Guardian Music — (Soul Jazz)Growing up in 1970s Germany can't have been easy: your parents' generation were responsible for nazism. No surprise, then, that young musicians attempted to create music without a past, but they won't have expected their repetitive rhythms... more info

Guardian Music — Avant-garde composer's forthcoming LP to feature contributions from Four Tet, Antony Hegarty and Lou Reed. Presumably JLS were not available ...Laurie Anderson has announced her first studio album in a decade, featuring songs from her Homeland stage ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Noah GreenbergSinger, performance-artist, and (thanks to "O Superman") super-unlikely hitmaker Laurie Anderson is decades deep in the game, but she hasn't released a studio album in 10 years. That changes June 15, when Nonesuch releases Home... more info

!tashed — DJ-KICKS has gotten the best of the best for compilations over the years. From the likes of Thievery Corporation, Tiga, Four Tet, Erlend Oye, The Glimmers, Hot Chip, Chromeo, K&D etc etc.. they rarely get it wrong. And this time round Juan Maclean ta... more info

Guardian Music — Last time was all about the joys of noise. This week we're after songs that grip you from the offHello all. I hope this finds you in rude health. It's been quite a week here at Recommend Towers, one which has been filled with the odd-ball, the theatr... more info

Guardian Music — From Black Sabbath's tolling bell to Gershwin's blur of city hustle and bustle, many a song has been enhanced by a judicious bit of non-musical noiseThis week there was a huge temptation to fill two lists with comedy records and overwrought metal t... more info

Pitchfork — Tegan and Sara are evidently proud of their spiky new wave single "Alligator". This past weekend, they announced on their website that they'll soon release a remix album featuring 17 different takes on the same song, which has to be some kind of reco... more info

Gigwise — Taking place at Platts Field Park... more info

Guardian Music — Club Academy, Manchester"He's like a massive religion!" squeals one reveller, referring to 32-year-old Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet. This is not a description generally applied to the sight of a man bobbing up and down behind a laptop, where red, green... more info

Guardian Music — MGMT, LondonWith MGMT, it's proved to be a case of "careful what you wish for". Their great Time To Pretend single was a fantasy about their – as yet hypothetical – lives as rock stars. And then look what happened! Though their response... more info