Electronic music
Simple Minds review – stadium tour polishes 80s hitmakers’ gold dream
Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill preside over an energetic set thrills fans of their chart reign and their post-punk era
Dave Simpson
18, Mar, 2024 @12:26 PM
Germany adds Berlin’s techno scene to Unesco cultural heritage list
List recognises techno scene’s contribution to Berlin’s cultural identity
Aneesa Ahmed
15, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM
Sex, drugs and … God? Nine Inch Nails’ greatest songs – ranked!
Thirty years on from their masterpiece album The Downward Spiral, we assess the studies of faith, authority and self-loathing from Trent Reznor’s band
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
14, Mar, 2024 @12:00 PM
Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA to headline 2024 Glastonbury festival
Coldplay become act to headline most times with their fifth top slot, while Shania Twain is booked for the Sunday teatime ‘legend’ set as the lineup is announced
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
14, Mar, 2024 @8:00 AM
Bolis Pupul: Letter to Yu review – delicate melancholy and banging beats
On a solo debut addressed to his late mother, the Belgian producer explores his Chinese ancestry on a playful set with shades of Kraftwerk and Abba
Kitty Empire
10, Mar, 2024 @9:00 AM
Discovery Zone: Quantum Web review – expertly rendered synth fantasias
While at times it brings to mind the hold music for a healing-crystal company, there is plenty of brilliantly retro songwriting
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
08, Mar, 2024 @8:00 AM
Olof Dreijer on the Knife, Swedish nationalism and dancefloor activism: ‘Music gives us energy to overcome’
After disbanding cult pop act the Knife, Dreijer helped migrant musicians and resisted the Swedish far-right. His wondrous new club tracks now reconsider how art can inform politics
Ammar Kalia
06, Mar, 2024 @12:00 PM
Aphex Twin says anti-vax sentiments attached to song file are not his
ID3 tag on a track of his posted to SoundCloud in 2014 saying ‘vaccines are poisonous’ has been changed, said the musician
Laura Snapes
04, Mar, 2024 @10:54 AM
Ben Frost: Scope Neglect review – grim grandeur with gnarly tongue-out riffs
The avant garde musician’s first album in seven years features cinematic ambience, pummelling sound design and whinnying metal guitar
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
01, Mar, 2024 @8:30 AM
Fred Again at Sydney Opera House review – a record-breaking, turbocharged night
About 125,000 people tried to get tickets for this surprise show, announced by the savvy British DJ on the day – and the result was a direct hit to the brain’s pleasure centres
Jack Tregoning
28, Feb, 2024 @2:14 AM
Fred Again: who is the DJ who has thousands queuing for a ‘secret rave’ at the Sydney Opera House?
On Tuesday morning the British DJ announced he will play a surprise show in Sydney – tonight. It has already sold out. Who is he and why do his fans love him so much?
Michael Sun explains it to Sian Cain
26, Feb, 2024 @11:45 PM
Simple Things festival review – trance, slow jams and toilet-rattling rock
Various venues, Bristol
It’s overambitious, but this festival remains a welcome alternative to generic lineups and corporate sponsorships – and there are stellar sets from L’Rain, Evian Christ and more
It’s overambitious, but this festival remains a welcome alternative to generic lineups and corporate sponsorships – and there are stellar sets from L’Rain, Evian Christ and more
Safi Bugel
26, Feb, 2024 @3:15 PM
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