Stereogum — Kero Kero Bonito injected some fun into the world late last year with Bonito Generation , their debut studio album of radical positivity pop. Last month, the London trio put out six remixes of Bonito Generation tracks, and next month, they're finall... more info

The Quietus — At this year's edition of Counterflows festival in Glasgow, with performances by Midori Takada and Mark Fell, Oscar Gaynor finds a festival with radical and inclusive notions about what exactly it means to be a part of the underground more info

The Quietus — Midori Takada, Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force and more play Glasgow celebration of experimental music more info

Stereogum — Cosmo's Midnight are twin brothers from Sydney who produce contagiously vibrant R&B-inflected electronic pop. Their Moments EP counted Lido and Kero Kero Bonito's Sarah Midori Perry among its guests; it was good, and their latest single is even bett... more info

The Quietus — The record by the Japanese musician has become highly valuable on the resale market more info

The Quietus — Glasgow festival secures appearances from Mark Ernestus and Midori Takada more info

Stereogum — The beginning of the video for “Trampoline,” a particularly giddy single from the permanently giddy UK experimental-pop trio Kero Kero Bonito, starts out uncharacteristically drab and grey, like the group had finally encountered human emotions li... more info

Stereogum — The living cartoon synthpop band known as Kero Kero Bonito have a new single today called “Break,” a contagious and easygoing J-pop bounce about kicking back and relaxing when life starts to feel insane. It’s accompanied by a video featuring Sa... more info

Guardian Music — Midori/Queyras/Grubinger/Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Eötvös(Alpha) Peter Eötvös’s three concertos, all composed between 2011 and 2013, were composed with very specific soloists in mind. Two of them, the violinist Midor... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Last year’s Palto Flats reissue of the 1983 lp Mariah – Utakata No Hibi (the final record under that moniker, originally released on the super-cool Better Days label), has spawned a renewed interest in the Japanese composer and bandleader Yasuaki... more info