Guardian Music — Somerset House, LondonAs any pop fan who has lived through heartbreak knows, it isn't your friends who enfold and console you in times of trouble, it's music. For how many people has Noah and the Whale's second album, The First Days of Spring, served... more info

Mjsbigblog — The ex-factor: She was supposed to be ‘The One’ but Simon Cowell’s fiancee hasn’t been seen with him since May For that matter, she wasn’t around for any of the Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals, finals or at the after-pa... more info

Pitchfork — Artist: Azure RayAlbum: Drawing Down the MoonRelease Date: September 14Label: Saddle Creek Tracklist: 01 Wake Up, Sleepyhead02 Don't Leave My Mind03 In the Fog04 Larraine05 On and On Again06 Make Your Heart07 Silver Sorrow08 Signs in the Leaves09... more info

Guardian Music — Listen to the song that marks the 'recovery section' of the band's second album, inspired by frontman Charlie Fink's breakup with Laura Marling more info

Guardian Music — If MGMT's new direction wasn't for you, then give this LA band's outrageously catchy alternative anthems a spin insteadHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Mark Foster (keyboards, guitar, lead vocals), Zach "Reazon" Heiligman (MPC), Mark Pontius (drums)... more info

Guardian Music — Founder of the classical music label Harmonia MundiBernard Coutaz, who has died of a heart attack aged 87, was the founder and general director of Harmonia Mundi, the oldest independent classical music label in existence. For more than half a century... more info

Guardian Music — Her new album, I Speak Because I Can, proves that Laura Marling is a songwriter who deserves comparison to the greatsLaura Marling's new album, I Speak Because I Can, is a moving response to her break-up with Noah and the Whale's frontman, Charlie Fi... more info

Silent Uproar — As of early February, Azure Ray (Maria Taylor, Orenda Fink) are hard at work on a new album at Echo Mountain in Asheville, NC. Fink and Taylor are featured in the latest Niche Magazine. [twitter.com] more info

ContactMusic — Patrick Dempsey admits it takes a lot of work to have a good marriage.The 'Grey's Anatomy' actor has been married to wife Jill Fink - with who he has three... more info

Guardian Music — Laura Marling tells Sarah Boden about her second album, I Speak Because I Can, and about seeing her personal life dissected in the press"I'm almost an entirely different person to the one I was when I wrote the first album," says Laura Marling, smoki... more info