Guardian Music — Tokyo-born musician and activist 'deeply honoured' to organise 10-day Meltdown arts festival at Southbank centreYoko Ono has been named the next curator of the Meltdown festival at the Southbank centre in London. The musician, artist, author and acti... more info

Consequence of Sound — Includes a week-long run at NYC's IFC Center in November. more info

Totally Fuzzy — This week Antony And The Johnsons released their live album Cut The World, a collection of tracks from each of their four albums rearranged into a live symphonic performance. The 12-track effort was recorded last September in Copenhagen, Denmark wit... more info

Guardian Music — Purcell Room, LondonA late addition to the Meltdown schedule, Boy George is the artist who is perhaps closest to curator Antony Hegarty's heart. Growing up as a lonely Anglo-American "effeminate" (his word), Hegarty was consoled by George's blurring ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Hear the band's new live album in full. more info

Guardian Music — Wonderground, LondonThis year's Meltdown festival has spilled out of the South Bank's modernist blocks for one night only and expanded upriver to Wonderground, a pop-up spiegeltent amid a temporary pleasure garden. It's the kind of venue you might st... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Watch the new Antony and the Johnsons video for Cut The World, starring Willem Dafoe, Marina Abramovic and Carice Van Houten. It's the title track from the new live album. » antonyandthejohnsons.com more info

Consequence of Sound — Starring Willem Dafoe and Melisandre from Game of Thrones. more info

Consequence of Sound — A frequently breathtaking experiment more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonIn concert, there are no half measures with Joan As Police Woman. An artist who keenly feels every emotional pinprick, Maine-born Joan Wasser seems to spend this set either laughing edgily or blinking back tears, making an... more info