This Scene Is Dead — Just beautiful this is. Sat at home, tired, cold Friday evening alone here in SW19. Yes, this is perfectly suited to how I’m feeling musically right about now. Been enjoying a fair few of these long rock based sort of instrumentals recently, where ... more info

Live Daily — Ten years, 40 albums. Not necessarily the biggest sellers, the best-reviewed or year-end list-toppers, but the ones that had an impact on music, the business or culture.These are the albums of the '00s that signified the arrival of new voices, new wa... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Rock legend and Big Issue cover star Bob Dylan has revealed Robert Burns' song 'A Red, Red Rose' is his most inspirational track, on a celebrity calendar to raise cash for CLIC Sargent.The singer is one of 18 celebrities who have revealed whch song h... more info

Guardian Music — The epoch-defining charity single drew a line under the fragmented UK music scene, and brought us into the modern era – for good or for illNext time you watch the video for Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas – and given that the sin... more info

411 Mania — The White Stripes, Drive-By Truckers, Bob Dylan, OutKast, Animal Collective and others score best reviews of the decade... more info

Guardian Music — The demand for a Clash/Public Enemy-style hero started dying out this decade. Yet MIA managed to fulfill this role without diminishing her status as a 21st-century pop starSurveying the best-of-the-decade lists, I was surprised to see MIA not featuri... more info

Guardian Music — Bass player and key figure in the US bluegrass sceneJack Cooke, who has died aged 72, was one of the most familiar faces on the US bluegrass scene for almost 40 years. As a young man he played and sang with Bill Monroe, the Stoneman Family and other ... more info

MTV.com News — Pitchfork names Spike Jonze-directed short film one of its top music videos of 2009.By Larry Carroll Kanye West in Spike Jonze's "We Were Once a Fairytale" Photo: Vimeo.com These days, any comment from Kanye West is sure to get attention. ... more info

MTV.com News — Frontman explains how his new track's complexity leaves it open 'to a lot of interpretation.'By Kyle Anderson Billy Corgan Photo: MTV News Anybody who saw one of the Smashing Pumpkins' 20th-anniversary concerts last year would have already... more info

Pop Candy — We've all heard about new holiday releases from Bob Dylan and Tori Amos, but were you aware of A Cherry Cherry Christmas? more info