NME — Canadian band dedicate award to David Bowie, The Smiths and New Order more info

Impose Magazine — Here's some records to be excited about in 2011. Cold Cave - Cherish The Light Years (Matador) Cold Cave is bringing back the upbeat, down-n-out electronic pulse and thump of New Order and Depeche Mode. Love Comes Close was an obvious homage to the ... more info

Guardian Music — (Modular)This Melbourne quartet's third album is almost like a mix tape, taking snatches of recognisable songs and blending them together into their own tracks with the aim of creating a greater whole. You'll hear a Fleetwood Mac bassline, a fragment... more info

Guardian Music — Musician turned farmer's four-day event will showcase music and food, with appearances from KT Tunstall and Richard CorriganBlur bassist turned country squire Alex James once confessed that in the heady days of Britpop he had spent £1m on champagne ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Gozra Lazano Beware of artists who have found God. It's all angels with broken wings and Babylon. UK eighties icon Boy George used a lot of drugs and got into loads of trouble, which was all over the tabloids. Reinventing himself as a DJ wor... more info

The Vinyl Villain — As I said last time round I did this feature I'm every bit as proud of the 100 plus VHS tapes of music that are gathering dust under a bed as I am of the vinyl and CD collection. They contain loads of live clips, promo videos and appearances on TV sh... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The fifth single from New Order. And the one that propelled them to stardom.No-one can argue that it is a classic. A song that was really quite like no other on its release. And the record sleeve is also one of the most recognisable of all time.It i... more info

Impose Magazine — Adventure mastermind Benny Boeldt kicked the Bladerunner dialogue out of the band. Adventure is now the solo project of Boeldt, who is handling all the vocals himself, with some minor help from the pitch controls. A Wham City resident and synth playe... more info

Guardian Music — A growing number of techno artists are incorporating live instruments and analogue recording equipment into their sound. But does building glitches into your music help it come alive?The Dirtbombs' new album Party Store – a collection of garage roc... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I'm every bit as proud of the 100 plus VHS tapes of music that are gathering dust under a bed as I am of the vinyl and CD collection. They contain loads of live clips, promo videos and appearances on TV shows such as Top Of the Pops and provide fine... more info