Guardian Music — • The Strokes take top spot in NME list with Is This It• Libertines debut Up The Bracket is best British entryNew York rockers The Strokes have topped a list of the best albums of the decade, beating British indie stars – and tablo... more info

Guardian Music — Sheffield ArenaIt's a now familiar homecoming: a local band become famous, see the world, acquire model girlfriends and "classic rock" long hair and return home to venues 60 times the size of the ones they started in. However, more problematically, A... more info

Stereogum — According to the helpful comment left by Mr. Quick, a "cornerstone" is "someone who can only have good sex when they are stoned." And according to most who've spent time with Humbug , "Cornerstone" is the Alex Turner's best lyrical and vocal perf... more info

Allmusic Blog — Sure, it was only three years ago, but we are still crazy about 2006's debuts (Lily Allen, Arctic Monkeys, Burial), breakouts (Amy Winehouse, Gnarls Barkley), bold makeovers (Christina Aguilera), and early farewells (J Dilla), not to mention the less... more info

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Guardian Music — When Shirley Bassey sang Diamonds Are Forever in 1971, she can have had little idea that her own career would demonstrate the same longevity.Today Bassey, 72, re-entered the album charts with her first album of original material in 20 years. The albu... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — photo via Adrian Pehrson Why are Arctic Monkeys so god damn good? Can’t they just release their singles like a normal band with average b-sides, or just attach some mediocre live performance? Nope, not the Arctics. They have to go release songs tha... more info

Guardian Music — Meet the (replacement) hipsters serving up opinions for Pitchfork and StereogumReal-life old people! Aren't they just great? They've got bags of stories because they know loads about stuff that us young folks weren't around to see, like rationing, Ta... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK Marina & The Diamonds Mowgli's Road (679) As befits a song from a woman whose MySpace profile lists her location as "Ancient Greece", Mowgli's Road is odd. Think Gary Glitter, but if he kept pictures of The Wicker Man and some nice ... more info

NME Radio — Greetings friends, lovers and cohorts. Wow. Where did the week go? I'm getting ready for a weekend DJing - at the mighty Proud Gallery in Camden tonight then up the M1 to Sheffield tomorrow to play what will end up being the Arctic Monkeys aftershow ... more info