Starpulse — Rick Astley, the Human League and Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley are to co-headline this summer's Rewind Festival in Scone Palace, Scotland. Heaven 17, Bananarama, Hue & Cry, The Beat, ABC, T... more info
NME - Radar — Between now and January 4 - 'the street date' of Radar's annual January takeover issue - we're going to be counting down the artists that didn't quite make our 20 big guns in the mag.
First-up are Sheffield's Starlings, a indie band with synths a... more info
Guardian Music — Shimmering synth-rock sophisticates looking to wrest Sheffield back from the likes of Arctic MonkeysHometown: Sheffield.The lineup: Justin Robson, Tom Hudson, Simon Poole, Spencer Marsh.The background: If yesterday's new act were about reclaiming roc... more info
Guardian Music — Pete Doherty and Billy Bragg among those teaming up to record John Cage's silent composition in a bid for Christmas No 1Later today, Pete Doherty, the Kooks, Billy Bragg, Imogen Heap, Orbital and many more will gather in a London studio, collaboratin... more info
The Telegraph — The Eighties electro-duo's songs remain joyfully satirical and extremely
catchy and the full band set-up enhanced their material Rating: * * * * more info
Guardian Music — Ostentatiously intellectual and scornful of rock'n'roll cliche, the likes of OMD and Heaven 17 briefly set 80s pop alight – and now they're back in favour. The original ideas men talk to Dorian Lynskey'It's funny how things go," says Orchestral Ma... more info