Guardian Music — Naim EdgeThis successor to caustic Leeds improv group trio VD's 2009 album Fill It Up with Ghosts retains their frantic hit-and-run staccato structures, farmyard squealings, howling distortion, and pithily short track-lengths. But, deploying a lot mo... more info

Swedesplease — I guess I’m a simple guy. I kind of like reliving the music that mattered to me. In the 80′s it was synth pop like Yaz, Depeche Mode, and Pet Shop Boys. So when I hear something remotely similar it brings me back. Death In The Afternoon have just... more info

Guardian Music — With the two Edinburgh football clubs Hearts and Hibs competing in this year's Scottish Cup final, it was only natural that the local paper, the Edinburgh Evening News, would want to do something special to mark the occasion. That something special h... more info

Guardian Music — Now in her 30s, Beth Ditto's priorities – and her music – are changing. Here she discusses her forthcoming marriage and how Abba became an influence on Gossip's latest albumBeth Ditto is tremendously unflappable, even at the end of a long day wit... more info

Guardian Music — The music to be played while the royal barge makes its way along the Thames for the Jubilee is a little dull. Perhaps the Queen would appreciate this alternative playlist?According to Adrian Evans, the "pageant master" tasked with arranging a London ... more info

Guardian Music — Heaven, LondonNew productions of familiar operas are often so far-fetched that you're lost without a programme to help piece together what does happen with what's supposed to happen. Not at London nightclub Heaven, however, where Richard Crichton and... more info

Guardian Music — One man's inspiring dream to built a fitting tribute to the band's frontman, Lee Brilleaux'It's obviously an exaggeration, but it's born out of enthusiasm," says artist Scott King of his proposal to erect a 300ft-high gold statue of Dr Feelgood's sin... more info

Guardian Music — Hear Pet Shop Boys reinvented by the Brewis brothersBefore Heart became the fourth single to be released from Pet ShopBoys' Actually album (it reached No 1 in 1998), they'd toyed with idea of giving it to Madonna. Unfortunately (or fortunately) the b... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The Eighties are the new Sixties as the major source of inspiration. English synth dance act Infadels take cues from the musical heritage of Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys and the Eurythmics. They are a big hit in the UK, catering to the new generati... more info

Guardian Music — Sadler's Wells, LondonThis Pet Shop Boys and Javier de Frutos collaboration sounds like the 1980s, looks like the 1920s, acts like the 1890s and feels as flat as the present. The commissioned score, mixing live orchestra with electronica, is sometim... more info