Core News — “There’s a comment on Discogs that describes Drexciya as “America’s answer to Kraftwerk,” which might just be the most succinct way of putting it. Between 1992 and 2002 Heinrich Mueller (who was then referred to by his given name, Gerald Do... more info

Guardian Music — An alternative history of pop would need to embrace Marsha Hunt, the Au Pairs and Zakk Wylde. Oh, and WestlifeI once wrote an article in response to a single released on 17 September 2001 that ended up being so long it became a book. I had been asked... more info

Guardian Music — From Ring of Fire in Spanish to Kraftwerk in French, there's a real pleasure in hearing familiar music sound unfamiliarI don't buy the canard that one language is any more or less suited to singing pop music than another. But artists and listeners ca... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Four Steps From The Blues said... TRY TO BE AMUSED looks at 1977 in the continuing series of Annual Album Roundup; highlighting the albums of a particular year. Thank you Fuzzy for keeping me on track! http://try-to-be-amused.blogspot.com Levin sai... more info

Guardian Music — Chicago house music found a big audience in the UK in the 1990s. Now it's back thanks to a slew of remastered CDs, remixes and compilations'At times, I felt like the baddest cunt in the room. I felt like I owned it." Andy Butler, ringleader of dance ... more info

Altsounds — MEN WITHOUT HATS (1am) Canada's answer to Devo and Kraftwerk, Men Without Hats formed back in 1980 in Montreal, Quebec, and released seminal 80s hits "Pop Goes the World" and "The Safety Dance." PS I LOVE YOU (12am) NXNE Alumni! Their Paper Bag... more info

Detroit Free Press — Detroit techno music, Derrick May famously quipped, was the sound of Kraftwerk and George Clinton stuck in an elevator with only a sequencer to keep them company. Watch your head. Mick Collins and the Dirtbombs just broke down the door, lugged in a c... more info

Guardian Music — The Cockpit, LeedsWhen Metronomy emerged three years ago at the height of New Rave, they wore lightbulbs stuck to their chests, did comical, ironic synchronised dancing and played tiny electronic gadgets with one hand in the air. The impression was o... more info

Totally Fuzzy — the Burton Bootlegger said... Dave Binney Quartet - live @ the Vortex 2004 http://hotelmaidssmileinunison.blogspot.com Gumshoe said... Sleetmute Nightmute's "Night of Long Knives" album (on F/A/S/T/W/E/A/P/O/N/S) is a Portland no-wave classic. Recor... more info

The Culture Of Me — As part of the Italians Do It Better tour and helmed by the wondrous Justine D, last night's Girls & Boys party at Webster Hall was formatted as a show rather than just a club night, with performances from Desire, Chromatics and Glass Candy, and DJ s... more info