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TV music: the top 10 worst cliches

5029 days ago
Guardian MusicWe run down the most overused repeat offenders, from REM's Everybody Hurts to Blur's Song 2 – but which did we miss?No one expects experimental new music to accompany TV montages of people sobbing in slow motion or wearily sanding floors. But latel... more info

Noel Gallagher: Lady Gaga Hasn't Given Weirdos Any Decent Music

5034 days ago
Stopcryingyourheartout.comThe former Oasis guitarist and songwriter is famed for his rants about other acts, with Blur, Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters, Keane and Jack White among those on the receiving end of his volleys of disdain.His latest target is Lady Gaga, despite hi... more info

Sleeve Notes: REM call it a day

5034 days ago
Guardian MusicMichael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills called it quits, but Queen are soldiering on … with a little help from some stand-insReactions to the REM splitDave Simpson heralds the end of an eraREM: the band that taught alternative rock how to grow old... more info

My favourite album: 13 by Blur

5036 days ago
Guardian MusicOur writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Miranda Sawyer relates how Damon Albarn and co helped her through the breakdown of a relationshipBlur's 13 is a weird album. Overtly emotional, full of yearning and upset, yet scratchy, scuzzy, so... more info

Flash Fiktion: Flash Fiktion – review

5040 days ago
Guardian Music(Split Records)For all their talk of Latin beats, south Londoners Flash Fiktion are a psychedelic indie-electro act, whose riotous music nods to Klaxons, early Blur and Simian Mobile Disco when they were plain Simian. That in itself is nothing new, b... more info

The Subways - Money and Celebrity (album stream)

5042 days ago
Totally Fuzzy Money & Celebrity is the third studio album by English trio The Subways, produced by Stephen Street, who's previously worked with the likes of The Smiths and Blur. "Money and Celebrity" is scheduled for release on 19 September 2011. Read more... more info

My favourite album: The Good, the Bad and the Queen

5044 days ago
Guardian MusicOur writers are picking their favourite albums – here, Gareth Grundy explains his love for The Good, the Bad and the Queen"It's hard to imagine an anti-war song becoming a radio hit, as it might have done in the 60s. The way people listen to music ... more info

PJ Harvey has brilliantly evoked a nation built on bloodshed | Edward Vallance

5049 days ago
Guardian MusicPJ Harvey's prize-winning album skewers idyllic invocations of Englishness and exposes the brutal, violent realityMusical musings on the English nation have tended towards the cosily nostalgic. Think of the Kinks' Village Green Preservation Society, ... more info

New band of the day – No 1,095: Maria Minerva

5057 days ago
Guardian MusicThis former art history student specialises in murky disco full of reverb, delay and enigmatically ethereal vocalsHometown: Tallinn, Estonia.The lineup: Maria Juur (vocals, music).The background: Maria Juur, alias Maria Minerva, is a post-Pink record... more info

Apps rush: FIFA Superstars, Jessie J, Toshiba Places, Alex James and more

5058 days ago
Guardian MusicWhat's new on the app stores on Tuesday 30 August 2011A burst of 24 apps for your considerationFIFA SuperstarsEA has launched an iPhone version of its Facebook game FIFA Superstars, getting players to build a squad of top-tier football stars to take ... more info

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