Pitchfork - Tours — 10-30 Turin, Italy - Movement Festival (Palaolimpico Isozaki)11-07 London, England - Scala11-09 Manchester, England - The Deaf Institute11-10 Cardiff, Wales - 10 Feet Tall11-12 Brighton, England - The Freebutt11-14 Glasgow, Scotland - Stereo11-15 Liv... more info

Altsounds — *This week saw the release of the long awaited Kraftwerk catalog remasters. Below are quotes from Kraftwerk and some of the artists their work has influenced. * *Please contact me if you would like to do online giveaways of the 5 remasters. *... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The Simple Minds and OMD will pay trinbute to pioneering synth band Kraftwerk with a joined performance of Neon Lights on the forthcoming UK tour. Both bands were heavily influenced by the German band. OMD was recently featured in BBC 4 television... more info

Live Daily — Imagine if Nine Inch Nails traded dark for light, if Trent Reznor went on Prozac, found God and swapped all his anger and angst for optimism and joy. If such a remarkable transformation ever took place, it would probably sound, look and feel a lot li... more info

The Music Fix — News: Simple Minds and OMD will appear on stage together for the very first time when they perform Kraftwerk's "Neon Lights" on their forthcoming UK tour which kicks off at the Newcastle Metro Arena on 30th November. The news follows OMD's recent ... more info

The Quietus — Bands will join forces for 'Neon Lights' more info

Guardian Music — Are the 44 best albums of the last decade really all made by white people? Is Outkast's B.O.B. really better than Crazy in Love?As the decade draws to an end, the English language seems to be trying to pull us back from the abyss of retrospective ind... more info

Synth Britannia Friday, BBC4 IT SEEMS fitting that German synth pioneers Kraftwerk were first unveiled in Britain, not on a music programme, but on a 1975 edition of Tomorrow's World. Presented as a futuristic novelty on a par with the jet pack, they more info

Big Stereo — Thee band of the century and probably the biggest influence of every single artist we probably put up on the site is re-releasing their catalogue, and it’s all approved by Kraftwerk themselves. Ralph even states “The sound needed remasteringâ€... more info

Guardian Music — As new BBC4 documentary Synth Britannia shows, the synthesizer first dehumanised then re-humanised British pop, fulfilled the DIY promise of punk, and changed how bands looked foreverThe synth-pop era really kicked off in June 1979, when Tubeway Army... more info