LargeHeartedBoy — Author Howard Jacobson sings the praises physical books at the Independent. True, you can go back on a Kindle, but you can't bend or savage the page, can't familiarise or manhandle or otherwise make the book as physical object intrinsic... more info

Guardian Music — It seems only right that the enigmatic singer remains in semi- retirement as he reaches pensionable age, says Alexis PetridisIt's a cliche when a rock star reaches 65 to mention the time when it didn't look like they'd make pensionable age, but with ... more info

Guardian Music — Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees has the correct tempo for chest compressions – but for truly powerful CPR, you'll need a track with a little something extraAround 30,000 people go into cardiac arrest each year in the UK, yet many of us are still unsu... more info

Guardian Music — Chic's creative genius can take heart looking back over a life that wouldn't have worked out very well at all but for music"This ain't no disco," sang Talking Heads on their 1979 track Life During Wartime, and lots of people at the time seemed to agr... more info

411 Mania — From U2's Achtung Baby and David Bowie's Heroes to Talking Heads' More Songs About Buildings And Food and more, 411's Christopher Bell counts down the top 10 Brian Eno-produced albums! more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Jody Pachniuk If there such a thing as jazzy shoegaze blues, Australlan singer Grace Woodroofe is on the forefront of that genre. Her debut album Always Want made quite an expression in her home country and now is she is trying to conquer t... more info

411 Mania — From John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" and Bing Crosby and David Bowie's "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy" to The Kinks' "Father Christmas" and more, 411's Christopher Bell counts down the top 10 songs for Christmas! more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offNeil Cowley Trio The Face of Mount Molehill Former Brand New Heavies keyboardist Cowley moves out from his groove-driven acoustic piano-trio sound to the richer textured m... more info

Guardian Music — (thirdworlds.net - free download)What with a name like that, a vocal style that's modelled on an aggressive drill sergeant and an interest in industrial noise, you could be forgiven for imagining that Death Grips are a hardcore hip-hop act designed t... more info

Guardian Music — (Dead Oceans)No one could ever accuse sometime New Pornographer Dan Bejar of following a linear career path with his Destroyer project. They began life in 1995 as the sort of acoustic post-Pavement outfit that released cassette-only albums with names... more info