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

LargeHeartedBoy — The Independent profiles author AL Kennedy. Contactmusic interviews Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark about the band's reunion. The list of online 2011 summer reading lists has been updated with George Saunders' summer reading and mu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — OMD at Terminal 5 in March (more by Chris La Putt) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, who reunited earlier this year to tour in support of 2010's reunion album History of Modern, are returning to North America this fall for... more info

Guardian Music — 1975: Number 1 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicThe germinating moment for British dance music occurred, strangely, in a 1975 edition of Tomorrow's World, which featured four young Germans dressed like geography teacher... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Excellent BBC FOUR Documentary, originally aired in 2009, following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists in... more info

Totally Fuzzy — "Formed six months ago Kites have already been compared to indie-electro pioneers such as New Order and Talking Heads. Intensely physical and energetic live performances coupled with tightly constructed tracks have won the band an adoring fan-base a... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Most of the records that sit in the cupboard are, as you would expect, of the 7" and 12" variety. But I do have a handful of singles that were released in 10" form (although I'm reliably informed that size is irrelevant.....)This particular piece of ... more info

Altsounds — *French Horn Rebellion *(Robert and David Perlick-Molinari) kick off 2011 by announcing the US self-release of their debut album *'The Infinite Music of French Horn Rebellion'*on April 19th digitally and May 24th physically (Once Upon A Time Records)... more info

Altsounds — On 14th - 17th July in the sumptuous surrounds of the Suffolk countryside, the welcoming daisy-adorned gates will open for the 6th edition of the magical and fantastical Latitude Festival. With four bespoke arenas dedicated to music, Latitude offe... more info

KEXP Seattle — As promised, here’s more live performances from our 2011 SXSW broadcast from Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop. Old school-styled singer and Daptone artist Charles Bradley kicked off the second day with an inspired set of hip-jerking, heart-rending, full... more info