Brooklyn Vegan — AraabMuzik at Moogfest in October (more by Diana Wong) When Altered Zones announced last month that they would no longer be operating, editors Ric Leichtung and Emilie Friedlander also announced a new project, AdHoc.fm, which will be "a 100% independ... more info

Guardian Music — King's, GlasgowAs Karl Marx nearly said, history repeats itself – the first time as pop music, the second time as panto. Whoever would have thought, watching Altered Images on Top of the Pops in 1981 that, 30 years later, we would see Clare Grogan ... more info

Impose Magazine — While searching for the young soul rebels of today, we found it impossible to get away from the following: The great demise of Pitchfork's ad-less stripped down wonder-blog Altered Zones; Björk looking like Helena Bonham Carter strung out on pro... more info

XLR8R — If you've looked at XLR8R on just about any given day through the past year and a half, you've likely seen something we've reposted from our friends over at Altered Zones. The website was a prime location for finding news and music fro... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Pitchfork offshoot Altered Zones has called it quits...Dear friends, Today, the road comes to an end. We are saying goodbye. Altered Zones was launched in July 2010 with the mission of highlighting small-scale DIY music from all over the... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Texas are a Scottish pop band from Bearsden, near Glasgow, Scotland. They were founded by Johnny McElhone (formerly of the bands Altered Images and Hipsway) in 1986 and feature Sharleen Spiteri on lead vocals. Texas made their performing debut in Ma... more info

XLR8R — In a recent interview with Altered Zones co-editor Emilie Friedlander, Brooklyn-based musician Daniel Lopatin elaborated on the mindset he was in when selecting the source materials for his latest LP as Oneohtrix Point Never, saying, "[It reveals] th... more info

Altsounds — The Pipettes are back with “Boo Shuffle” a super fun single resplendent with its own dance routine that zaps them right back to their polka-dotted girl group roots. One of the last songs to be produced by the legendary Martin Rus... more info

Altsounds — “An extraordinary young producer” Mary-Anne Hobbs “Rippling, expressive dubstep of the sort we never grow tired of” Dummy "A formidable addition to forward-thinking dance music” Altered Zones This No... more info

Guardian Music — The Rinse FM regular and UK bass renegade empties the contents of his psychic record bagThe track I'll be opening my next DJ set with Altered Natives: We Are Eventide Broken beat and UK house legends Altered Natives return with their new album Tenem... more info