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Daft Punk: The Midas Touch

Profile and Interview by Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 19 May 2013

IT IS A PECULIAR experience meeting the most famous faceless musicians in the world. Daft Punk are certainly well known. Eight years after their last ...

Friendly Fires: Heaven, London

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 10 May 2011

DESPITE A GOLD DEBUT album and Brit and Mercury nominations, Friendly Fires are still a long way from household-name status — something the St Albans ...

LCD Soundsystem: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 26 April 2010

HAVING VOWED to disband LCD Soundsystem when he turned 40, James Murphy – who reached that milestone in February – is currently on his (presumably) ...

Robyn: New band of the week — Robyn

Profile by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 18 January 2007

The Manga Missy Elliott from Sweden. ...

Jungle: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 5 June 2015

JUNGLE'S SHOW begins as more gigs should: with a terrifyingly poised eight-year-old breakdancer spinning on her head, effortlessly eclipsing the adult musicians behind her. Having ...

Pharrell Williams, Jungle: Pharrell Williams/Jungle: Roundhouse, London

Live Review by Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 11 September 2014

He looks dapper, and he opens the show with a brilliant blast of robot funk, but the R&B pioneer is a bit too reserved on ...

Cut Copy: 'It's Certainly Not Knob Twiddling'

Interview by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 14 October 2005

When they are not letting off fireworks in people's houses, or rugby tackling Mylo off the stage, Australia's Cut Copy are the future of synth-pop. ...

Ronika: New band of the week — Ronika

Profile by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 18 February 2010

THIS CANDY-COATED QUEEN might look like Gwen Stefani, but her sugary surface conceals a deeper link with underground dance. ...

Toro y Moi: New Band Of The Week: Toro Y Moi

Profile by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 13 August 2009

THOUGH HE DOESN'T SOUND like the Flaming Lips, this multi-instrumentalist whiz-kid blurs the boundary between electronica and Americana in the same way. ...

Alan Vega, Suicide: Alan Vega, 1938-2016

Obituary by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 18 July 2016

Co-founder and frontman of the confrontational electronic band Suicide ...

Phoenix: By the Time They Get to… Phoenix

Interview by Andrew Purcell, The Guardian, 23 October 2009

GROWING UP IN Versailles, an affluent suburb of Paris, the four boys who would eventually form Phoenix bonded over their love of American pop culture. ...

The Thrills: Weirdo Magnets: The Thrills

Report and Interview by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 21 November 2003

IT IS A COLD but sunny Saturday lunchtime in Capitol Hill, a boho district of Seattle full of cafes and shops with names like Natural ...

John Cale, LCD Soundsystem: John Cale meets LCD Soundsystem

Interview by Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 15 June 2007

They are both stars of New York's music scene – pioneers of the coolest pop, separated by 30 years. James Murphy and John Cale get ...

Simon Reynolds's Notes On The Noughties: Clearing Up The Indie Landfill

Comment by Simon Reynolds, The Guardian, 4 January 2010

At the start of the noughties, indie was seen as the rubbish dump of contemporary music. But by the end of the decade, it had ...

The Human League: Human Remains: The Human League

Retrospective and Interview by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 13 July 2001

Two decades after their synthpop assault on the charts, the Human League are back. ...

Hot Chip, Todd Rundgren: Hot Chip/Todd Rundgren: That's one potent hot toddy

Interview by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 25 July 2008

Hot Chip gave Todd Rundgren his first hit in 35 years. Rundgren talks to the band's Alexis Taylor - and almost causes an international incident. ...

Deadmau5, Skrillex: EDM: How Rave Music Conquered America

Profile by Simon Reynolds, The Guardian, 2 August 2012

After 20 years, electronic dance music has made it big in the US. And big means big. With Las Vegas's Electric Daisy Carnival grossing $40m, ...