Guardian Music — (Columbia)When any underground genre encroaches on the mainstream, certain things happen. Purists will invariably complain. Those who feel ownership of a scene will decry the cheapening of something they hold dear. They will accuse the crossover merc... more info

Metal Injection — This cold weather is really depressing me. What's more depressing is it's only October. I can only imagine how terrible it will get in December. Thankfully, Winds of Plague is looking to keep me warm and active (in the mosh pit, natch) as t... more info

Guardian Music — Hyperdub is one of the UK's foremost electronic labels; Darkstar one of its most forward-thinking acts. Now their new album North is set to shake up the genre againWhen Film&Music spoke to electronic duo Darkstar in October 2009 for a piece about Hyp... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — John Doran restarts our Unspun Heroes series with a look at Eno and Byrne's seminal album, 'My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts' - a huge influence on artists like Gold Panda, Rainbow Arabia, Burial and Salem. 'My Life In The Book Of Ghosts' was originall... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Later on this month James Blake will release his latest EP 'Klavierwerke', though it is available to stream on Spotify now. Seemingly not content with being one of the most forward thinking, boundary pushing producers in music today however - James a... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Jamie Smith is the 3rd and only non singing member of the xx. He is releasing his own solo song (as Jamie XX for now), “Far Nearer”, and it premiered yesterday on Xfm’s “X-Posure”. A timely radio rip has surfaced and it’s a great tune. Im... more info

Metalsucks — Rumors have been swirling around The Webernets all day that Sumeriancore rippers After the Burial — who I nominated as my “Band That Will Fuck Your Face Off in 2010” — have dropped off their current tour with Bleeding Through. The story was f... more info

ContactMusic — Ryan Reynolds had panic attacks on the set of his new movie 'Buried'. The 'Proposal' actor - who plays Paul, a US contractor in Iraq who is buried alive in a coffin... more info

Muzjiks — "Where Burial finds romance in the darkest night, Salem’s dubstep-drenched electro exists in a world of prostitution, violence and abuse, employing bizarre half-tempo rap sections that growl like burst exhausts."So we're pretty into dubstep arou... more info

DrownedInSound — As part of our 10-week “DiS is 10!” celebration, we’ve asked 50 of our favourite people to tell us about one of their favourite albums of the past 10 years. This is not a best or "top" anything list, merely a list of individuals sharing one of ... more info