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Giorgio Moroder releasing new LP 'Deja Vu' in June, shares video for "Right Here, Right Now" featuring Kylie Minogue

3490 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — Disco and synth great Giorgio Moroder's new album, his first new studio album since his 1985 collaboration with The Human League's Phil Oakey, is titled Deja Vu and will be out June 12. That's the cover art above. As... more info

Readers recommend: songs about forgiveness – results

4373 days ago

Guardian Music — Let bygones be bygones as sonofwebcore picks a playlist from last week's topicForgiveness connects from many angles for differing reasons: for profit, or sometimes simply to ease the pain of daily life. Billy Corgan confronts his difficult childhood ... more info

The Smashing Pumpkins Daniel Johnston Phil Oakey The Human League Indigo Girls

Old music: The Men – I Don't Depend on You

4408 days ago

Guardian Music — Hang on, this sounds an awful lot like the Human League. Oh, that's because it's the Human LeagueReading this on mobile? Click here to listenYou have to admire Phil Oakey's guts. In the late 1970s in Sheffield I got beaten up for wearing a green blaz... more info

The Human League Phil Oakey

New band of the day: The Winter Olympics (No 1,368)

4410 days ago

Guardian Music — Indie revivalists who namecheck Cantona and Sega but seem to be trying too hard to spoof too many thingsReading this on a mobile? Click here to listenHometown: London.The lineup: Martin Bowman (guitars), Andrew Wagstaff (vocals), Simon Oldham (drums)... more info

Kaiser Chiefs Art Brut Daft Punk Def Leppard Deep Purple ZZ Top The Human League Phil Oakey Nirvana

New band of the day – Child Actor (No 1,358)

4423 days ago

Guardian Music — Forget the are-they-aren't-they thing – Child Actor are cousins. But the melodies and concentration on affairs of the heart place them in the Dare/Rumours lineage, with an added R&B twistReading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: Boston.The lineup: Se... more info

Fleetwood Mac The Human League Phil Oakey Timbaland Kraftwerk Saint Etienne

John Maus – review

4464 days ago

Guardian Music — Scala, LondonJohn Maus is a singular musical creature. The 32-year-old postgraduate political philosophy student was previously the keyboardist in Animal Collective, Panda Bear and LA electro-maverick Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti before stepping sta... more info

Animal Collective Panda Bear Ariel Pink Phil Oakey Midge Ure

Six Songs of Me: Clive Lewis of Electronic Rumors

4473 days ago

Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectClive Lewis writes a blog about electronic music at electronicrumors.com, serving up the best new synthesiser sounds each day. These six songs represent... more info

New Order Phil Oakey Daft Punk

New band of the day: Petite Noir (No 1,297)

4513 days ago

Guardian Music — Never mind the grammar, here's a South African artist making music that is genuinely striking and – just possibly – uniqueHometown: Cape Town, South Africa.The lineup: Yannick Iluga (vocals, instruments, production).The background: As soon as we ... more info

Joy Division Paul Simon blink-182 Sum 41 Nirvana Radiohead Drake Neon Indian Morrissey Lightspeed Champion Phil Oakey The Human League

What the bleep are the synth-pop class of 2009 going to do next?

4539 days ago

Guardian Music — Ladyhawke, La Roux and Little Boots made 80s electropop zeitgeisty, but how do you keep nostalgia feeling fresh?Remember the spring of 2009? A new breed of female pop star stalked the land, looking like the next big thing but sounding strangely famil... more info

Ladyhawke La Roux Little Boots The Human League Phil Oakey Killing Joke Depeche Mode Trent Reznor Pat Benatar

Old music: The Human League – Empire State Human

4649 days ago

Guardian Music — Preposterous and brilliant, the Human League's vision of the future sounds oddly charming nowPhil Oakey always seemed to me like such a terrific bloke that had my mother come home one day in the early 80s with a floppy locked stranger and said, "This... more info

The Human League Phil Oakey Kraftwerk

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Giorgio Moroder releasing new LP 'Deja Vu' in June, shares video for "Right Here, Right Now" featuring Kylie Minogue

Readers recommend: songs about forgiveness – results

Old music: The Men – I Don't Depend on You

New band of the day: The Winter Olympics (No 1,368)

New band of the day – Child Actor (No 1,358)

John Maus – review

Six Songs of Me: Clive Lewis of Electronic Rumors

New band of the day: Petite Noir (No 1,297)

What the bleep are the synth-pop class of 2009 going to do next?

Old music: The Human League – Empire State Human

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