Aquarium Drunkard — Roy Wood, one of the architects of ELO and The Move, possessed some of the most eclectic tastes and interesting ideas of any pop artist of his time. Boulders, his self-produced 1969 (though released 1973) solo outing combines the hard rock swagger of... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Eldorado - A Symphony By The Electric Light Orchestra (known as simply Eldorado) is the fourth studio album by the Electric Light Orchestra, released in 1974. Read more » more info

Guardian Music — Sam McGarrigle feeds his favourite 80s tunes through an Ariel Pink filter to create an ultra-vivid dream of perfect popHometown: Brighton.The lineup: Sam McGarrigle (vocals, music).The background: This is great. Apologies for giving away the punchlin... more info

KEXP Seattle — Neo-soul’s Mayer Hawthorne is set to release a 6-song covers EP called Impressions, and now you can snag a sneak peek at one of the tracks, a take on Electric Light Orchestra‘s “Mr. Blue Sky.” Word has it this take was recorded live in one si... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mark Pritchard (Global Communication, Harmonic 33) and Steve Smith (aka Steve Spacek, Blackpocket) first collaborated on a 12” for Sonar Kollektiv that, with its stutter-shuffle breakbeat and deep bass probes, fused broken beat and dubstep. Also... more info

Impose Magazine — It's sort of hard to argue with anything that sounds like Jeff Lynne and/or Marc Bolan, but this handclapping anthem by Brooklyn's Lavalier is pretty damned infectious because it has the proper balance of pop sensibility and weird. Maybe lik... more info

Totally Fuzzy — This is one excellent album, posted almost anonymously on SoundCloud. I had to google to find even the slightest bit of info. Why are these guys underselling themselves like this? I mean it's nice to see them not boasting and bragging like some do, ... more info

Guardian Music — Grilled cheese sandwiches, diamond-encrusted shoes and several false starts: Alison Krauss tells Alfred Hickling about the genesis of her latest album'If you want to play old-time music, you've got to pay attention to your right hand ..." and Alison ... more info

Guardian Music — Tracks called Mr far outweighed those with a Mrs, Miss or Ms – inequality gets everywhere – but the standard of these moniker-centric masterpieces was universally highNot the most challenging category in the world, I concede. But anyway: last wee... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The NJ Underground said... Cold War Kids - Relief Richard Ashcroft - The Drugs Don't Work Noah and the Whale - Five Years Time Big Troubles - Georgia Cults - Most Wanted The Drums - Me And The Moon Mount Kimbie - Mayor Yo La Tengo - Nothing To Hide T... more info