Sweeping The Nation — The start of a very occasional series takes as its key point the obvious and undeniable fact that the list of NME covers on Wikipedia is the very best page on the internet. But why stop there? Why can't we chart the whole of pop culture by rise a... more info

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ContactMusic — Echo & The Bunnymen frontman Ian Mcculloch wrote a song eulogising David Bowie after he heard a rumour suggesting the veteran singer was dying, and... more info

Nialler9 — Echo & The Bunnymen, Eagulls and New Young Pony Club (pictured) are two international names added to Camden Crawl Dublin today. The latter will play the Friday May 3rd opening night with Dirty Beaches, Big Deal, Tropics and Windings (this is a separa... more info

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Guardian Music — Not long ago people were saying UK guitar music was dead. Along with Palma Violets and Savages, Childhood are part of a new wave of bands proving them all wrongIs it a ripple? Is it a wave? Or is it just a coincidence that this year has offered three... more info

Guardian Music — Rows in the studio, an outside producer – it all seems to have invigorated the indie Swedes into exploring epic sadness Reading on mobile? Watch hereIt's been more than three years since the Swedish quartet the Mary Onettes released their acclaimed... more info

Guardian Music — Animal Collective | Melanie C Feat Emma Bunton | Soundgarden | Theme Park | The Weeknd | The KillersAnimal Collective Applesauce (Domino)What's going on? Are they tuning in a radio? Is he saying "I feel like a little Byker Grove?" Is there a song in ... more info

Guardian Music — Museum has chosen around 300 items from Bowie's vast private archive in New York for a major retrospective next springIt was just over 40 years ago that he arguably changed the world: a beautiful, sexually ambiguous young man with a 26in waist, flame... more info

Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectBarry writes about music at barrygruff.wordpress.comWhat was the first song you bought? Status Quo – Down DownI can't remember my first single but the... more info