Other Music’s staff tell us their Top 10s of 2020 (listen to the playlist)
NYC record store Other Music may be gone but we've got year-end lists from 20 of their staff members.
The Orb
The Orb announce remix album and immersive livestream (stream a track)
The remix album is a companion piece to the group's recent album ‘Abolition of The Royal Familia‘.
tributes to Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider – OMD, Thomas Dolby, Mogwai, Moog, Duran Duran, …
Tributes have also come in from Jean Michel Jarre, Midge Ure (Ultravox), the Safdie Brothers, Orbital, The Orb, Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Lloyd Cole, Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Kid Congo Powers, Junior Boys, JD Samson, and many more.
Today’s livestreams (Massive Attack, The Killers, Lizzo, IDLES, Dead & Company, more)
plus Cardi B, Janelle Monae, Anderson .Paak, Pussy Riot, Glen Matlock, Devin Townsend, Alice Glass, Frank Turner, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.
The Orb prep new LP and tour ft Roger Eno, Jah Wobble, more (listen to “Pervitin”)
The Orb will release their 17th album, Abolition of the Royal Familia, on March 27 and it features appearances by Roger Eno, Youth, Steve Hillage, and more.
All Points East fest 2020 lineup: Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk, Tame Impala, Chromatics, more
The 2020 All Points East Festival runs two weekends this spring in London’s Victoria Park (May 22-24 and May 29-31). Also playing Caribou, Glass Animals, Kim Gordon, Johnny Marr, The Orb, Kelly Lee Owens, Anna Calvi, and more.
The Orb released new LP ft Hollie Cook, Jah Wobble & more, announce North American tour
Chillout pioneers The Orb, who are celebrating their 30th anniversary all this year, recently released No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds, which features contributions from Youth, Roger Eno, Hollie Cook, Jah Wobble (who played on their ambient classic "Blue Room"), and Guy Pratt..
tours announced: The National, Childish Gambino, Woods, OrbFest, more
Plus: La Luz, My Brightest Diamond, Elton John, Kathy Griffin, Black Lips, Wye Oak, Sidi Touré, Dear Nora, and more just-announced tours.
Duran Duran, Ted Leo, Amanda Palmer, Michelle Branch, Frank Turner & more pay tribute to D…
Following her unexpected death at the age of 46, tributes to The Cranberries' singer have been coming in from fellow musicians, including Ted Leo, Amanda Palmer, Land of Talk, Michelle Branch, Nicole Atkins, Frank Turner, Holly Miranda, Wavves, Questlove, PAWS, Liz Phair, Duran Duran, and more.
Mutek festival expands to San Francisco, now in 7 cities worldwide
Mutek, the electronic music and digital arts festival that began in Montreal in 2000, has been expanding steadily over the last 17 years and has just announced its first San Francisco edition which will take place May 3 - 6...