Obscure Sound — Somewhere in the separate realms of Pet Shop Boys’ sophisticated synth-pop, Hot Chip’s infectious funkay-ness, and Bowie’s otherworldly aura, Iconique’s new track “Sitting Pretty” stands tall as a massive success from a group I’ll surel... more info

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Consequence of Sound — Featuring collaborations with Pet Shop Boys, Primal Scream, Hans Zimmer, and more. more info

Consequence of Sound — Electropop stalwarts tell a crushing tale of American justice in latest visuals behind new album. more info

Stereogum — Pet Shop Boys released their latest album, Super, back in April, and today they’re debuting the video for one of its stand-out tracks “Twenty-Something.” In the Gavin Filipiak-directed clip, an ex-gangster recently released from prison tries to... more info

Idolator — It’s hard out there for a twenty-something. more info

Guardian Music — We’re premiering the video for Pet Shop Boys’ new single Twenty-something. Why should you care? Because they’re the masters of the one-track masterpieceCall a group a “singles band” still and it feels like a barb. Per... more info

Guardian Music — (RCA) Last year’s album of collaborations with the great and good of electronic music saw Jean-Michel Jarre pair up with Air, Vince Clark, Tangerine Dream and Moby. On this companion piece he teams up with the likes of Jeff Mills, the Orb, Ye... more info

Guardian Music — When we interviewed him last year, the French electronic pioneer asked for our help in putting together a track with the NSA whistleblowerThe Guardian’s coverage of the Edward Snowden NSA leaks has had a wide variety of repercussions, but perhaps n... more info

Obscure Sound — With “Kill Me”, Fred Colombo conjures up a nocturnal and emotional synth-pop sound, with a stirring build-up and spoken-word verse/melodic chorus structure reminiscent of Pet Shop Boys. The vocal approach reminds of a PSB track like “Rent“, t... more info