Guardian Music — Folktronica not leftfield enough? Try this beginner's guide to obscure music genresSaturday 17 April is international Record Store Day, that annual global celebration of our independent vinyl emporiums. Or what's left of them, anyway. Here in Britain... more info

Guardian Music — R&B singer Erykah Badu goes naked and pretends to be shot at the site of JFK's assassination in controversial videoIt may be nearly 47 years since President John F Kennedy was assassinated on Dealy Plaza in Dallas but the memory of that day remains r... more info

XLR8R — The 11th edition of Montreal's Mutek festival is happening this June, and with the announcement of the electronic gathering's initial lineup, it is apparent that Mutek is going to have its best year yet. Featuring headlining performances fr... more info

The Playlist — Tom Hanks has revealed to Time that he has acquired the rights to Vincent Bugliosi's massive 1612 page tome, "Reclaiming History: The Assassination Of President John F. Kennedy." The book, which made waves when it was released in 2007, is an exhausti... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonThe annual Red Bull Music Academy electronic music symposium lets its ­students hone their talents, access studio equipment and learn from the best in the business. Tonight's show is evidence of the creative possibilitie... more info

Altsounds — KARMA TO BURN finish up recording new album. Add extra UK showWilliam Mecum, Richard Mullins and Rob Oswald, collectively known as KARMA TO BURN are finishing up recording their highly anticipated and long awaited new album with Scott Reeder, forme... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by BBG, photos by Greg Cristman No one minded that the Moritz Von Oswald Trio had five members when it made its American debut on Saturday night at Le Poisson Rouge, part of the Unsound Festival New York and... more info

The trio is an alliance of techno and ambient disc jockeys and programmers doing what they don?t do in D.J. booths or remix studios: playing instruments together in real time. more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — This is a cut-up of 70s music videos from the DVD extras for Craig Baldwin's film "Sonic Outlaws" about Negativland, U2, John Oswald, The Tape-Beatles, culture-jamming, copyright etc. YouTube: [link] You should also check out this great interview... more info

Guardian Music — Looking back at the noughties, Dorian Lynskey examines how a bootleg song, A Stroke of Genius, that never got a legitimate release prefigured all the significant pop trends of the decadeWhen you're sifting through the ashes of a decade in pop, it's v... more info