Guardian Music — 'Listening to an over-hyped indie album about which I have mixed feelings is an improvement on listening to my daughter ask if we're there yet every 90 seconds'I try to adopt a hands-off approach when it comes to Esme's taste in music. People always ... more info

ContactMusic — THE MAGIC NUMBERS and ALL ABOUT EVE singer JULIANNE REGAN are among the stars helping to raise cash for disabled THE CARDIACS star TIM SMITH on a new tribute album.The two acts and the newly-reformed Ultrasound are reworking The Cardiacs' tracks for ... more info

Guardian Music — Martin Pickard attributes the decline of working-class pop musicians to the "abandonment of music in state schools" (Letters, 1 February). In recent years I have been conducting an extensive research project about popular music in Portsmouth in the 2... more info

Guardian Music — Cardiacs singer Tim Smith suffered a heart attack and a paralysing stroke two years ago, and musicians are now flocking to cover his strange, unique songs to help fund his treatmentIn June 2008, Cardiacs singer Tim Smith attended the last night of My... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Kavus Torabi must be a very busy man. Throughout the 90's he fronted the brilliant London based Monsoon Bassoon, and in the last decade split his time between the North Sea Radio Orchestra, Chrome Hoof, his own group Knifeworld, Guapo,... more info

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