Primavera Sound is another great festival held in Barcelona, usually earlier than the often mentioned Sonar Festival. Though it isn’t often mentioned in these pages, as the music sits a little more in the alternative and indie areas of the music spectrum, Primavera Sound could be of interest to some of you out there this year. [more...]

Orbfest will take place at the Roundhouse in Camden, London, on 23rd June this year. Marking their 30th anniversary, it promises to be a celebration of the Orb and the music they have inspired in one of London’s most interesting music spaces. [more...]

Celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, Sonar Barcelona are planning to send more tracks into space. [more...]

Chvrches third album “Love Is Dead” is now 20 days away (release date May 25th) and the synthpop trio will head off on a world tour the day after that. [more...]

The Orb have released a new single “Rush Hill Road”, to be followed on the 22nd June by the new album “No Sounds Are out of Bounds”. Both form part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the seminal ambient electronic music group, along with the festival to be held at the Roundhouse in London – Orbfest on the 23rd June. [more...]

Never heard of the audiovisual, electronic Splice Festival in East London? Well to be honest, until about a year ago, neither had I. But seeing that acts as established as Coldcut, Mira Calix and DJ Food played at the last one, including the legend that is Mixmaster Morris DJ:ing – well, how could I resist once Splice time came around again. [more...]

A new track “I’ll See Big” has surfaced, one of a new joint EP of tracks done in collaboration between Iggy Pop and Underworld. [more...]

Release reports from the special event with support act and guests. [more...]

Sonar is probably the most famous electronic music festival in the world, it also is one of the most eclectic – bringing together all kinds of disciplines of music and styles under the umbrella of what is described as “Music, Creativity & Technology”. Sonar by Day tends to follow this ethos more closely than the nightclubby feel of Sonar by Night, and interestingly this year (the 25th anniversary of Sonar) the focus was even more varied than ever. So sit tight as I take you on a world tour of electronic music via Sonar by Day. [more...]

DAF will do an exclusive date in Los Angeles this November – their first in North America. [more...]