Guardian Music — RR regular AngryIrishPunk gives us his choices from last week's thread on songs without chorusesThis week's RR topic generated a great deal of discussion, as various regulars debated those age-old philosophical questions: "Who are we? Why are we here... more info

ContactMusic — Fatboy Slim stole a music stand from Sir Paul McCartney's dustbin.The 'Right Here, Right Now' hitmaker - real name is Norman Cook - and his wife Zoe... more info

Guardian Music — The Radio 1 presenter is lifting the lid on a new generation of superstar DJs for a TV doc and gives us her rules of the boothThere's a new international class of jet-setting super-rich party boys. Unlike the bankers, these men have been unfazed by t... more info

Guardian Music — Fatboy Slim Live From The Big Beach Boutique, NationwideFatboy Slim's Big Beach Bootique, an all-the-trimmings shindig with lasers and pyrotechnics to make a Muse fan weep, is a bit of a fixture in the DJ's hometown of Brighton. In 2002, 250,000 peop... more info

ContactMusic — Fatboy Slim says performing at the Olympics closing ceremony was a total mindfk The Praise You hitmaker performed Right Here Right Now and The Rockafeller Skank with a giant glowing octopus at the musical spectacular on Sunday... more info

Guardian Music — The Spice Girls, George Michael and Faux-asis. Why was the closing ceremony so keen on celebrating a bygone decade?The Olympics might be over, but I can't help think about the closing ceremony's emphasis on one particular decade: the 90s.If Danny Boy... more info

Guardian Music — Artists will cross the UK by train in September for a concert series featuring music from Europe, America and AfricaTony Allen, Rizzle Kicks, Carl Barât and electronic wunderkind Nicolas Jaar are among the acts to have now climbed aboard the Africa ... more info

Guardian Music — Emeli Sandé, Spice Girls, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J … was this really the best music Britain has to offer?As the celebratory dust settles, we would like to know: which five songs you would have chosen to close the Olympic Games?To start things off, her... more info

Guardian Music — For all the Saturday night telly aesthetic, the whole thing was shot through with the vivid, simple memory of a glorious fortnightThe euphoria, the miraculous optimism, energy and the sheer sunlit emotional generosity persisted to the very end. But i... more info

Guardian Music — The last act of the great sporting festival that enthralled the nation – and displayed a capacity to charm and amazeThe great festival that began with the stirring resonances of Danny Boyle's opening ceremony came to a poignant end with a light-hea... more info