the UK with folk heroes James Yorkston and King Creosote, which has provided them with some unique inspiration for their designs.