Guardian Music — Days spent slacking in Tony Soprano's 'hood inspired these old pals but there's a distinct Anglophile chime to their guitarsThe sound of the suburbs has been evolving for over 30 years. For punk rockers the Members in 1979, it was raucous and faintly... more info

Pop Justice — Some mixes of Katy Perry's pensive tearjerking halfballad 'The One That Got Away' were sitting in our inbox this morning and they are quite toetappable, so we thought you might like to give them a spin. They are by Christian Strobe. Here are they.... more info

Altsounds — Arcade Fire's decision to end Neon Bible with the downtrodden “My Body Is A Cage,” rather than the anthemic and uplifting “No Cars Go,” was at first perplexing to fans and music critics alike. But after spending ti... more info

Guardian Music — Is this Surrey singer a home counties Grace Jones or just Tina Turner in modern armour?Hometown: Surrey.The lineup: Ruby Goe (vocals, keyboards, guitar).The background: We recently acknowledged the new wave of wannabe Sylvia Plaths in pop. In stark c... more info

Guardian Music — (Fiction)Their sixth album sees Gary Lightbody's anthemic rockers take a leftfield shift apparently inspired by LCD Soundsystem's The Sound of Silver, U2's Achtung Baby and Arcade Fire's The Suburbs – unit-shifters all, so it's experimentation with... more info

Stereogum — Last night our old friend/life champion Peter Gabriel turned up at the Ed Sullivan theater with a black-clad orchestra. Peter’s promoting his symphonic LP New Blood, a sequel/extension of last year’s Scratch My Back orchestral covers album and to... more info

NME — Arcade Fire and Chase & Status also triumph at London ceremony more info

Guardian Music — Best indie video goes to Manchester Orchestra while Spike Jonze named best director – twice – at ceremony in LondonAdele, an American film director and three upstarts from Barcelona were among the winners at the UK Music Video awards on Tuesday n... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Walrus explores the effects of the Arcade Fire on both Montreal and indie rock. Flavorwire lists 10 wonderful fake books written by television characters. The Awl shares an illustrated look at some of literature's near brushes with death. Pop... more info

Kings of A&R — Buzz Track: Midwest We really like the track Midwest by indie folk group Grand Falconer. The band typically performs at The Venue, and The Red Room in Boise and have shared the stage with Eisley, The Narrative and the Lonely Forest. For fans of Vampi... more info