Guardian Music — If Scandinavian synth-pop is your thing, you'll love this supergroup featuring members of A-ha, Mew and, er, ColdplayHometown: Planet Earth.The lineup: Jonas Bjerre (lead vocals, guitar), Magne Furuholmen (guitar, keyboards), Guy Berryman (bass), Mar... more info

NME — Acts will join Orbital, Hadouken! and The Human League at the bash more info

Guardian Music — Steve Jelbert on the great – and not so great – statements of intent in rock historyThe only certainty about next Thursday's general election is that more voters will be holding their noses as they visit the booths than ever before. I... more info

Pop Justice — Not our words, viewers, but those of Popjustice Twitter follower @fraserwashbag (http://twitter.com/fraserswashbag) (not, we suspect, his real name) in response to the above photograph, tweeted by us last night from a pop concert by Dekade. In the c... more info

NME - Radar — I miss Mylo. What ever happened to that wee scamp? You can't underestimate what he did, albeit briefly. But that lad ignited a dancefloor taper that very quickly scorched through the boutique dance geek dives, into the 3k capacity suburban superclubs... more info

8/1 — 6.25/10Yine bir 80'ler karaoke gecesi daha... GeçtiÄŸimiz yılın ÅŸanssız gruplarından biri hiç kuÅŸkusuz Cold Cave'di. Love Comes Close adlı albümleriyle en az M83 ya da Cut Copy kadar ilgi çekmesi beklenirken dark... more info

NME - Pinglewood — The Shimmer are a bit flash. Produced by ex-Clor man Luke Smith and led by David Hanks their music is seductive and synthesized, like a replicant Human League, a darker Sparks or a swaggering Suicide. They're here to satisfy your noirpop needs. If... more info

The Culture Of Me — Up to this point, we'd always heard a pretty apparent referential point leaning towards the likes of Depeche Mode, OMD or, even, some of the mid-point Human League stuff in the arrangement and delivery of the Binary duo NightWaves, with... more info

Stereogum — Dr. Martens are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a digital ad campaign designed to remind you that rock stars wear Dr. Martens. This didn’t work so well last time around. But this time they’re doing something that directly involves musicia... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Dam-Funk is one of the most intriguing musical artists to come onto the L.A. scene in the last few years. Dam-Funk is one of the most intriguing musical artist... more info