Brooklyn Vegan — Omar Souleyman at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) Dabke singer Omar Souleyman is currently on a tour with Dengue Fever which hits NYC TONIGHT (6/4) at Webster Hall, before hitting Philly on Tuesday and wrapping up... more info

Guardian Music — Caspar Llewellyn Smith on pop's new international pedigreeIt used to be that when we thought of pop, we thought of Pete Townshend in his union flag jacket, or Geri Halliwell dressed in little more than her undies and styled similarly at the Brit awar... more info

Guardian Music — Syrian techno legend Omar Souleyman plays a trio of UK raves around next weekend's ATP Nightmare Before Xmas appearance (6 Dec, XOYO, EC2; 8 Dec, Oran Mór, Glasgow; 10 Dec, Bradford University, songkick.com) …Gaggle get together for a special one-... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Passion Pit It's now Saturday and Fun Fun Fun Fest's second day is already underway and streaming on Pitchfork. Yesterday, Friday, while BBG was holding down the black stage (which Danzig eventually played), Tim (who ran... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Omar Souleyman at Summerstage in July (more by David Andrako) Syrian dabke singer Omar Souleyman recently released the live album Haflat Gharbia on Sublime Frequencies. You can purchase the album at the Sublime Frequencies webstore. The album feature... more info

Guardian Music — Returned from the Isle of Wight yet? Then share with us your highlights of the last big festival of the summer …So, it's back to work and a more monochrome existence, now that Bestival – the last major festival of the summer – has ended. This f... more info

Guardian Music — The Rapture, On tourAs amazing as their synthesis of punk and funk was, the two elements were always at war within the music of the Rapture. Emerging under the aegis of James Murphy's DFA records, their House Of Jealous Lovers single honoured their o... more info

Guardian Music — Victoria Park, LondonThe approach to Field Day, the east London festival known for its organisational issues as much for its strong lineups, did little to assuage concerns it might still be having teething troubles five years on. Enormous queues were... more info

Stereogum — Björk is one of the most remixed artists in my iTunes library, so it’s no surprise that Omar Souleyman, Serban Ghenea, and Matthew Herbert have all already tweaked Biophilia tracks in advance of the all-app LP’s release. Their series of official... more info

The Quietus — Has he added a secret lyrical message? more info