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Indiana

Wed, May 15 2013 10:27pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Bringing a new kind of sexy back, a stark, exposed experience in song form, singer/songwriter, and producer Indiana rips through our understanding of all that is good in the world, and in the process, shakes us to the core.

(Re)Graded on a Curve: The Normal, “T.V.O.D.” b/w “Warm Leatherette”

Fri, May 10 2013 12:17pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Like any genre, electronic pop has its share of essential early documents, the core releases that helped establish the form and give it a voice in the marketplace.

Hallo Halo – Yessir / Tuff Beat [Forthcoming

Fri, May 10 2013 10:12am - Source: House Music With Love

For musicians and artists, it is essential to develop and evolve as the world turns.

Interview: Kurt Vile

Tue, April 09 2013 4:15am - Source: Consequence of Sound

You have to try pretty hard to not fall in love with Kurt Vile' s music — humorous, self-deprecating, and honest all at once.

Five songs about Margaret Thatcher

Mon, April 08 2013 1:55pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Pop's relationship with Margaret Thatcher was, at best, fraught (later on today, we'll have Dorian Lynskey offering his analysis of music's fascination with her), but it resulted in an outpouring of music about her, about her policies, about what she did to Britain.

Some Velvet Mixtape: 2013 in Drones, Reverb and Feedback - Part One

Thu, April 04 2013 7:44pm - Source: Drowned In Sound

It's been a great start to the year for new releases, as DiS editor Sean Adams has already alluded to here and here.

Duran Duran Versus Japan: The Substance Of Style

Sun, March 31 2013 1:32pm - Source: The Quietus

Some thirty years ago one pop band's trajectory (which had begun several years earlier in the drab London suburb of Catford) ended, to the surprise of the listening public, on a hard-earned artistic masterstroke achieved while fractiously splitting under the strain of internal tensions.

Kurt Vile: “Everything’s an influence”

Fri, March 29 2013 9:30am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Over a transatlantic call from London to his home in Philadelphia, Vile seems like a man who knows exactly what he wants to say, and he doesn't like having words put in his mouth.

BrooklynVegan SXSW Wednesday day party in pics (Savages, Robyn Hitchcock, Delorean, Camper Van Beethoven & more)

Thu, March 14 2013 3:01pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

We kicked off our free BrooklynVegan SXSW day parties yesterday (3/13) in Austin at the Main & The Jr (aka the old Emo's location, aka 603 Red River St) with sets from Delorean, Robyn Hitchock, Savages, Camper Van Beethoven, Caveman, Braids, Maserati, Caitlin Rose, Anamanaguchi, Indians, Marnie Stern, Team Spirit, Torres, and Deep Sea Diver.

Synth god Dave Smith's favorite Prophet tracks, and why he doesn't dwell on the past

Thu, March 07 2013 10:05pm - Source: Beatportal

Remember the catchy synth line in Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force's "Planet Rock"?

Like, Omigod! Digging Through the ‘80s Pop Culture Box, Part 4

Wed, March 06 2013 2:26pm - Source: Pop Dose

It's a super-sized extravaganza this week as we wrap up Disc One, and man oh man have we got the Kojak variety pack here.

Stevie Wonder apologises for 'confused' comment about Frank Ocean's sexuality

Wed, March 06 2013 11:07am - Source: Uncut.co.uk

Stevie Wonder has spoken out about comments he made regarding the sexuality of soul singer Frank Ocean last week.

Festival line-up update: Ibiza Rocks, WOMAD, Field Day and more

Thu, February 28 2013 11:53am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

Ibiza Rocks has added Ellie Goulding, Dizzee Rascal and The Vaccines (and Rizzle Kicks), as has its Mallorcan paradigm, Mallorca Rocks!

PVT: Homosapien

Thu, February 28 2013 6:10am - Source: Pitchfork Media

"Shiver", the first song on Australian electro rock trio PVT 's third album, begins with warm analog synth arpeggios and the vocals of frontman Richard Pike layered and detuned into a syrupy psychedelic sound that's barely human.

Why I Love... Kraftwerk: Factory Floor

Tue, February 12 2013 4:37pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Currently hard at work on their debut album, Factory Floor share the same studio fetishism which fuelled Kraftwerk's finest moments.

Renny Wilson: Sugarglider

Wed, February 06 2013 6:12am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Reports of chillwave's death have been greatly exaggerated.

Ladies und Gentlemen, the future has arrived

Sun, January 27 2013 12:23am - Source: The Independent - Music

To the uninitiated, Kraftwerk are a latter-day space oddity – elderly men crammed into shiny jet-black onesies, arranged on stage over keyboards-come-lecterns like the senior admirals of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Hidden treasures: Martin Rev – Martin Rev

Thu, January 10 2013 5:33pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

The late 70s saw an explosion in underground electronic music.

Gary Numan answers your questions

Mon, December 03 2012 3:28pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Singer, composer, electronic music pioneer – dare we say legend? –

CMU Planner – w/c 3 Dec 2012

Mon, December 03 2012 11:24am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

Amy Winehouse's former home in Camden, where the singer was found dead in July last year, is to be auctioned by McHugh & Co today.

IoS pop review: Alt-J, Concorde 2, Brighton Poliça, Concorde 2

Sun, November 11 2012 12:52am - Source: The Independent - Music

Tuesday 30 October 2012 was one of the more interesting days of my journalistic career.

