Pitchfork — Photo by Frederick Johnson Welcome to 5-10-15-20, where we talk to artists about the music they loved at five-year interval points in their lives. Maybe we'll get a detailed roadmap of how their tastes and passions helped make them who they are. Mayb... more info

The Red Radio — Between our new weekly feature, "photograph of the week", and posts like this one, we are starting to show off our other passion outside of music - art (photography, painting, sculpture... you name it). Until recently, we were unaware of... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Julian Cope managed to rack up 16 Top 75 hits in the UK singles charts between 1983 and 1986.OK, only World Shut Your Mouth in 1986 made the Top 20, but the fact remains that just about every single he released in his solo career had some sort of im... more info

Nialler9 — Made up of members of Coldplay, A-ha and Mew, Apparatjik have quietly released themselves into the music world of late. It sounds like a mix which shouldn’t work so well but the songs and Bauhaus and quantum-theorist-inspired live shows are the mar... more info

The Red Radio — a-ha's farewell presence in North America has just been expanded upon from Los Angeles and New York to Chicago and Toronto. Full info plays out like this: May 10 Massey Hall Toronto May 13 Riveria Chicago Pre-sale for aha.com members... more info

Nialler9 — I haven’t seen too much about Apparatjik yet considering the spectrum of people involved apart from some coverage on music blogs and online magazines (and Day and Night last week). It’s an odd one as the band are essentially a supergroup made up... more info

The Red Radio — First we get an a-ha show out this way and now a little Tears For Fears at The Wiltern March 21st. Tickets go on sale this Friday, the 12th. Two pre-sales are set to take place on the 11th. Full... more info

Shark Party, CA — So yes, I realize releasing this in February 2010 is ridiculously late, but whatever. We just went through one hell of a musical decade, and if you read pretty much anyone's opinion, none of it would have been possible without the Godsend of Rad... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Last July, Magne mentioned in a radio interview that a-ha would return to America in 2010, and fans have been waiting eagerly since then for news of US tour dates. The wait is over... Back in 2005, a-ha played a... more info

Rolling Stone — Snoop Dogg plots a February’s worth of Malice in Wonderland dates, Cobra Starship and 3OH!3 embark on a co-headlining trek that includes a stop at the inaugural Bamboozle Chicago fest and Norwegian new wavers a-ha reveal the first three U.S. dates ... more info