Guardian Music — Turner prize star Susan Philipsz comes from a long line of innovative artists and musicians with Glaswegian rootsDouglas Gordon, who in 1996 became the first Glaswegian artist to win the Turner prize, was once asked what he had been taught at Glasgow... more info

All About Jazz — After helping to form the Verve and Impulse! labels, jazz producer Creed Taylor struck out on his own, lending his initials to his new label, and signing some of the most commercially viable jazz talent of the day. This four disc retrospective mostly... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — There s a fun new series of Web shorts starring Rob Corddry that takes a clever approach to promoting the new Ubisoft game Assassin s Creed Brotherhood. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Reviewed: "The Expendables," "The Disappearance of Alice Creed," "Eat Pray Love," "I'm Still Here"Also out this week; "The Disappearance of Alice Creed," "Eat Pray Love" and "I'm Still Here." more info

Metalsucks — I thought that both Assassin’s Creed games were gorgeous to look at, and had awesome concepts, but featured gameplay that became incredibly redundant after awhile; truth be told, for that reason, I didn’t fully complete either one. But I did enjo... more info

All About Jazz — Recording engineer and producer Phil Ramone had three things going for him when he set up A&R Recording in 1959. First, he was a trained classical musician who could hear what most of his peers could not. Second, he was passionate about making record... more info

Crazed Hits — Rumor has it that Wind-up Records, which is home to Seether, Creed, Evanescence, and Finger Eleven, is currently being shopped with an asking price of $10 million. This seems like a steal compared to what the label could have been sold for at the pea... more info

Metalsucks — It feels wrong to root for someone at the Special Olympics; I mean, all the kids are trying so hard, so no matter who the victor is, everybody wins, y’know? And that kind of how I feel about Sully Erna going out of his way to insult Scott Stapp, an... more info

Starpulse — Murder! Singing plumbers! Babysitters! Creed the theater critic! Unrequited romance! Sexual contracts! 'Law & Order'! What did this episode of 'The Office' not offer? more info

All About Jazz — The concept of music packaging is mostly a thing of the past, as downloads become the medium of choice. Nonetheless, the stunning artwork of many classic albums helped define those records. Blue Note Records is probably the one company that is more i... more info