KEXP Seattle — I geeked out hard about my adoration of UK synth-pop duo Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark on the KEXP blog last year, and I was beside myself with joy when they played live for KEXP during the 2011 SXSW music conference. Well, except for the fact th... more info

Dalston Oxfam Shop — It's been a while since I uploaded a Smylonylon comp but I have a number of them that have still not been posted.  This is one that I picked primarily because I think side 2 has a number of good and yet obscure tracks.  In particular, I think the w... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt OMD @ Irving Plaza - 9/21/2011 "You've gone back to friggin' guitar, bass and drums, how can that be the future? Bloody hell." That's Andy McCluskey, of the English synth-pop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — OMD @ Terminal 5 in March (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) As Tune-Yards starts her second of two NYC shows at LPR tonight (9/20), OMD will be beginning their first of two shows at Irving Plaza. And I don't know... more info

Popdose — OMD's dark electronic sounds were right in step with New Order and Depeche Mode, and yet "Electricity" couldn't find an audience on either side of the pond over three releases more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Lushlife - The Romance of the Telescope w/ Andrew Cedermark (MP3) Lushlife As mentioned, Philadelphia rapper Lushlife is prepping his new mixtape, No More Glory Days, for release this October. The mixtape features Heems (of Das Racist), Cit... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Episode from a BBC series using family trees compiled by music journalist Pete Frame to explore the dramas that lie behind some of the best-known bands. Fifteen years after the original Mersey beat sound, Liverpool again became the breeding ground f... more info

Guardian Music — Tired of waiting for La Roux's second album? Then why not investigate this Brooklyn singer in thrall to early-80s electro-popHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Elizabeth Harper (vocals, synths).The background: It's been said before, possibly by us, but i... more info

Guardian Music — (Jagjaguwar)With Wolf Parade on hiatus, Moonface is co-lead singer Spencer Krug's one-man band (amid a myriad of other projects). Following 2010's Dreamland EP: Marimba and Shit-Drums, the followup's equally disarming, self-critical title refers to a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Pleasure Principle is the third studio album, and debut album under his own name, by electronic music pioneer Gary Numan, released in 1979. Released the same year as Replicas (under the name Tubeway Army), The Pleasure Principle also went to num... more info