Guardian Music — Brudenell Social Club, Leeds"I've got no vocals," begins Grimes, aka 24-year-old Montreal-based artist Claire Boucher. It turns out she isn't plugged in, but the gig's beginning is only the start of the oddness. "Shall I do the thing now?" she asks. ... more info

Guardian Music — How to wind up fans of classical music: book Kylie for the ever-less-Promsy Proms In The Park. (8 Sep, Hyde Park, W2). Predictions: a Confide In Me/Nessun Dorma mash-up, plus Hazell Dean and Brother Beyond in an encore of selections from HMS Pinafore... more info

Guardian Music — Five readers tell us why they love the band, and our Twitter followers recommend the best tracks for newcomersFormer Cocteau Twins singer Elizabeth Fraser announced this week she is to play two dates at the Royal Festival Hall as part of Antony Hegar... more info

Guardian Music — As Elizabeth Fraser announces she's joining the Meltdown lineup, we'd like to hear your thoughts on her former bandElizabeth Fraser, singer in much-loved 4AD band Cocteau Twins, this week announced she is to play two dates at the Royal Festival Hall ... more info

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Guardian Music — Exclusive: Singer with 1980s band who has 'the voice of God' persuaded to play two dates at Royal Festival Hall She has not performed solo since the Cocteau Twins split in 1998, but Elizabeth Fraser, whose spectral voice was once described as "the v... more info

Guardian Music — Lo-fi R&B melodies meet new age atmospherics in Montreal-based artist's hypnotic weirdo popThree weeks barricaded inside a room without food, sleep or company. It sounds like the kind of thing you'd only put yourself through if you were quitting hero... more info

Guardian Music — A group biography of independent labelsBack when I should have been studying for my O-levels, I, like a lot of earnest teenagers and bedroom bards in the 1980s, spent much of my free time writing and assembling badly photocopied fanzines. They had La... more info

Guardian Music — Late-80s home of the Cocteau Twins and Pixies has "a certain class", and a host of new artists faithful to its aestheticWhat is it about a record label that makes it the sort of place you want to spend time in? When it first emerged in the 1980s, 4AD... more info

Guardian Music — This Oakland rap duo's free mixtapes are so good, we can't wait to hear what they sound like when they get paidHometown: North Oakland, California.The lineup: Squadda B and MondreM.A.N.The background: Main Attrakionz were on the December 2011 cover o... more info