Guardian Music — In America, he plays to crowds of 3,500. But in Britain, turnouts can be as low as 80. Flux Pavilion talks to Alexis Petridis at LA's Coachella festivalIt's the middle of the afternoon on the final day of LA's Coachella festival, America's answer to ... more info

Guardian Music — Leftfield And Friends, LondonIt's easy to be cynical about benefit gigs, but War Child is a charity with a long track record of credible musical ventures stretching back to 1995, when the likes of Oasis, Massive Attack and Radiohead contributed to th... more info

Guardian Music — (Warp)After impressing many with their 2007 debut, Mirrored, Brooklyn math rock experimentalists Battles were dealt a potentially mortal blow when keyboardist and vocalist Tyondai Braxton left while they were making a second album. However, they r... more info

XLR8R — Multifaceted Brooklyn artist Laurel Halo has offered up the closing track from her forthcoming Quarantine LP for Kode9's Hyperdub imprint, which features her honing in on an entirely different vocal style than we've heard from her before. ... more info

XLR8R — Montreal-based digital-art and electronic-music festival MUTEK has announced a second wave of artists for its line-up, adding to a previously announced list of acts that includes Kode9, BNJMN, Jeff Mills, Shackleton, and Nicolas Jaar. read more more info

XLR8R — Today, Laurel Halo announced she is planning to release her first official full-length album, Quarantine, via Kode9's Hyperdub imprint. read more more info

Core News — The latest Hyperdub show on Rinse hosted by Kode9 and DVA. Kode9 and Scratcha DVA – Hyperdub show on Rinse FM 2012-03-13 [Mediafire] Tracklist: Non available. Follow Core News on Facebook and Twitter. Tweet more info

XLR8R — This morning brings news of the first wave of artists announced to perform at this year's MUTEK festival in Montreal. read more more info

XLR8R — After months of waiting and subsequent delays, Kode9's Hyperdub label has released a new Burial 12", the three-song Kindred EP, and you can stream it now. read more more info

Nialler9 — Battles have a four part remix vinyl series coming out at the moment featuring remixes of songs from Gloss Drop by The Field, Gui Boratto, Alchemist and Kode9. I really like the Shabazz Palaces one above a lot. Ishmael Butler’s … Read More... →... more info