MTV.com News — 'I brought lasers!' the season-eight runner-up jokes at the end of his dramatic performance.By Larry Carroll Adam Lambert performs on "American Idol" Wednesday Photo: Fox There's an old saying that you can't go home again. On Wednesday nig... more info

8/1 — 6.25/10Yine bir 80'ler karaoke gecesi daha... GeçtiÄŸimiz yılın ÅŸanssız gruplarından biri hiç kuÅŸkusuz Cold Cave'di. Love Comes Close adlı albümleriyle en az M83 ya da Cut Copy kadar ilgi çekmesi beklenirken dark... more info

The Culture Of Me — Up to this point, we'd always heard a pretty apparent referential point leaning towards the likes of Depeche Mode, OMD or, even, some of the mid-point Human League stuff in the arrangement and delivery of the Binary duo NightWaves, with... more info

Stereogum — They have just four demos, but things are heating up nicely for NYC trio BRAHMS. Which is fitting: Despite the Depeche Mode coldness to their instrumentation, their songs feel far warmer. With 127 years just three months to their name they can’t po... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Brooklyn pop band Via Audio covers a lot of ground. On their Animalore album a slide guitar driven love song (Wanted) sit comfortably next to funky eighties dance music inspired tracks like Babies, Tigers, and Digital, which sounds like a lost trac... more info

411 Mania — A change of tone for the 3Ls as Chris Crowing casts his eye over three of the most decidedly un-metal, yet beloved acts to emerge from the 80s... more info

ContactMusic — Vince Clarke never writes songs with synthesisers. The multi-instrumentalist - a pioneer of electronic pop music, who was a founding member of Depeche Mode and has... more info

XLR8R — Music geeks and tech heads, brace yourselves. VBS.tv off-shoot Motherboard, an online video blog/network that focuses mainly on technology and its effects on culture, or whatever, premiered a new episode of its Electric Independence program that feat... more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonSince the American piano firebrand Rachel Carmel Nicolazzo (better known as Rachel Z) has devoted an album to the women artists who have made a difference in her life, she was a sharp choice to headline last week's high-class Wo... more info

Mjsbigblog — Adam Lambert talks about the music that shaped his life in this edition of ABC Nightline’s playlist. Bob Marley, David Bowie, Madonna, Depeche Mode and Lady Gaga are all on his list… more info