Spinner.com — Would the Beatles be quite as fab if they had stuck to their earlier moniker of Johnny and the Moondogs? Does Diana Ross fronting a trio called the Primettes bestow her the proper level of divahood? Take our Ultimate Original Band Name Quiz and see i... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Swapmeet Louie said... Ryan Adams: Live in Austin TX 09/29/02 Intro Nuclear Firecracker Wharf Rat > Answering Bell > Wharf Rat Touch, Feel, and Lose La Cienega Just Smiled To Be Young Shakedown on 9th Street New York, New York Brown Sugar Nobody Girl... more info

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Guardian Music — Cockpit, LeedsGuitar bands have been a commercially threatened species lately, which may be why this year's second Radar tour has hooked together two of the noisiest in the country to launch a fightback. London's Chapel Club offer a slightly poppier ... more info

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Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, that they just can't turn offBritish Sea Power Zeus This rollicking slab of art-rock is the title track of the Cumbrians' new EP, which is out next week. You can currently download the song for fre... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Video The Manic Street Preachers have been on a bit of a roll the last few years. After arguably losing their way somewhat with the likes of the cold, sterile 'Lifeblood,' 2007's 'Send Away the Tigers' saw them reinvigorated, melodic an... more info

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Guardian Music — Tramlines Festival, SheffieldFollowing last year's success it's difficult to choose which admirable aspects of Sheffield's free, urban, Tramlines festival are most noteworthy. Perhaps it's the desire to eradicate the queuing, the only blight of 2009'... more info