Guardian Music — The spoken word survivor is back – and he's not how you remember himIn 1994, a record producer/label executive coaxed a down-on-his-luck legend back into the studio. The resultant record of dark and sombre tones marked a change of direction, i... more info

Guardian Music — Featuring soaring vocals and spectral soundscapes, this London trio look set to become the first mainstream dubstep indie bandHometown: London.The lineup: Matt Parker (guitar, keyboard, MPC, Digital Audio Workstation [DAW]), Chris Amblin (guitar, key... more info

Guardian Music — Wonderful Life is a top tune, but who are the enigmatic duo behind it? Whether by accident or design, the sound of 2010 are teasing usPop has a long history of hiding its true identity behind silly masks (Slipknot, the Residents) and made-up people (... more info

Sky News — The family of a British computer programmer buried as an 'unknown man' is suing the New York authorities for negligence. more info

NME - The Daily Download — In honour of the current new bands issue of NME - and in particular the feature on Magnetic Man and how dubstep is set to take over the world in 2010 - here's the inaugural (and probably last) Daily Download Dubstep Downloads Awards. Each track click... more info

Nialler9 — After some conversations with friends about dubstep recently, I thought I’d put up some tunes from last year to serve as a catchup/beginners guide to the genre and its surrounds. I’m by no means an expert but over the next two pages you’ll fi... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — Here are my fav's for 2009, or at least my top 20, there were far too many songs that could've made this list. If I had to put an album at the top spot for the year it would be between Camera Obscura, Handsome Furs, Miike Snow, Andrew Bird, and Phoe... more info

Starpulse — Late actress Brittany Murphy is to be buried on Christmas Eve. The Clueless star passed away on Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest [...] Read more! more info

Panda Toes — I'm well aware that the vast majority of this world's inhabitants live for the Grindin chart, so it's my great pleasure to give y'all our Best of 2009 chart. And, as you might expect, every last song on the list is spectacular in every sense of the w... more info

Guardian Music — Evocative of late-night London and blessed with a musical naivety, the xx crafted a minimalist sound that was theirs aloneMuch was made of the various influences that went into the xx's debut album: from Aaliyah and Portishead to the spooked-out soun... more info