Sky News — The company behind the bagless vacuum cleaner and bladeless fan is doing its best to make sure Britain doesn't face a jobless recovery - by doubling its team of UK engineers. more info

L.A. Times - News — Engineers and conductors on Southern California's commuter rail service are threatening a boycott of new personality profiling tests required as a result of the 2008 Chatsworth disaster. more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-18 London, England - Scala *04-06 Tokyo, Japan - Ebisu Liquid Room ^04-08 Osaka, Japan - Osaka ^04-09 Tokyo, Japan - Super Deluxe ^05-01 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern 05-03 Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House05-05 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall05-06 S... more info

Guardian Music — The electricity cut out, staff went awol, the studio was covered in wire. But we still made the funkiest Sound of the Underground everAs jobs go, this one seemed the more unusual. There's a chap I know called Alex Lavery, who always has crazy project... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The veteran newsman remains a force at NBC. His next documentary: 'BOOMER$!' The day he was scheduled to retire from his job as a foreman for the U.S. Army Cor... more info

Live Daily — Today's LiveDaily Song of the Day is UK outfit Engineers [ tickets ]' "Brighter As We Fall," a track that appears on the group's latest album, "Three Fact Fader." Engineers news at LiveDaily All the latest news and festival reports from LiveD... more info

Indie Music News — It seems that Joe D'Ambrosio's clients - some of the world's top recording engineers and producers - are keeping the studios of the world busy - as 15 different masters of their craft announce October projects.. more info

L.A. Times - News — A federal judge says the agency showed 'gross negligence' in the years before Katrina. The ruling could leave the government open to billions in claims. In a r... more info

Guardian Music — Brighton DomeViewers of BBC4's Synth Britannia would have seen Gary Numan's peers virtually queuing up to heap praise on Middlesex's foremost purveyor of dystopian pop electronica. Which was something of a surprise: at the height of his fame, one of ... more info

NME — Dates cancelled due to 'unavoidable personal circumstances' more info