Stereogum — The Germany-based English artist Planningtorock (née Janine Rostron) has been on a steady course of profile bumps over the past year, from co-composing the Knife’s 2010 opera Tomorrow, In A Year to catching James Murphy’s fancy and dropping in o... more info

Guardian Music — Skepta, On tourAn MC of long standing on the UK scene, Skepta is an artist who's been good for mainstream crossover pretty much from the get-go. From north London, and with collaborators ranging from the bright and breezy (Chipmunk; Tinchy Stryder) t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — James Murphy @ Virgin FreeFest - 9/11/11 (photo by sanchita) Holy Ghost! play a Fashion Week party at the Tribeca Grand hotel tonight (9/13). Additional sounds will be made by DJs Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem), Harley Viera Newton, Steven Rojas,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — After realizing that I couldn't find any info today confirming that James Murphy was DJing a VPL block party on Mercer Street tonight (9/8), I looked into it a little more and found out that the block party is cancelled,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Best Coast @ Lollapalooza 2011 (more by Grant MacAllister) Like James Murphy, Best Coast will be in NYC on Thursday (9/8) to perform at a 'Fashion's Night Out' event. Running from 6pm to 11pm at Helmut Lang's 93 Mercer Street... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — James @ Terminal 5 in March (more by Andrew St. Clair) The annual 'Fashion's Night Out' is this Thursday (9/8), and that means free events at clothing stores all over NYC. One of those events takes place at VPL @... more info

Guardian Music — The Rapture, On tourAs amazing as their synthesis of punk and funk was, the two elements were always at war within the music of the Rapture. Emerging under the aegis of James Murphy's DFA records, their House Of Jealous Lovers single honoured their o... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Photo by Sanchez and Kitahara Like James Murphy before him, Four Tet's Kieran Hebden recently stopped by Tim Sweeney's Beats in Space radio show, spinning cuts from folks like Joy Orbison, Junior Boys, Martyn, Floating Points, and (of course) a cut o... more info

Impose Magazine — In the spirit of Thrill Jockey Records entering their 20th year of existence, they will reissuing and re-pressing many of their classic releases. The first contender—possibly a retrospective comment on the nature of society today—is Trans AM'... more info

Guardian Music — Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same – Paul MacInnes explains why James Murphy's masterpiece makes him go 'absolutely bananas'LCD Soundsystem's ... more info