I Guess I'm Floating — As you've probably heard by now, Patrick Wolf is back this year with a new concept album called The Bachelor (previously The Battle) that I can finally confirm is not made up of 15 tracks named after desperate money-hungry women all competing for the... more info

Altsounds — After the critical acclaim of 2008’s, ‘The Golden Foretaste of Heaven’, Berlin’s favourite anti-hero, *Alec Empire* releases ‘Shivers’, a 7 track mini album that serves up as a little taster fo... more info

Guardian Music — He's Britain's most innovative, radical, creative and, yes, ridiculous, pop star, whose overt sexuality, visual flamboyance and unusual lyrics set him apart from all his contemporaries. He tells Miranda Sawyer how, at 16, and after enduring years of ... more info

Altsounds — Patrick Wolf will appear on stage a with Alec Empire for a live performance of his new single, ‘Vultures’, which Alec helped to produce. This takes place at The Underworld in Camden, London as part of Alec’s mammoth Europe... more info

The Music Fix — Review: Ready for a riot, Colin French finds out that he was invited to a tea party instead. more info

The Music Fix — News: Alec Empire will release a new mini-album on May 25th, entitled Shivers. Produced with former ATR conspirator Nic Endo, Shivers progesses the sound that the duo evolved on last years The Golden Foretaste Of Heaven album. TMF has had a sneak pre... more info

Guardian Music — Pop has always paid homage to its past, and never more so than with this season's hottest young acts. But does 'retro' always have to be a dirty word? Ally Carnwath celebrates four time-travellers who put their own stamp on the decades they have plun... more info

Pitchfork — "I'm gonna run the risk of being free," sang British glam-goth punk Patrick Wolf on his 2005 track "The Libertine". The line and song could easily double as a personal manifesto. Wolf changes genres (preternaturally confident combinations of chamber-... more info