Guardian Music — If Darth Vader was in a band, then this would be his chosen instrumentWhat is it? In our previous column, we looked at synthesisers that pretend to be guitars. Now we take a look at the keytar's evil 1980s twin-synthesisers pretending to be guitars. ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — For the first time since college (and that was quite some time ago…) I had a snow day yesterday! New York is absolutely covered with snow. It was beautiful yesterday, of course by now it’s a disgusting pool of black slush and mud. Yum. Anyway, to... more info

Guardian Music — As the tiny Wisconsin studio that recorded every major band of the grunge era prepares to shut up shop, its proprietor reminisces"Suddenly everybody wanted a remix with that edge, or Butch and/or Smart's name on it," says Steve Marker, ­talking ab... more info

Live Daily — In creating their latest album, "In This Light and on This Evening," the UK's Editors [ tickets ] walked the fine line of using synthetic instruments while maintaining a "human feel"--but, according to drummer Ed Lay, the use of keyboards and drum ma... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Jim Guerinot, the manager of No Doubt, Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails, the Band’s Robbie Robertson and the Offspring, was initially as skeptical as anyone in the concert business that the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger would clear the Justi... more info

Guardian Music — This anti-folk singer has been bigged up by Kanye West for her enchanting falsetto and sonically ambitious solo debutHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Holly Miranda (vocals, instruments).The background: We've been putting off writing about Holly Miranda... more info

MTV.com News — Lady Gaga, Goldfrapp, MGMT, Trent Reznor suspected as source of mysterious YouTube clips.By James Montgomery A scene from an "Iamamiwhoami" clip Photo: Youtube It all started in December, with a 55-second video clip that featured plenty of... more info

Guardian Music — What's delaying Dr Dre's new album? And why's he hanging out at the mall with David Guetta, Will.I.Am and some bloke who used to produce Simple Minds? We score a rare appointment with the hip-hop legend to find outWith a reputation that precedes him,... more info

What's delaying Dr Dre's new album? And why's he hanging out at the mall with David Guetta, Will.I.Am and some bloke who used to produce Simple Minds? We score a rare appointment with the hip-hop legend to find outWith a reputation that precedes him,... more info

Perez Hilton — But apparently they've been at each other's throats! Jane's Addiction recently reunited after Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor asked them to join him on tour back in 2008. Since then the band has revealed they want to get back in to the recordi... more info