Impose Magazine — Here's the same Brian Eno we heard on that whole spoken word/poet-speak trip with Rick Holland that the pair took on the recent Drums Between the Bells LP. This is the first stream to be heard from the duo's upcoming Warp EP called Panic Of L... more info

Guardian Music — (Nettwerk)Ladytron have been ploughing their icy furrow for a dozen years now, first as lonely outliers for their brand of synthpop, latterly as elder statespeople of a sound that's become increasingly common. Their fifth album cleaves to their Mit... more info

Guardian Music — Academy, Manchester"This is another one of those, er, singalongs," says Beirut's Zach Condon, sounding slightly embarrassed by what's going on around him. Once again, the cavernous Academy erupts into a choir of audience voices, with every second han... more info

Guardian Music — This highly touted four-piece have pretensions to Talking Heads' funk-rock mantle – but fail to burn down the houseHometown: London.The lineup: Miles Haughton (vocals, guitar), Marcus Haughton (vocals, guitar), Louis Bhose (bass) and Oscar Manthorp... more info

XLR8R — We can't help but be a little surprised at how good the taste of NPR has been lately. We've seen artists like Brian Eno and Balam Acab on its website, and now Warp wunderkind Rustie has been tapped to make a mix of some of his favorite summ... more info

Guardian Music — If this pair win the Mercury prize, we can thank Sex and the City. Jude Rogers meets Jon Hopkins and King CreosotePop is full of odd couples, but this year's Mercury prize shortlist contains a particularly compelling one. Jon Hopkins, 31, is baby-f... more info

Guardian Music — Where did the terms retro-nuevo and skronk originate? Or hip-hop? Michaelangelo Matos runs through an exhaustive catalogue of music's phrasemakers and trendsettersMusic comes from everywhere, and so do the names we call it by. There's a longstanding... more info

Altsounds — Several solo records into a career begun in Goya Dress, new album Pulse, released on 22nd August marks something of a sonic sea-change for Astrid Williamson, the seeds for which were sown upon witnessing guitarist/ambient man Leo Abrahams perform as ... more info

Guardian Music — Cerebral and sunny, this is a thinking person's summer anthemWhen Baltimore trio Future Islands started working on their third album, On the Water, their influences ranged from Fleetwood Mac and Cocteau Twins to a book about Brian Eno's Another Green... more info

XLR8R — This year's annual Moogfest in Asheville, NC is sponsored in part by XLR8R, and we couldn't be happier about our involvement with the amazing array of sights and sounds that is set to take place across three days in late October. read more more info