The Music Fix — and it features contributions from Roots Manuva and Autechre. more info

Altsounds — The legendary German group NEU! released only 3 albums between 1972 and 1975, but these albums had an influence wildly disproportionate to their modest commercial success; praised by and influential to David Bowie, Hawkwind, Iggy Pop, DEVO, Sonic ... more info

Guardian Music — The Montreal-based septet will be out to prove that a band's all-important third LP can retain the capacity to surpriseAs you might have noticed, unflagging glory seekers Arcade Fire are releasing their third album, very generously extending their lu... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said... THE RAISINS The Raisins (1983) Prelude to THE BEARS. Power pop at its best. The debut of The Raisins, produced by Adrian Belew, who would join the band after this - to be re-christened as THE BEARS. (We've got links to lots o' Bears i... more info

Guardian Music — With Oval, Markus Popp reimagined 90s electronic music and pioneered glitch. After a long time in the shadows, the mysterious sound technician is back ...To become a household name in the field of electronic music, it helps to have a gimmick. Owning ... more info

DrownedInSound — It may not be as immediately easy to love as Autechre's last, but a real heartbeat lurks just beneath the surface, perhaps closer to fully revealing its personality than their music has been for quite some time. Read the full story on Drownedi... more info

Guardian Music — The mini keyboard started life as a child-friendly toy in the 80s and ended up in the hands of everyone from Hot Chip to Stevie WonderWhat is it? A classic range of cheap, child-friendly keyboards launched in the early 1980s, making synthesisers as a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Swapmeet Louie said... New album "Drive" from musician/actor, Scott Grimes, out now. Grab a live performance of one of his earlier songs, "Carrie" (live 2005). Thanks Fuzzy! http://www.thefrontloader.com ::Viva:: said... ## Eric Clapton: Wonderful M... more info

Guardian Music — Tom Jones has horrified his label by releasing an album of spiritual songs. That's nothing compared to pop's greatest u-turnsOh the shock, the terror, the unfathomable fear that will envelop you when you press play on Praise and Blame, the new Tom Jo... more info

XLR8R — Earlier in the year, Sean Booth and Rob Brown released their first full-length since 2008's Quaristice, Oversteps, and now only months after that album, another 10 tracks have been culled from Autechre's hard drives and released. The new re... more info