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The Space Sunday sessions are set to get that bit more crucial this year.

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As promised, last night’s episode of The Simpsons featured a cameo from Sigur Rós, along with original music from the band serving as the soundtrack. The episode saw Homer, Moe, and Lenny travel to Iceland in pursuit of Carl, who fled to the country with a winning lottery ticket. Sigur Rós appeared as animated characters during a gathering of local townspeople in Iceland (scroll to the 17:20 mark). Their music soundtracked several scenes, and they also reworked the show’s theme song for the end credits.

The episode is available to replay online through The Simpson‘s website. Also be on the lookout for a brief cameo from Björk and her swan dress (scroll to the 11:15 mark.)

According to Sigur Rós, with this episode the band has written and performed more original music for The Simpsons than any other outside band in the show

Krakow’s ever-stimulating Unsound Festival has announced its first acts for 2013.

Following last year’s investigation into ‘The End’, 2013′s umbrella theme has been confirmed as ‘Interference’ – a word encompassing the physics of sound, the interlocking mesh of digital signals at play in advanced society, and “the meaning of “underground” in today’s networked, commodified and data-driven world.”

Ambient music hero Robert Rich will be resurrecting his infamous 1980s “sleep concerts” concept, where lengthy ambient suites were played to sleeping or dozing audiences in San Francisco. Rich will perform one of these shows-cum-installations for the first time since 1996. Porter Ricks, responsible for the dub techno touchstone Biokinetics, will perform their first live show in many years, a major coup for the festival. Dylan Carlson’s almighty Earth will be showcasing their sludgy brand of country-inflected doom – somewhat unbelievably, the show will be their first ever performance on Polish territory.

Festival regular Monolake will present a new show, Lumière. Inspired by recent installation projects, the laser-assisted show promises “intense grids of bass and spectral noises.” Lovers Rock acolytes turned beefy shoe gazers King Mid...

Krakow’s ever-stimulating Unsound Festival has announced its first acts for 2013.

Following last year’s investigation into ‘The End’, 2013′s umbrella theme has been confirmed as ‘Interference’ – a word encompassing the physics of sound, the interlocking mesh of digital signals at play in advanced society, and “the meaning of “underground” in today’s networked, commodified and data-driven world.”

Ambient music hero Robert Rich will be resurrecting his infamous 1980s “sleep concerts” concept, where lengthy ambient suites were played to sleeping or dozing audiences in San Francisco. Rich will perform one of these shows-cum-installations for the first time since 1996. Porter Ricks, responsible for the dub techno touchstone Biokinetics, will perform their first live show in many years, a major coup for the festival. Dylan Carlson’s almighty Earth will be showcasing their sludgy brand of country-inflected doom – somewhat unbelievably, the show will be their first ever performance on Polish territory.

Festival regular Monolake will present a new show, Lumière. Inspired by recent installation projects, the laser-assisted show promises “intense grids of bass and spectral noises.” Lovers Rock acolytes turned beefy shoe gazers King Mid...

Hear a new track from the Hotflush boss, as premiered on Jackmaster’s Saturday night Radio 1 show.

Last we heard from Mr. Rose, he was going deep with December’s ‘Hardbody’ single. New track ‘August’ sees Scuba continuing in Personality mode, making effulgent house for big rooms. That said, ‘August’ marks a sideways step from ‘Talk Torque’/'Hardbody’, swapping scrubbed-up jack for glossy electro, 909 percussion palette and all. As per its title, ‘August’ should do well this summer, blessed as it is with an infectious hook straight out of the Joy O playbook.

No release date for the track as yet. Back in March, Scuba furnished Stateside fans with a new Hotflush compilation. Update.