Shorties (Beth Orton on Songwriting, A New Bruce Springsteen Biography, and more)

Sun, October 28 2012 2:07pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

"Sugaring season is the season when you tap the trees for sugar that turns into maple syrup. I've married someone from Vermont, so it's an expression I kept hearing, and I'm like, 'What is that? That's just so beautiful.' I like the idea it's the very, very first murmurings of spring. And I liked also the idea that sometimes you can smell that spring in the air even though it's the dead of winter; you just get that vague glimpse of it, and there's that sense of hope that it brings. I just thought, all in all, it just creates this wonderful imagery of writing songs: For me, it takes a lot of experience to make a little bit of sugar. These songs are my little bit of sugar, I think."

Mantle Sound Core: About Me (feat. Anastasia Gera)

Tue, September 25 2012 2:31pm - Source: Here Comes The Flood

Watch the new Mantle Sound Core video for About Me.

TVD Live: The Make-Up at the Black Cat, 9/20

Mon, September 24 2012 4:37pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Throughout the second half of the 1990s, Washington, DC's The Make-Up left few listeners ambivalent to their highly conceptual rumination upon exceedingly energetic small-scale rock 'n' roll, the band specializing in a quasi-religious catharsis as expressed through a flamboyant combination of style and ideology.

Confessions of a Pop Maverick: Neil Kulkarni meets Twin Shadow

Fri, September 21 2012 2:29pm - Source: Drowned In Sound

A few weeks ago, DiS' Editor picked up the new Electronic magazine.

Graded on a Curve: The Normal, “T.V.O.D.” b/w “Warm Leatherette”

Thu, September 20 2012 1:26pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Like any genre, electronic pop has its share of essential early documents, the core releases that helped establish the form and give it a voice in the marketplace.

Stevie Wonder apologises for 'confused' comment about Frank Ocean's sexuality

Mon, September 03 2012 7:42am - Source: NME

Stevie Wonder has spoken out about comments he made regarding the sexuality of soul singer Frank Ocean last week.

Desert Island Discs: One Hit Wonder Edition

Tue, August 28 2012 12:39pm - Source: Something Else!

By this estimation, the decade of the One Hit Wonder was the 1970s, as our panel of potentially stranded passengers voted for 18 tracks from that era to take along on their doomed trip.

LWE Interviews Chris Liebing

Fri, August 24 2012 2:43pm - Source: LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS

An institution in global techno, Chris Liebing has delivered his sinewy brand of terse, functional and pummeling techno to the furthest outposts of the globe for nearly 20 years.

WUNTS & THE MMMPS - Are You A Girl Or A Boy? & PS! 2011 jazz/rock

Thu, August 23 2012 6:48pm - Source: MOG

This band originates from the United Kingdom - the land of major labels, where new born trends as well as the biggest music revolutions in history have undoubtedly made a world-wide impact.

Little White Earbuds Interviews Chris Liebing

Wed, August 22 2012 4:07pm - Source: LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS

An institution in global techno, Chris Liebing has delivered his sinewy brand of terse, functional and pummeling techno to the furthest outposts of the globe for nearly 20 years.

'Different Atmospheres, New Locations': Jeff Mills Interviewed

Mon, August 13 2012 12:33pm - Source: The Quietus

"I don't care whether it's comfortable to listen to," says Jeff Mills of his compelling yet brutally linear strain of techno.

Gary Numan Announces December UK Tour

Mon, August 13 2012 11:39am - Source: Stereoboard

English singer-songwriter Gary Numan has announced a December UK tour this morning, his second run of dates since the start of the year.

Poles Vaulting: The Quietus Salutes Katowice's OFF Festival

Wed, August 08 2012 3:18pm - Source: The Quietus

The realisation that Poland's OFF Festival is going to be something special occurs about an hour before the alcoholic tipping point that sends your correspondents into an inebriated spiral so severe that hotel carpets are used for falling and crawling on rather than walking.

Men As Machines: An Interview With Officers

Tue, August 07 2012 9:44am - Source: The Quietus

Leeds-based four-piece Officers are ambassadors for a crossover sound, blending frayed electronics with affecting rock instrumentation and ghostly ambience, tempting the listener to wish to become some sort of human/machine hybrid, just so they could make music that sounds even a little bit like this.

Micachu & The Shapes - Never

Tue, July 24 2012 12:56pm - Source: The Quietus

"For years pop and rock thrived on a kind of energy and madness that predicted the sights and sounds of the future," chuckles Paul Morley as he slips into fourth gear.

Countdown to GuilFest�s 21st Birthday

Sat, July 07 2012 12:17am - Source: Music-News.com

GuilFest's 21st anniversary is coming round fast ' there is now under one week to go until the UK's premier family festival and the line up is now complete!

Bloc Weekend 2012 // The 405 Preview

Fri, July 06 2012 1:10pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

In just a few weeks, The 405 will be representing ourselves at London's Bloc Weekend.

(We Are) Reasonable People at Bloc Weekend

Tue, July 03 2012 1:14pm - Source: Salacious Sound

The imminent Bloc Weekend has managed to bring together a vast swathe of electronic music's current and historic pioneers.

Bestival lines up with Stevie Wonder, a chicken shack and David Icke

Mon, July 02 2012 12:33am - Source: Music-News.com

With an already bountiful line-up that includes headline sets from Stevie Wonder, Florence + The Machine and New Order, exclusive performances from The xx and Sigur Rós and a cavalcade of mouth-watering sets from the likes of Friendly Fires, Soulwax, Annie Mac Presents, Skream & Benga and many, many more, we have got a wealth of ace new live acts and DJs to announce, with full line-ups for Rodigan's Ram Jam and Jaguar Skills and his Amazing Friends and even a rare appearance from one of the world's most controversial thinkers!

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