Stereogum — Jon Hopkins’ Immunity gave us some of the most taut and explorative electronic music of 2013. Now he’s surprising us again by reworking some of those tracks with vocalists. After a new collaboration with Bat For Lashes, Hopkins added a Purity Rin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ian Chainey No man is an island. A punk fest? Yeah, we'll allow it. The colossal Punk Island show spanning various stages in Staten Island on June 21 still requires your support. Last Thursday, the free, all-ages fest presented... more info

Stereogum — The instrumental track “We Disappear” was the first song on Immunity, the album of conceptual, leftfield dance music that the British producer (and Brian Eno buddy) Jon Hopkins released last year. He’s just put together a new version of the son... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Nuclear Santa Claust at Europa in 2013 (more by Sarja Hasan) NYC punks Nuclear Santa Claust are no strangers to playing around their hometown, but if you don't live here, you'll get a chance to see them this month as... more info

XLR8R — A track which originally appeared on the excellent Immunity LP—a record which we deemed 2013's best release—Jon Hopkins' "We Disappear" has received a new treatment complete with additional vocals from Lulu James. read more more info

Stereogum — Last night, Metallica played a show in Bogotá, Colombia, and during their set, they debuted a new song called “The Lords Of Summer.” It’s their first new one in a few years (or, if we all agree to ignore that whole Lulu situation, even longer)... more info

The Telegraph — The Tiger Lillies' retelling of German playwright Frank Wedekind's Lulu works fine as a conceit, but the allure of detached commentary over fleshed-out characterisation starts to pall, says Dominic Cavendish     more info

Metal Injection — From Lulu to Lang LangThe post METALLICA To Perform At the Grammys with Pianist LANG LANG appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Nialler9 — Other Voices have been dripfeeding out the details of their twelfth season but here’s a breakdown of the day by day in St James’s Church for those lucky enough to get tickets and the free Music trail for all: Friday 6th Patty Griffin David Gray ... more info

Nialler9 — After last week’s announcement of Mogwai, David Gray and Lisa O’Neill for Other Voices Dingle in December, further performances John Grant, Icelandic singer Ásgeir, Danish musician Agnes Obel , rising Irish artist Hozier, UK eletronic soul sing... more info