Guardian Music — Cyndi Lauper doesn't just want to have fun these days: her new album uses the blues to explore our troubled times. She talks to Alfred HicklingThe ukulele is not an instrument you normally associate with the blues; nor is the blues section where you'... more info

Altsounds — Her Majesty & The Wolves is something beyond type and constraint, an artistic vision through music, dance and art. Video Director for Glaciers-Jess Holzworth (Beck 'Gamma Ray' & Basement Jaxx' 'Raindrops') has created something so fitting to the so... more info

Guardian Music — Paul Morley introduces the Mercury prize nominees and winners that make up his prizes and awards discussion panelAfter a couple of decades, there are a couple of hundred acts to choose from when it comes to assembling a panel to discuss what it was l... more info

Guardian Music — (Domino)On paper, another dance album by two faceless DJs featuring a list of guest vocalists as long as your arm doesn't immediately excite. Essex-based Joshua Harvey and Graeme Sinden have, however, managed to create a debut album that celebrates t... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The legendary Basement Jaxx took Vampire Weekend’s White Sky and remixed it to a dancefloor ready anthem. It’s pretty great. Adding this to my party mixtape for sure. Unfortuantly it’s a radio rip so we got the BBC DJ talking throughout it, but... more info

Stereogum — BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac kind of says it all at the beginning of this radio rip. “White Sky” is Vampire Weekend’s next single, and it gets a dancefloor remix from Basement Jaxx. Listen: (via Basement Jaxx’s website) Contra is out now via XL... more info

NME — Luke Vibert, Eric Prydz, Basement Jaxx also to perform more info

MTV.com News — Benny Benassi, Swedish House Mafia and more draw 185,000 to L.A. festival.By Lara Kelley Taboo Photo: MTV News Remember when Eminem said nobody listens to techno? The times have certainly changed since that infamous rant, considering the fa... more info

Tastes Like Caramel — ready for the weekend, ready for the summer mp3: Basement Jaxx – Set your body free (Crookers Remix) [via] more pics from THAT M..I.A. piece HERE. more info

KEXP Seattle — Electronic music first became popular in the 1950’s. Science fiction soundtracks to films like 1956’s Forbidden Planet brought computerized music into the culture and also served as a means of escape from everyday life. More than five decades lat... more info