First they give away In Rainbows, but now… We always thought Radiohead are officially the coolest band in the world, but reading this we’re even more convinced. Here’s what went down: in August 2009, some 50 Czech Radiohead fans organized to create a sort of flash mob-meets-Awesome; I …Shot That conceptual move at a Radiohead concert:

Coati Mundi, nee Andy Hernandez is Spanish Harlem born-and-bred and a former member of Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band…

Three shades of electronic-music hipster came together this past Sunday, August 29, at the Hollywood Bowl, thanks to a superstar lineup of the Chemical Brothers, Chromeo and Yacht.

The Glitch Mob’s innovative head-nod side has come back with a vengeance in their new mixtape, a genius companion piece that redefines Drink The Sea’s moodscapes brilliantly. It does so by pairing the album’s instrumentals and beats with a cappella vocals and grooves from the likes of Lil Wayne, M.I.A., Nas, Jay-Z, Daft Punk, Dr. Dre, Mobb Deep, Freddie Gibbs, Young Jeezy, Busta Rhymes and more.

There’s no disputing that Ricky Powell was there at the golden age of hip-hop – he’s got the photos to prove it, tons of them, and a few stories to tell as well. In the early 90s he earned himself a cable access show called Rappin’ With The Rickster. VHS recordings of the shows have been restored to DVD for this newly released Rappin’ With the Rickster DVD courtesy of NY connoisseurs, Five Day Weekend.

The thrill of seeing The National play in the sunshine on a loading dock with just thirty-forty Silverlake hipsters in attendance was a hard-to-believe moment… But now there’s proof!

Honestly, there isn’t enough room to list Brian Eno’s great contributions to music, art, design, politics, technology and conceptual thinking. The man just doesn’t stop: he’s signed a new record deal with always-forward electronic label Warp Records, with a full-length release planned for November, entitled Small Craft On A Milk Sea.

Last week was a busy one for Steven Ellison, who’s been discovering that London Town knows how to put on a good party (or three). As if that wasn’t enough, Warp have announced a new Flying Lotus EP – Pattern+Grid World – out in October. Mesmerizing artwork from Theo Ellsworth accompanies the release.

The most played track this summer has got to be James Blake’s “CMYK.” Having been released only a few months back, it seems the blogosphere world can’t get it out of their system and neither can we. The track is masterstroke and described as this year’s Hyph Mngo.

Since the mid-90s, when the Hardkiss clan was particularly prodigious in terms of hype and musical output, the glow of that eclectic west coast tribal thing has dulled. However, the hardcore shall prevail, especially the talented and Scott Hardkiss has shown his ability to survive any permutation of electronic music. He made the jump to New York a while ago, but his ethos remains decidedly left coast and on his last God Within full-length it shows. He has also shown his continued relevance by enjoining a bevvy of remixers…

New York’s D&D Studio is the partial home of Biggie’s Ready to Die, Nas’ Illmatic, and most consistently the output DJ Premier and Guru, who made it their center of operations for the bulk of the 90s. A genuine hunk of that rap s**t.

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson has truly put his fingerprint on the most adventurous, meaningful sounds: the meta-talented composer, arranger, and instrumentalist has worked with everyone from John Cale to Rihanna, Outkast to Flying Lotus, Dr. Dre to Mulatu Astatke.

It’s been a good year for Funkineven, aka Steve Julien, who is really one of the nicest dudes around town, has a crazy knowledge of music and earlier this year came with the discordant street jam ‘Soul Glow’ feat. Fatima. But just when you think you’ve worked out what he’s all about, he goes an drops an Acid record full of TB303 basslines and some funny ass mantra.

What makes the Vintage festival so unique is an absurdly long list of DJs and performers who have been invited to recreate key scenes from the annals of British musical history. Held between 13-15 August on the verdant Goodwood Estate in West Sussex, overlooking the sea, Vintage celebrates British design and creativity over five decades from the 1940s to the 1980s.

It’s difficult not to be seduced by these images of innocent teenage romance from director Tyrone Lebon, who was commissioned by Mount Kimbie to create a visual score for ‘Would Know’, the first single off their hyped debut album, called Crooks and Lovers.

“Cryptic Motion” sounds like Gary Numan attempting a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition,” with someone from France wearing a robot suit sitting in on vocals; in other words, it’s “FREAKING GREAT AND ALL MUSIC SHOULD SOUND LIKE THIS!!!!!!”

The Monotron by Korg looked like a genius move when we first encountered it: a genuine analog synth, priced for recession-era hipsters at a cool sixty bucks! But them we got our hands on an actual Monotron, and…. WOW.

Okay, full disclaimer: summer 2010 will be the first time that the Mad Decent Block Party tours outside of Philly, but it looks to become an annual summer staple, an alternative to Lollapalooza, Warped Tour and so on for those that like their beats well done…

I was doubly surprised to find myself enjoying the Mad Decent-pushed Summer Mixtape of new sign Po Po.

All the offenders are here: reverb shellacked on every output, the surf theme (“Bummer Summer”? K), simple melodies, on and on. But there’s a nihilistic undercurrent that gels lovely with the bursts of turntablisms and samples. Maybe it’s just hot out, but maybe who cares.

A) it’s Andre 3000, and B) it sounds like some soul-love grownup honorifics – something we can easily get behind.