Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - German electropop pioneers Kraftwerk are refusing to retire as they approach their 40th anniversary next year, insisting they love music too much to quit. more info

Stereogum — Real Estate bassist Alex Bleeker and his Freaks (including Real Estaters Matt Mondanile and Martin Courtney) just released their hazy Crazy Horse-flavored self-titled debut on Underwater Peoples. In this week's Drop we we talk with Bleeker about l... more info

Kraftwerk has consistently provided a blueprint for the circuitry of modern pop music, influencing the sounds of groups as varied as Radiohead and Kanye West. more info

Guardian Music — Arena, NewcastleTheir 80s heydays aside, you might be wondering why on earth these two bands are touring together – especially since teaming up two of the decade's big names hasn't swelled the crowds. Thirty years after they signposted the fu... more info

Pop Candy — If you once owned/made mixtapes with songs by Depeche Mode, Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry and/or Kraftwerk, there's a good chance another group appeared somewhere on the tracklisting: Nitzer Ebb. more info

The Music Fix — News: Following sold-out rave review concerts in Amsterdam, Brussels and Hamburg, Simple Minds and special guests OMD, start their UK tour tonight at the Newcastle Metro Radio Arena. Both bands join forces together for the first time when they perfor... more info

Guardian Music — Last week I was talking about LA, this week it's Notting Hill. My glamorous press trips are getting closer to home, so next week's Sleeve Notes special will be live from the Sainsbury's car park on Dalston Lane. Anyway, my reason for heading to Notti... more info

Guardian Music — (Warp)One-third new tracks and two-thirds remixes by friends, colleagues and admirers - this isn't quite a follow-up to Stephen Wilkinson's Warp debut, Ambivalence Avenue, but it's more than mere between-albums filler. There are four new tracks and t... more info

Stereogum — A few weeks ago I offered up some words in testament to Warp records, the ambitious, tasteful, and increasingly eclectic label that's also earned itself a "venerable" descriptor having just celebrated 20 years of nurturing the processes of everyone f... more info

Guardian Music — This Fab Four, from Düsseldorf rather than Liverpool, created an entire musical genre with their pioneering sound. Now, the pop robots return with their classic run of albums remasteredAnticipation for the forthcoming Kraftwerk box set, The Catalo... more info