The Music Fix — News: Press release from publicly-funded institution: Digital radio station BBC 6 Music today announces a duo of live sessions to celebrate the influence of two of the Eighties leading synth lights on today's new wave of pop vocalists. As part of t... more info

BBC 6 Music — 'King of synth-pop' Gary Numan and Little Boots to join forces more info

Guardian Music — This 20-year-old Londoner makes music that conjures up the feel of a chillingly elegant dystopia, a London of the near futureHometown: London.The lineup: Jack Latham (vocals, instruments, production).The background: We're a bit anxious about presenti... more info

411 Mania — They did that “Here In My Car” song right? In this edition of “The Savage Animal”, 411’s Mikey MiGo gives his first impressions of the six studio albums of “The Cars”. Wait… That... more info

Soul Sides — The Noisettes: Never Forget YouFrom Wild Young Hearts (2009) Cookin' On 3 Burners: This GirlDog WashCars (snippet)From Soul Messin' (Freestyle, 2009)It's funny but I started prepping for this post a couple of days before I read Jody Rosen's "DORF" t... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — The synth-pop hero on voting Tory, having Asperger's, and not getting his knob out. Hits and fame are nothing compared to having fans on the Starship Enterprise When I wrote my first albums, I did so thinking it was going to be transient pop music.... more info

AngryApe — He's a fan of the 'New In Town' singer more info

Here Comes The Flood — NYC duo Hollands are quick to release a follow-up for their Faces EP. The six tracks that make up the new up Mother are more rock oriented and quotes seminal Seventies bands. There's quite a bit of ELO strings in opener Air Conditioned Heart, a son... more info

Guardian Music — As new BBC4 documentary Synth Britannia shows, the synthesizer first dehumanised then re-humanised British pop, fulfilled the DIY promise of punk, and changed how bands looked foreverThe synth-pop era really kicked off in June 1979, when Tubeway Army... more info

411 Mania — Last UK show had Gary Numan as guest... more info