Brooklyn Vegan — Kornel Kovacs is a Swedish electronic musician who, as he tells it, "grew up listening to his Hungarian parents' Kraftwerk tapes while taking drum, piano and singing classes, fell in love with jungle at the age of 10 and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos: Kraftwerk @ United Palace Theatre in 2014 (more by PSquared) Kraftwerk are bringing their 3-D concert tour back to North America this fall. No NYC shows this time (they played two nights at United Palace last April), but they... more info

Nialler9 — The Kraftwerk documentary Pop Art screened on BBC4 in the last few days and while it’s not the definitive story of the band itself (it doesn’t really cover a lot of things about cycling, personnel changes or technology to name a few things), it ... more info

The Telegraph — Last week a British university hosted a conference on German electropop pioneers Kraftwerk. Quite right too, says Ivan Hewett more info

The Independent — The electronic music, robot-like performances and repetitive beats of the German band Kraftwerk ushered in a brave new world of pop and earned the group global fame. more info

Stereogum — Kraftwerk are not only a highly influential music group, but their music is prone to obsession and repetition, which makes them perfect candidates to have a whole academic conference surrounding them. The inaugural Kraftwerk academic conference — t... more info

Mercury News, California — Lady Gaga, Drake vs. Lil Wayne, Nas, Kraftwerk were among the best concerts of 2014. more info

The Independent — A list of nominees for the 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been announced. more info

Mercury News, California — Nine Inch Nails, The Smiths, Lou Reed and Kraftwerk are among the acts nominated for induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Nine Inch Nails at Jones Beach in August (more by Greg Cristman) The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2015 nominees have been announced including The Smiths, Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bill WIthers and Sting (who's... more info