Guardian Music — Illuminations is a new event taking place next month which sees retro revivalists Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti rub shoulders with lo-fi grungers Cloud Nothings and others during a week-long zip around venues across the capital (5–10 Nov, begins XO... more info

Impose Magazine — After gracing us earlier this year with their self-titled, Casy & Brian are emerging from their Oakland bunker with their new album &, mastered and mixed by the esteemed Andrew Oswald (known for his work with Cults, Religious Girls, Our Brother The N... more info

XLR8R — Many try, but few artists succeed in making music like Rod Modell. The prolific Detroiter has been at work since the mid-'80s, producing a steady output of experimental material that somehow manages to retain a singular artistic vision. The Deep... more info

Guardian Music — Usher HallKing Arthur is one of Henry Purcell's semi-operas – a Restoration drama blending text by John Dryden with music, dance and often outlandish stagecraft. The full work tells of Arthur and the Britons battling against Oswald's heathen Saxons... more info

Guardian Music — Hop over and take a look at our first reader-compiled playlistStep forward to be our very first guru–of–the–week, is long-time Readers' Recommend contributor Hoshino Sakura.It was quite a surprise to be asked to make the list for the first week... more info

Perez Hilton — YES!!! Mark the third of December in your calendars, folks, because that's the day Neil Patrick Harris is returning to Broadway in all of his musical glory. For one night and one night only, the How I Met Your Mother star will portray Lee Harvey Os... more info

XLR8R — When a collaboration involves back catalogs packed with names like Basic Channel, Rhythm & Sound, Vocalcity, Mutila, Sun Electric, and nsi., it's natural to expect something equally epochal. The Moritz von Oswald Trio has been delivering on that... more info

XLR8R — On 2011's Salon de Amateurs, Düsseldorf-based pianist/composer Hauschka exemplified the wildly diverse and rapidly evolving art form of 21st-century classical music with a collection of nominally house and techno pieces performed primarily on t... more info

Guardian Music — Half a century after its first showing, Michael Tippett's libretto based on the Iliad is a fitting work for todayKing Priam was premiered 50 years ago this month in Coventry, to mark the consecration of the city's new cathedral. The following night, ... more info

XLR8R — Influential techno artist Moritz von Oswald and his troupe of musicians, which includes Sasu Ripatti (a.k.a. Vladislav Delay) and Max Loderbauer, are set to release a new LP on Honest Jon's, the label home of the group's discography thus fa... more info