Guardian Music — American hip-hop quartet's lyrics hymn the joys of a private jetAs the country teeters on the edge of a double-dip recession and the government starts cutting the general fun quota by 98%, it's important to keep things in perspective. We've always ... more info

Guardian Music — Magnetic Man, On tourThe idea of a dubstep supergroup might seem a little counter-intuitive. Dubstep's early chroniclers tended to revel in the genre as a masked urban phenomenon, designed by and for intense young men in hooded sweatshirts. Certainly... more info

Guardian Music — (Nonesuch)Steve Reich's influence has always spun in all directions, but even he must have surprised himself here: rock-band instruments playing in riffs and grooves with the notated precision of classical chamber music. Double Sextet uses Grammy-win... more info

Guardian Music — (Asthmatic Kitty)Last year, Sufjan Stevens announced that he was abandoning his loudly trumpeted project to write and release an album about each of America's 50 states. He'd managed a grand total of two. It was hard not to feel a twinge of sympathy.... more info

Guardian Music — Using delay, multitracked loops and lengthy repetition, the 24-year-old has created the antidote to the indulgent guitar soloClaims for the greatness of guitarists are often badly skewed. Many seem to regard guitar playing in a similar way to skatebo... more info

Stereogum — “Fuguefat” is the opening track from Hexadecagon, the Octopus Project’s followup to last year’s The Golden Beds EP. Like many things these days, it was inspired by (the highly inspirational) Terry Riley and Steve Reich. We’re told the band ... more info

Guardian Music — Eighth Blackbird/Bang on a Can(Nonesuch)Nonesuch has been documenting Steve Reich's career for more than 20 years now, generally with the soloists and ensembles for whom each of the works was composed. This latest release brings the story up to last ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — a r n e l said... Olivia Ruiz - J’aime Pas L’amour (2003) Olivia Ruiz - La femme chocolat (2005) Infectious Grooves - The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move (1991) Moby - Early Underground Moby - Everything is Wrong (1995) Moby - I Like To Score (... more info

KEXP Seattle — S. Carey is the musical alias of Sean Carey, who also plays drums with Bon Iver. His new album, the haunting All We Grow, is one of my favorite debuts of 2010, reminiscent of touchstones including late-period Talk Talk and minimalist composer Steve R... more info

Guardian Music — Queen's Hall, EdinburghThis programme of American and antipodean choral works, from Ars Nova Copenhagen and director Paul Hillier, certainly tied in with the festival's New World theme – but it also showcased the vocal ensemble's talent for contemp... more info