Guardian Music — Lord Justice Leveson has given no clear indication as to his intentions. We try to pick up hints. Did he sound sceptical about this answer? Did his question suggest he disagreed with the witness? Was one unscripted remark more telling than another?Du... more info

Guardian Music — (Weird World)It starts in the gloaming, with an instrumental called Moonrise – two minutes of jangling chimes and the hammering of a clock that can't stop striking the hour. It ends at dawn, with an outro called Morning Star, whose notes slide arou... more info

Guardian Music — The Sex Pistols led a series of blistering musical attacks on the monarchy. Why don't today's pop stars do the same? Have they gone soft? Or do they have more important targets?Overfamiliarity can erase certain qualities from even the greatest songs ... more info

Metalsucks — Yup. Blood Label: The best way I’ve come up with to describe bands like this is “Danish metal.” It seems silly to categorize a band solely by their country of origin, but Danish bands just seem to have this certain sound that’s unmistakable ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — N-Dubz have been dropped by their American label Def Jam. The deal reportedly went bust after label boss LA Reid quit to work on The X Factor USA, and his replacements wanted the Morning Star group... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Dappy was injured on the opening night of N-Dubz’s arena tour on 14 April when a crazed fan bit his ear. The incident took place just before the Morning Star trio was set to take to the stage... more info

Guardian Music — Patrick Wolf The City (Mercury) Patrick Wolf has spent most of his adult life channelling Lady Gaga through the body of Marc Almond. He's calmed down recently and now looks like a young Steve Coogan going through a bit of a new romantic phase. In his... more info

Guardian Music — (Island)Love. Live. Life, the third album by the London pop/grime/dance trio, will surely enter next week's albums chart very high, but they've got bigger fish to fry – next on their to-do list, according to rapper Dappy, is breaking the US. That m... more info

All About Jazz — I recently reviewed alto saxophonist Vincent Herring's Morning Star for Jazz Times. Click here to go directly to the review, which appeared in the magazine's September issue, or read the full text below. Vincent Herring & Earth Jazz, Morning Star (C... more info

Metal Injection — On the sixth episode of the Relapse Records Podcast we have world premier tracks from Unearthly Trance and Today Is The Day plus we have exclusive songs from Cephalic Carnage and Hero Destroyed. Sanford Parker, the influential musician/producer stops... more info