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

ContactMusic — The brother of Electric Light Orchestra star Mike Edwards has called for new safety laws to be introduced on farms following an inquest into the cellist's bizarre death. Edwards died instantly when a 1,320-pound (600-kilogram) hay bale came tumbli... more info

The Independent — A founding member of the Electric Light Orchestra died when a 63-stone bale of silage rolled 200 feet down a field and landed on his moving car in Devon. more info

Guardian Music — Inquest hears original band member, 62, was killed when hay bale crushed his van as he drove along Devon roadThe family of a 1970s rock star, who was killed in a freak accident when a hay bale crushed his van, has called for new health and safety gui... more info

Guardian Music — Nearly 69 years' worth of episodes are now available online. So what themes run through the selections?We don't know where it is or what the weather is like. And we don't know how the celebrity in question ended up being the only person shipwrecked t... more info