Guardian Music — The Slits frontwoman, she helped to reinvent women's role in musicThe singer Ari Up, who has died after an unspecified illness aged 48, was the idiosyncratic frontwoman of the Slits, the British punk band formed in 1976. With her bird's-nest hair, gu... more info

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Totally Fuzzy — Tabayo Yatukishi said... - Kim Gordon / DJ Olive / Ikue Mori - "SYR 5" (SYR, 2000) - Sonic Youth / Tim Barnes - "SYR 6 : koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui" (SYR, 2003) - Sonic Youth - "SYR 7" (SYR, 2008) - Sonic Youth / Mats Gustafsson / Merzbo... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Nothing sparks a good old-fashioned pub debate among musos than the classic cover version. While the Muse Mafia spoke again last month, and voted the band's version of 'Feeling Good' the best cover version ever (get your feelings about that out in th... more info

Guardian Music — Enjoy reading Paul Lester's daily new band tips? Then why not listen to the musicians he's raving aboutThe first time we did one of these hook-ups with SoundCloud, it was in early August when we posted a 30-song playlist of the tracks of the year so ... more info

NME — Sunderland midfielder's guitar plea, Diddy's Rangers hint, Rooney's Beatles clothes – your music gossip stop more info

Totally Fuzzy — Dr Steve said... By no means a literal timeline of a genre, just my interpretation. Songs with the right feel and attitude from the 60's until now, admittedly, mostly centred on the golden age. Plenty of swagger from the U.S, the U.K and a slight det... more info

Guardian Music — Mauro Remiddi is more lost boy than rock man but his bleary, blissed-out songs will have fans of dreamy pop clinging to himHometown: Rome.The lineup: Mauro Remiddi (vocals, guitar, sampler, loops, keyboard).The background: With all this chat about Ne... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Another lovely email arrived from deepest darkest cyberspace the other day:-My name is Vivek. From the States near DC and Baltimore. 2nd Gen Indian-American.Anyway found that your blog posted a Buzzcocks song.I was trying to find "Harmony in my Head... more info

ContactMusic — Preston claims he stormed off 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' - because he loved Chantelle so much.Talking to Vanessa about the time he famously walked off the TV quiz... more info