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Now listening: reader playlist

4477 days ago
Guardian Music — Each week we invite someone to share with us some of the songs they've been listening to recently. Today's selection features Ten Benson, Tight Fit and Half Man Half BiscuitThis week's playlist is by Paul Jenkins, a writer from Penarth who writes "in... more info
Half Man Half Biscuit Grandmaster Flash Chaka Khan Mark Lanegan Mazzy Star Ry Cooder Eugene McGuinness Talking Heads David Bowie Kraftwerk

Scene report: German music now

4478 days ago
Guardian Music — Following our potted history of German pop, our journey through the sounds of Europe continues as Wyndham Wallace introduces the acts making waves in his adopted countryReading this on a mobile? Click here to view videoGermany is the world's third bi... more info
David Hasselhoff Dieter Thomas Kuhn Kraftwerk Atari Teenage Riot David Bowie U2 Nick Cave Stephen Malkmus Richie Hawtin Marcel Dettmann Ben Klock Apparat Ellen Allien Jazzanova Otis Redding Tracy Chapman Fela Kuti Schneider TM

Sounds of Germany - day one: a history of German pop in 10 songs

4479 days ago
Guardian Music — Following our guides to French, Polish, Dutch and Spanish pop, our exploration of the sounds of seven European countries continues with Germany. Think the country has underperformed on the pop music pitch? Think again, because here's everything you n... more info
Kraftwerk Sash! The Beatles Debbie Reynolds

Le Le – Drunken Cigarettes

4492 days ago
Discobelle.net — Dutch electro collective Le Le consists of vocalist Faberyayo (a rapper, writer and TV personality in the Netherlands), world renowned graphic & fashion designer/beatsmith Parra along with Rimer London (ex-Comtron and Kraftwerk muse) will unleash the... more info
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New band of the day – No 1,281: Princess Chelsea

4503 days ago
Guardian Music — If you have a stomach for the ravishingly strange, check out Chelsea Nikkel's magical yet menacing morality talesHometown: Auckland, New Zealand.The lineup: Chelsea Nikkel (vocals, piano).The background: Princess Chelsea is the solo project of Chelse... more info
Genesis Kraftwerk Enya

Jon Savage on How I Feel Love changed pop

4517 days ago
Guardian Music — Pop critic Jon Savage and producer Ewan Pearson on the majesty of Donna Summer's finest 3 minutes and 47 secondsPop critic Jon SavageA cinematic drone comes in fast from silence, quickly overtaken by two synthesised rhythm tracks that will go in and ... more info
Ewan Pearson Donna Summer Kraftwerk David Bowie

Donna Summer's disco was as radical as punk

4518 days ago
Guardian Music — The pop singer, who died today, created powerful futuristic records that changed the course of music for everDonna Summer will be remembered as the queen of disco, but in fact her best records transformed not just dancefloors but the course of pop mu... more info
Donna Summer Primal Scream Sex Pistols Janet Jackson Kraftwerk The Beach Boys New Order Phil Spector

New band of the day – Jupiter (No 1,269)

4519 days ago
Guardian Music — When Jupiter say they're disco, they mean the cheesiest end of it – all Moog bursts and cosmic funk bass. They really should have been on the Boogie Nights soundtrackHometown: Paris.The lineup: Amélie and Quarles.The background: There have probabl... more info
Aretha Franklin Juicy Lucy Earth, Wind & Fire Grace Jones King Tubby Kraftwerk

Nite Jewel, Dntel, others to honor Kraftwerk, 'German cosmic music'

4524 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Nite Jewel, Dntel, Daedalus and others will celebrate the music of Kraftwerk, Popol Vuh and others at the Ford Amphitheatre. Nite Jewel will team with Peanut Butter Wolf and others to perform "Computer World," Kraftwerk's 1981 classic, in its entiret... more info
Kraftwerk Peanut Butter Wolf

'I'm constantly learning how to be confident'

4529 days ago
Guardian Music — Now in her 30s, Beth Ditto's priorities – and her music – are changing. Here she discusses her forthcoming marriage and how Abba became an influence on Gossip's latest albumBeth Ditto is tremendously unflappable, even at the end of a long day wit... more info
ABBA Beth Ditto Kylie Minogue Pet Shop Boys Girls Aloud Madonna Blondie Kraftwerk

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