Guardian Music — He's a dubstep producer from Yorkshire who lives in Los Angeles and has worked with Britney Spears. But for Rusko, it's all about the bass line and, er, Meat LoafFor those who don't know your work, can you tell us who you are and what you're about? R... more info

Guardian Music — City Hall, HullThose who say dance music is faceless never told Canadian electro producer Joel Zimmerman, aka Deadmau5 ("dead mouse"). When he appears here inside a giant DJ booth structure wearing a huge mouse's head, people are unsure whether to st... more info

Guardian Music — From dubstep to R&B-sampling exercises to plaintive piano tracks, producer James Blake is recasting intelligent urban musicHometown: London.The lineup: James Blake (vocals, music, production).The background: James Blake is a 22-year-old producer who ... more info

Guardian Music — Paul Morley on Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip, a pair of "novelty" rappers who join the dots between Mos Def and Ivor Biggun, Benny Hill and Benjamin Zephaniah "... nothing is more entertaining than fucking with words and their arrangement" – Sc... more info

Guardian Music — This candy-coated queen might look like Gwen Stefani, but her sugary surface conceals a deeper link with underground danceHometown: Nottingham.The lineup: Ronika (vocals, music).The background: Ronika is a "DJ, record-hoarder and bedroom producer of ... more info

VH1 News — "American Idol" star Adam Lambert told Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday that he was trying to defy gay-male stereotypes with his controversial performance on the American Music Awards. more info

The Music Fix — Capsule Review: Underworld (with the aid of frequent collaborators, Darren Price and Steven Halls) here mostly ditch dance music for a compilation heavy on eastern vibes, psychedelia, jazz and jazz-rock. Squarepusher may be best known as an electron... more info

MTV.com News — 'American Idol' star also admits on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' that he was nervous before performance.By Jocelyn Vena Ellen DeGeneres and Adam Lambert on Tuesday's "Ellen DeGeneres Show" Photo: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros During his appeara... more info

Nialler9 — Credit to Jim for putting me onto this band’s EPs. This freaky deaky video has just sealed the deal: The song very much sounds like a band playing live Squarepusher cover. It’s from EP2 . MP3: Three Trapped Tigers – 6 Related Posts No Rel... more info

Music is Art — Broadcast, have been around since 1995, having formed in Birmingham, Great Britain. Broadcast are signed to Warp Records; a record label, that acts as a who’s who of each important name in electronic music since the labels formation in 1989. Warp h... more info