Guitarist admits he is unsure as to what drummer is up to

Drummer says it's 'very unlikely' that band will tour, though

It may be a touch rash to suggest that Oneohtrix Point Never are challenging, say, Lady Gaga for influence and ubiquity all of a sudden. Nevertheless, more and more psychedelic records I’m sent seem to follow levitational synth patterns rather than more rockist jams, and there’s even been a few weird instances of PRs dropping the Oneohtrix name as an eyecatching influence, when the actual music sounds nothing like him (last week: a very lame pop-dubstep thing with faint ethereal trim).

Heart-rending doc about Kinshasa street musicians...

The Northumbrian five-piece shatter folk’s borders, as this expansive yet austere fourth proves...

New York’s finest finally get back to work, with excellent results...

Musician passes away in Nashville hospital

Story behind 'finger' shot unveiled by Jim Marshall

Singer to make her only UK festival appearance of 2011 at Dorset event

Finding it a bit hard to pay much attention to music beyond the new White Denim album these past couple of days (I’ll write about that next week). Nevertheless, it seems like a good time to flag up a few things I’ve neglected to blog on over the past few weeks.