Guardian Music — Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonAfter a couple of seasons exhausting his festival circuit currency, Ian Broudie's reformed Lightning Seeds were last seen playing subdued versions of Three Lions and Pure in seated concert rooms. This didn't suit Broudie... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dave Mutaine picks his candidate (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) Megadeth is currently on the road with Motorhead as part of Gigantour. The show came to The Theater at Madison Square Garden in NYC, and even more recently to the... more info

411 Mania — Get ready for "Abraham's Daughter"... more info

411 Mania — Check out the full tracklist... more info

Stereogum — In December, we mentioned that artists like the Decemberists and Arcade Fire would contribute to the soundtrack for The Hunger Games, the movie based on the addictive teen lit series about kids killing each other, gladiator-style, in an arena as an a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Forget about Arcade Fire and Bonny Bear, who the heck is this old dude playing the Grammys???... more info

Pop Justice — Another major awards ceremony, another Tumblr laughing at people who haven't heard of the more leftfield nominees and winners. It started with Arcade Fire (http://whoisarcadefire.tumblr.com/) and this time it's Bon Iver prompting 'LOLs'. Now ther... more info

Detroit Free Press — If there's one truism about the Grammys these days, it's to bank on the unexpected. Recent years have been marked by last-second surprises, with big winners such as Arcade Fire and Steely Dan turning expectations on their heads and leaving ... more info

Gigwise — President's campaign soundtrack... more info

Guardian Music — After the president tweeted his 2012 campaign playlist, we did a bit of headphone analysis. But what songs would you have included?President Barack Obama tweeted his 2012 campaign Spotify playlist on Thursday – which is in itself noteworthy in that... more info