Guardian Music — This year's Antony Hegarty-curated festival begins on 1 August. Before then, tell us about your favourite Meltdown momentsAs anyone who caught our Antony and the Johnsons music site takeover will know, Antony Hegarty knows a thing or two about artful... more info

Guardian Music — With their super-heavy brand of 'Neon Gold pop', we have nothing but praise for this Scottish indie groupHometown: Glasgow.The lineup: Iain Cook, Martin Doherty and Lauren Mayberry.The background: Churches are quintessential examples of that recent p... more info

Guardian Music — The Southbank Centre in London has curated this playlist on Spotify to mark the Meltdown 2012 festival in August, curated by Antony of Antony and the JohnsonsThis year's Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre in London is curated by the musician a... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Alexandra Reghioua Claude Violante is the female half of Haussman, a French dance pop duo that sticks to using analog. Her self-titled EP takes you back to the late Seventies/early Eighties when Laurie Anderson and Gary Numan came to the for... more info

Guardian Music — Which is the most compelling musical memoir? Let us know …"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture," said Frank Zappa (or Elvis Costello, Laurie Anderson or someone else entirely depending on who you listen to). But is that a fair as... more info

Guardian Music — Laurie Anderson's live performance with still images from her sound installation at A Room for London more info

Impose Magazine — When discussing Julia Holter's music, the following things almost always get mentioned: classical music, intelligence, caution, grace, attention to detail, composing, Laurie Anderson, et cetera. Considering Holter is a classically trained pianist... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — On January 1, 1984, PBS aired Nam June Paik's "Good Morning Mr. Orwell." The entire concept, of PBS airing a series of bizarre happenings with artists ranging from Salvador Dali to Oingo Boingo, is pretty hard to imagine nowadays. Actually... more info

Guardian Music — Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Ravel double bill among works to be streamed live from Sussex festival after successful trialThe Guardian is to broadcast six operas from the Glyndebourne festival in Sussex this summer.Following a successful experimen... more info

Guardian Music — Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Ravel double bill among works to be streamed live from Sussex festival after successful trialThe Guardian is to broadcast six operas from the Glyndebourne festival in Sussex this summer.Following a successful experimen... more info