Guardian Music — For all their intelligence, Little Boots and La Roux look and sound like polished pop stars. And they are not forging openings for stranger, more interesting electronic musicFor fans of electronic music, this should be a triumphant moment. Eight year... more info

Stereogum — After we posted the Jeff Lynne-sweetened "Blue Lips" a commentor said he was "dismayed" that the song -- along with "Laughing With" -- was "massively overproduced for my taste." When Spektor performed the Far track on Jools Holland she stripped it... more info

Culture Bully — The Pretenders perform "Don't Lose Faith In Me" and "Don't Cut Your Hair" on the May 19 episode of Later... with Jools Holland. more info

Culture Bully — Regina Spektor performs "Blue Lips" on the May 19 episode of Later... with Jools Holland. more info

Culture Bully — Kasabian performs "Fire" and "Underdog" on the May 19 episode of Later... with Jools Holland. more info

The Red Radio — While we were away, Depeche Mode performed four songs for Later With Jools Holland. The mini-set list? The band's current single Wrong, old school classic Personal Jesus and equally classic Walking In My Shoes, as well as the Sounds Of... more info

NME - Radar — His album is called 'Asleep In The Bread Aisle', and he's known for extolling the 'relaxing' qualities of cannabis in tracks such as 'I Love College' - so perhaps it was no surprise I found Asher Roth crashed out on the bed when I turned up to interv... more info

Altsounds — Fresh from their Later with Jools Holland performance, Brighton’s orchestral pop wonders The Mummers have been busy turning Passion Pit’s recent single ‘Sleepyhead’ inside-out for a rather sublime cover-version. Yo... more info

Culture Bully — Little Boots performs "New In Town" on the May 12 episode of Later... with Jools Holland. more info

Culture Bully — New York Dolls perform "Cause I Sez So" and "Personality Crisis" on the May 12 episode of Later... with Jools Holland. more info