Impose Magazine — This week saw Girls bro Chris Owen announce his departure from the band, Iggy Pop and Bethany Coast collaborating on the track "Let's Boot and Rally" for that showTrue Blood that somebody still cares about somewhere. Radiohead shows no sign of st... more info

Guardian Music — 'Most music is garbage,' argues the minimalist composer, who's equally at home at the Bloc Weekender and London's Royal Festival HallElectronic dance music is no longer a young upstart. This year's Bloc Weekender – a 15,000-capacity rave at London ... more info

Guardian Music — Buying an East German fishing boat may sound crazy. But not half as crazy as what sound artist Urs Blaser did with it …Rarely has British culture been so desperately in need of an 80-metre herring-storage boat. Following the Jubilee flotilla and ... more info

Guardian Music — In the second of our new series, Tom Service writes about Pauline Oliveros, whose sonic explorations take on life, the universe and everythingNearly sixty years ago, Pauline Oliveros found her mantra. "Listen to everything all the time and remind you... more info

Guardian Music — Contemporary classical music is devoid of melody and appeal, all noise and no fun. At least, that's the cliche. But this is music that is very much at the heart of our modern world1. It all sounds like a squeaky gateThere are two sides to this. Fi... more info

Guardian Music — Old Fruitmarket, GlasgowThis was the first of three nights devoted to violinist and Scottish Ensemble director Jonathan Morton – not as a player, but as a curator. The idea was to stage what might be his typical Spotify playlist, and for his usual... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Portico Quartet still sound like nothing you ever heard before. The Mercury nominated East London based outfit's unique brand of hypnotic minimalism has expanded to embrace new sonic territories. Drawing on the inspiration of electronica, ambien... more info

Guardian Music — Glasgow Royal Concert HallThis weekend was the latest and boldest of Glasgow's ongoing Minimal series, featuring iconic works that prod at the barest of bare essentials. There was Stockhausen's Stimmung, Terry Riley's In C, even Morton Feldman's Seco... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Fanfarlo @ Glasslands in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * Charlene Kaye @ S.O.B.'s * Steve Reich @ BAM * Robert Johnson @ 100 @ Apollo * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Paul Kelly @ Rockwood... more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonPanamanian-American drummer Cobham came to prominence in Miles Davis's groundbreaking early 70s outfits and, like fellow Miles alumni Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and John McLaughlin, he's spent the last four decades exploring ... more info