The Quietus — Touch label unveils new compilation and book featuring music from Mika Vainio, Wire and more, as well as photography by Jon Wozencroft more info

XLR8R — Next week, Carsten Nicolai's Noton will release Live 2002, a special release featuring an inspired performance at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Newcastle by Ryoji Ikeda, Nicolai's Alva Noto project, and the late Mika Vainio. The recordingâ�... more info

The Quietus — Mika Vainio, Ryoji Ikeda and Alva Noto explore characteristically abstract electronics on track lifted from only live recording captured between the trio more info

The Quietus — Noton will release Live 2002, the only known recording of Mika Vainio, Ryoji Ikeda and Alva Noto performing together, in January more info

XLR8R — Mika Vainio, Ryoji Ikeda, and Alva Noto (a.k.a Carsten Nicolai) will release a 15-year-old live recording via Nicolai's Noton label. The 45-minute recording, which is split into 11 "movements," features the trio performing at Newcastle’s Ba... more info

The Daily Mail — X Factor judge Louis Walsh's choice in an accomplice has baffled certain fans of the show as it's been revealed Mika will join him as a guest at Judges' Houses. more info

Indie Music News — International melodic metal band TRAGUL released their second single “The Message” from the upcoming debut album. The mix was done by Aldo Benegas at Blind Owl studios and mastered by Mika Jussila from Finnvox Studios. … Read More more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Mika Brzezinski, the co-host of the MSNBC news show "Morning Joe" and a recent target of President Trump's ire, has signed a three-book deal with Weinstein Books. The Hollywood Reporter and New York Post write that Brzezinski will receive a sum â€... more info

Dlisted — Morning Joe co-hosts, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, were supposed to have today off for the long Fourth of July weekend, but they put their vacation off after the Overlord of the United States did what many respectable presidents have done ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Did the president go too far in his aggrieved tweets about “Morning Joe” co-anchors Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, asked a reporter at the White House briefing? “I don’t think so,” answered Deputy White House Pres... more info