Guardian Music — Fiftieth anniversary of Fab Four's first hit to be celebrated with 14-track career retrospectiveThe Beatles are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their first hit with a new compilation of songs you probably already own. Tomorrow Never Knows, a "pow... more info

Guardian Music — Digital agency B-Reel teams up with Google for HTML5 showcase on tablets and smartphonesBobby Womack's latest album, The Bravest Man In The Universe, has been reminding music fans why his reputation as "The Greatest Soul Singer In The World" is well ... more info

Guardian Music — Canada's equivalent of the Mercury prize also includes Feist, Cold Specks and Japandroids among othersDrake, Grimes and a Noh-theatre-inspired psych band are among the nominees for this year's Polaris prize, Canada's biggest music award. Ten albums h... more info

Chorus.fm — *Arcade Fire* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/arcadefire) will release (http://www.nme.com/news/arcade-fire/64914) their new album next year. Submitted by neo506 more info

Prefix — They've been more or less quiet since the hubbub around their widely-acclaimed 2010 album The Suburbs calmed down, ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/new-arcade-fire-album-coming-in-2013/67174/ more info

ContactMusic — Arcade Fire will be heading back into the studio later this year to begin work on their fourth album the follow-up to 2010s multi-award winning The Suburbs reports have stated The news was broken on the bands Twitter newsfeed when they posted BR... more info

Guardian Music — Oran Mor, GlasgowDespite that name, Of Monsters and Men aren't metal, though after experiencing their lusty racket, you perhaps wouldn't be surprised if a dragon or two turned up. This earthy Icelandic outfit specialise in fairytale-infused folk: jub... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — As you probably know from my rantings this year, finding great music has been in short supply.  I feel like I want to like more music than I actually do.  I follow the new releases pretty religiously...to the point that Tuesday is as sacred in my h... more info

Prefix — Ever wonder why Canadian indie rockers Arcade Fire signed with North Carolina-based Merge Records? The company wisely ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/arcade-fire-signed-with-merge-records-for-the-good/66531/ more info

Guardian Music — 2012: And the best No 1 of 2012? It can only be the one that's topping the charts at the time of writingLooking back at the last 60 years of No 1s may arouse feelings of nostalgia, or you may be overwhelmed by the musty scent of bygone eras. Yet all ... more info