• BBC Releasing Documentary on Kraftwerk's Tate Gallery London Residency [WATCH]

    One of the most important acts in electronic music, Kraftwerk are the subject of a new documentary by BBC Four, a TV channel operated by the BBC. Titled "Kraftwerk: Pop Art," the documentary takes a deeper look into the pioneering German electronic music group's eight-day residency at London's Tate Art Gallery. The residency, or exhibit, titled "Kraftwerk -- The Catalogue 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8," was a "chronological exploration of the group's sonic and visual experiments and presents eight classic master works from across their celebrated repertoire with spectacular 3D visualizations and effects," according to the show description.

  • Kraftwerk Academic Conference Taking Place at Aston University during 2015; Alas, The Band Isn't Scheduled to Appear

    You know you've made it as a cultural phenomenon when entire weekend conferences are scheduled...not to hear your music necessarily but to discuss your work in a wider academic sense. This is the honor that has befallen Kraftwerk as Aston University in Birmingham (notably in the UK and not in the band's homeland of Germany) has organized the first Industrial Volksmusik for the Twenty-First Century, a two-day event going down in late January.

  • Music Times Casts 'Doctor Who: The Musical' and Offends Whovians Everywhere; Daleks, Cybermen and The Master

    The "Symphonic Experience" sounds great, really, but being uncouth Americans like we are, we couldn't help but wonder if a more pop-oriented TV-opera is a possibility. But then of course we'd need real people to provide the vocals for the various characters. We don't want to invite controversy by even suggesting an actor to portray the titular Doctor, but we're more than happy to suggest musicians to portray his worst enemies.

  • 8 Great Punk Covers of Classic Songs: Minor Threat, Big Black, and more

    If an artist does a cover version of a song, but doesn't really change anything about it, then there's not really a point in doing it at all (listen to Seal's version of "Let's Stay Together" and tell me why it had to be made). However, these eight bands took songs by non-punk bands and put their own noisy punk spin of them.

  • Moogfest 2014 will feature Kraftwerk, Chic and Darkstar

    Asheville, NC is making a stab at becoming on the United States' most talked-about electronic music scenes by once again hosting the Moogfest music festival. This year, the event will feature performances from electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, as well as Chic. Giorgio Moroder, Dan Deacon and Darkstar are some of the other musicians announced thus far. More than 70 additional performers are expected to be named over the next several weeks.

  • Kraftwerk announces 3-D concert series in Los Angeles and one-off performance in Oakland

    German industrial group Kraftwerk will take up residency from March 18-21 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles for eight shows over the four nights. During their performances, they will present their eight studio albums in full along with 3-D visuals. They have also now announced a one-off performance scheduled for March 23 at Oakland's Fox Theater.

  • Kraftwerk bringing '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8' tour residency to Los Angeles

    Normally when we refer to electronic music and Tomorrowland, we're talking about a music festival in Belgium. This time however, we're referring to the forthcoming concert series from Kraftwerk to take place at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (it was a bad joke and we apologize). In all seriousness however, the pioneering German electronic group will bring its collective retrospective "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8" to California in March.
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