Totally Fuzzy — Skylarking is XTC's eighth studio album, released on 27 October 1986 and produced by American musician Todd Rundgren. Skylarking is a "life-in-a-day" semi-concept album which displayed songwriting and arranging heavily influenced by The Beatles,... more info

Guardian Music — Taking the music of the past and making it sound like … a different past. White Label are using technology to write their own version of musical historyHometown: London/Berlin.The lineup: Steve A, Anth B, Tom D.The background: The whole issue of th... more info

Guardian Music — It was make-up or break-up time and you refused to walk away like Pretty Woman. Here are your favourite reversals of directionA change of mind, when it comes to pop lyrics, often involves ending a relationship. Or, perhaps, trying to reverse an over-... more info

Guardian Music — Fatima Al Qadiri pays haunting homage to the Islamic songs of her childhood by tweaking them beyond all recognitionHometown: New York.The lineup: Fatima Al Qadiri (vocals, music, production).The background: "Ay shay", according to the urban dictionar... more info

Stereogum — On their self-titled EP, San Diego duo TV Girl sampled Todd Rundgren on the sun-dappled indie pop/hooptie cruising track “If You Want It,” providing an interesting counterpoint to Neon Indian‘s more psychedelic and chillwaved rework of Todd. On... more info

ContactMusic — Liv Tyler is trying to "define" what she wants from life. The 33-year-old model-and-actress - who learned Aerosmith's Steven Tyler was her father when she was eight years old, after believing her dad to be Todd Rundgren - feels "grateful" that her ch... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako Hal Wilner's Freedom Riders show graced Prospect Park on June 16. The Celebrate Brooklyn show saw performances by Lou Reed, Rosanne Cash, Toshi Reagon, Tao Seeger, Todd Rundgren, and many others. The show celebrated the 50th..... more info

USA Today Music — Emmylou Harris' 'Hard Bargain' pays off. Plus: Steve Earle, Todd Rundgren, Bootsy Collins. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Dev Hynes is an international man of mystery as well as the busiest musician on the planet. As if his extensive work as Lightspeed Champion and with Test Icicles or co-writing with Theophilus London and Solange Knowles or a note-for-note cover of... more info

Guardian Music — Summoning the spirit of 1986, these retro-pop miserablists specialise in winsome techno and wan electro-popHometown: Stockton, California.The lineup: Justin Vallesteros, Frankie Soto, Jack Doyle Smith, Anna Luxx Ryon. The background: Some years are s... more info