Guardian Music — 'I don't relate to movies. There's just never been any I liked – I find them cold, somehow'What got you started?My dad teaching me how to play boogie woogie on the piano when I was 12. I taught myself the rest.What was your big breakthrough?When ... more info

Stereogum — The most notable of the La Blogotheque-spurred school of highly situational, highly intimate music performance and interview video pieces often came from London’s Black Cab Sessions, which spent a good couple of years being a wellspring of interest... more info

Guardian Music — This French duo take the breezy harmonies of Burt Bacharach and Brian Wilson to create blissful Balearica-tinged popHometown: South London.The lineup: Matthieu Beck and Marie Merlet.The background: It just so happened that last week we were in Connec... more info

Guardian Music — From Nincompoops to Birdbrains, here are your best silly songsWhat makes a fool? It's not just about behaving stupidly. Shakespeare's Fool wasn't really foolish at all – he tried to make King Lear see sense. Clowns, meanwhile, behave foolishly, but... more info

Impose Magazine — Ganglians channel their west coast surf godfathers like never before on "Drop the Act", the act in this case perhaps being any attempts to not sound like Brian Wilson whipped through The Wipers. Ganglians, "Drop the Act" The track comes off the ban... more info

Popdose — Famed bass players the likes of Brian Wilson and Will Lee have all flipped their instruments of choice in tribute to Phil “Fang” Volk, best known as the grinning bassist of ‘60s rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders. Today, “Fang” is back o... more info

The Telegraph — Rumer and Beach Boy Brian Wilson were honoured at last night's Mojos. more info

The Independent — Beach Boy Brian Wilson quoted one of his own songs to thank his fans as he was honoured at a top music awards. more info

ContactMusic — Rock legends Ringo Starr, John Lydon and Brian Wilson were honoured at the 2011 Mojo Awards in London on Thursday night (21Jul11). The Beatles legend was the main attraction at the magazine's annual prizegiving, as he collected his Mojo Icon prize, w... more info

Guardian Music — Mojo editor hails 'remarkable' year for Rumer, while Arctic Monkeys, John Grant and Primal Scream also win awardsAfter chasing a record deal for more than a decade, Sarah Joyce – otherwise known as the singer-songwriter Rumer – has taken home the... more info