Simian Mobile Disco have announced details of a UK tour for September and October.

Simian Mobile Disco have revealed details of their forthcoming second studio album, which features vocals from guests including Gossip's Beth Ditto, Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys and Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor.

P Diddy has been hanging out with members of Arctic Monkeys and Simian Mobile Disco.

When you go to see Simian Mobile Disco live, make sure you are seeing the "proper set" as opposed to the DJ set. You'll likely get SMD tunes either way, but only one comes with a massive light rig and a billion knobs spread across towering audio equipment to provide you with visual comfort that there is actually something more involved than clic...

When electro-house, blog house, or whatever you wanna call it came up in a big way a couple of years ago, with acts like Simian Mobile Disco and Justice, it was easy to see a parallel to the rise of big beat in the latter 1990s. For a few years, the dominant sounds in European techno had been increasingly cerebral (although people who actually k...