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Jake Smith went to see amp-destroying Leeds trio Cowtown strut their stuff and returned with twelve compelling reasons as to why you should do the same...

Odd Future's neo-soul collective The Internet are flying at the moment, and their recent Bristol date saw Syd tha Kid take centre stage - and own it.

Brrrrrmmmm, duuung, drrrrr - former Einstürzende Neubauten member FM Einheit closed Berlin's transmediale by literally tearing the city's history asunder...

Just weeks after her trip to Trondheim, Derval McCloat returned to Norway for By:Larm, a festival that saw the likes of Jarvis Cocker rubbing shoulders with the cream of the Nordic scene...

Why do North American alt-rock bands so often excel at delivering the goods live? Jake Smith isn't sure, but Palehound provide more proof for his theory...

Having been blown away by the new All Them Witches album, David Jupp wondered how they'd manage to recreate it live. Really f**king easily, it turns out...

Animated pop hologram Hatsune Miku found herself deconstructed for 'Still Be Here' at CTM/transmediale. Manon Steiner was there to witness this most uncanny of events...

Our resident Nordic music expert Derval McCloat takes a trip to Trondheim Calling, in order to catch the cream of Norway's new music scene in action...

Ghostly International's Michigan mainstay Shigeto wows the crowd with a fluid mixture of live drums and electronics - plus some unexpected freestyling courtesy of Oval Space's security staff...

With singer Channy Leaneagh resembling a cross between Nick Cave and a disappointed substitute teacher, Poliça impressed a packed Village Underground...