Gorilla vs. Bear — omd has been very big for me the past several years. this track remains my favorite, even though it's very hard to choose. -- Nite Jewel Continue reading… more info

Popdose — '80s synth pioneer Howard Jones is our guest this week to talk about touring with Barenaked Ladies and OMD this summer as well as the new music that he's got in the works. He also shares his memories of late keyboard legend Keith Emerson. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Actor John Malkovich is putting out an album titled Like a Puppet Show which is a collaboration with commercial director/photographer Sandro, and producer/composer Eric Alexandrakis. On it, Malkovich recites Plato's "Allegory of the Ca... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis SVPER @ SXSW 2014 (via @BrooklynVegan Instagram) Mix the breathy vocals of late Broadcast vocalist Trish Keenan with the hyperactive analogue synthpop of "Electricity"-era OMD and that gets you pretty close to the sound of Spanish duo�... more info

Discobelle.net — Morgan Visconti is a London born composer and songwriter who now resides in Brooklyn. His new single “Can’t Say Goodbye” will be released in January 2014 as a prelude to his forthcoming album “Ride”, the original version of the single is re... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The Cardiff-via-Brighton duo Totem Terrors have long been STN favourites for their skewed art-rock wiriness, best exemplified so far on this year's Repeat Play Torrent Rar album. As the first of a few people we're going to put this to, we asked Max ... more info

Starpulse — British synth-pop act Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark have cancelled the remainder of their 2013 tour after drummer Malcolm Holmes was hospitalised last week (ends21Jul13). The musician was take... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Observer interviews Philipp Meyer, author of the novel The Son. Weekend Edition profiles Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark. "Our whole career,' McCluskey says, "has actually been a 35-year accident. Paul and I started out as two teenagers in the..... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Reenie and Dafydd's first properly downloadable (for free) offering throbs with mystique like OMD lost in the haunted woods, swapping spooked chants amid downtuned single note synths and pulses that occasionally turn shortwave radio-like. more info

Consequence of Sound — "...we end where we began at 16." more info