Guardian Music — How Daniel Lopatin, James Ferraro and Laurel Halo are reclaiming the synthesiser's radical compositional roots"Yeah, we're vibrating all the time!" David Borden is chuckling. Founder of 1960s synth ensemble Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Compa... more info

Guardian Music — This Berlin-based artist's desolate disco sounds like a ghostly, ghastly alliance between Akon and Aphex TwinHometown: Berlin.The lineup: A Non Y Mous (vocals, keyboards).The background: Azealia Banks, Body Language, Friends, Jensen Sportag and a few... more info

KEXP Seattle — Our current KEXP Documentary series is Electronic Innovators, featuring profiles of acts like Portishead, Amon Tobin, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk and more. This week we look at an artist who is the quintessential example of the inventor-musician.  The “G... more info

Altsounds — Mathieu Santos, bassist and founding member of chamber pop quintet Ra Ra Riot, is pleased to unveil "(I Just) Need To Know" from his solo debut Massachusetts 2010, recently released on Barsuk Records. The track, which sounds like a Beach Boys singl... more info

Totally Fuzzy — BBC Four documentary Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war. Between 1968 and 1977 bands like Neu!, Can, Faust and Kraftwerk would look... more info

NME — The fifth annual guest editors edition of the magazine is on sale now more info

Pop Justice — c18441Eh_WE One of the defining songs of the modern pop era, still brilliant one decade after its release. We feel very privileged to have been present when the song was given its first public airing, six months ahead of release as a surprise blast... more info

KEXP Seattle — KEXP Documentaries bring you a musical subject in the time it takes to play just one song. For our current series “Electronic Innovators” we team up with Seattle’s Decibel Festival and today’s episode is on one of the first electronic pop ban... more info

Guardian Music — Lulworth Castle, DorsetAcross the fields of tipis, shelters and dome tents, the loudspeakers boomed: "Good morning, campers. Hi-de-hi!" Rob da Bank's family festival at Lulworth Castle was back for its fourth year with big names, bigger crowds (30,00... more info

Guardian Music — Tom McCarthy hits out, Caitlin Moran wants women to wash less, plus Socrates on the riotsTom McCarthy hits out ✒ Tom McCarthy, acclaimed author of the Man Booker shortlisted C, delivered a shot in the arm to the Edinburgh international book festiva... more info