Altsounds — Comprised of charismatically roguish front man and one time teenage garage MC, Lou Hill, Chatham resident and Billy Childish worshipping guitarist, Darrel Hawkins, demon drummer James Parish and suitably elegant bass player Gareth Jones, the quart... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Singer-songwriter Holly Golightly has always had a love affair with American roots music, especially rockabilly and Northwest '60s garage. She became known to many fans first in her association with Billy Childish, the female group Thee Headcoatees, ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — themusicologist said... musicology #593-4 The Harptones - A Sunday Kind Of Love Clarence Reid - Don't Be A Fool Two marrow tremblers today as I get in training for the Brooklyn Soul Festival at the weekend. http://themusicologist.wordpress.com swvcc... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Dr Steve said... By no means a literal timeline of a genre, just my interpretation. Songs with the right feel and attitude from the 60's until now, admittedly, mostly centred on the golden age. Plenty of swagger from the U.S, the U.K and a slight det... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about bicycles. Now get back on the saddle, it's time to thin out their numbers ...Attention please. Attention please. Welcome to another edition of Readers Recommend, the feature in which journalists and music lovers combine to sel... more info

Guardian Music — Frankie and the Heartstrings are flying the flag for the surprisingly fertile Sunderland scene. They tell Dave Simpson how classic kitchen-sink dramas and the miners' strike are still alive in their musicFrankie and the Heartstrings played at Sheffie... more info

Live Daily — Singer/songwriter Holly Golightly [ tickets ] and her one-man "backing band," The Brokeoffs, will launch a US headlining tour this spring behind the pair's latest studio album. The British-born singer and band--consisting solely of multi-instrumen... more info

Guardian Music — They study old newspapers in libraries, agonise over headlines and deliver every issue by hand … no wonder Stool Pigeon has spent five years breathing life back into the printed music pressEven as bloggers, message boarders and downloaders queu... more info

The Quietus — Unknowable but Certain starting later this month more info

NME — Singer/artist ignites copies of his poetry book more info