Nialler9 — I knew nothing of Mr. Jacques Greene from Montreal before Alan sent it on to me. This tune is uplifting in the same way Joy Orbison’s productions are just absolutely top-notch. This tune comes out on a 12″ through Night Slugs soon with another 4-... more info

XLR8R — About three years after the release of his Walls album, Berlin's Apparat will take the reins as mixmaster on the forthcoming installment of !K7's DJ-KiCKS series. The DJ/producer will drop his contribution, a 24-track mix album that feature... more info

XLR8R — Austrian music, art, and politics get-together Elevate Festival is all set to go down in the town of Schlossberg this fall. The festival will host not only innovative and established musicians and artists, but politically and socially active speakers... more info

Guardian Music — This 21-year-old Scot makes intelligent, atmospheric dubstep – like Brian Eno meets BurialHometown: London.The lineup: Arthur Cayzer (music, production).The background: Everyone – well, some people – OK, we ... have been wondering who will be t... more info

Guardian Music — In collaboration with SoundCloud, we present the best tracks from artists featured so far this year in New Band of the Day. But what does it say about the nature of music in 2010?We're just over halfway through 2010 and already people are wondering i... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — In the week that Magnetic Man look set to take dubstep to it's inevitable chart dominant peak Moshi Moshi announce their first foray into the genre by bringing Disclosure into their singles club. London duo Disclosure are brothers Guy and Howard, chi... more info

XLR8R — When you’re stuck at a shitty techno club at 4:00 a.m., 20 minutes outside of Barcelona, with no ride in sight and no money to pay for one either, one thing becomes abundantly clear: half the fun of Sónar is giving in to serendipity. read more more info

Pitchfork — WHAT: Twilight Concert SeriesWHEN: July 8 - August 26WHERE: Salt Lake City, UTWHO: Modest Mouse, Big Boi, She & Him, the New Pornographers, Beirut, Girl Talk, Dum Dum Girls, Memory Tapes, Avi Buffalo, Twin Sister, the Dodos, Jamie Lidell, Sharon J... more info

XLR8R — Next week, the folks at Hotflush Recordings will be releasing their latest slice of dubstep-not-dubstep, the debut single from George FitzGerald. It's actually coming out on the Hotflush Two imprint, home to similarly genre-bending offerings fro... more info

Guardian Music — There are more daft DJ names than ever out there in clubland. But are they guarantees of a good time or surefire signifiers of the bedroom tryhard?Punters glanced incredulously towards the decks as the Jam's Thick As Thieves zipped out of the speaker... more info