Guardian Music — When you're ready to take a break from the news (and the people you're holed up with) try one of these songs insteadIf you're one of the millions on the east coast anxiously awaiting hurricane Sandy's arrival (and departure) you're probably hunkered ... more info

Guardian Music — Take the D.A.I.S.Y Age, make it OutKast, and chill. Result? The dreamy, psychedelic sound of this California hip-hop crewHometown: Koreatown, Los Angeles.The lineup: Miche Maya, Tulip Pezely, Jimbo Stewart and Eddington Howard.The background: André ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Cee-Lo at Lollapalooza 2011 (more by Grant MacAllister) You may be annoyed that Cee-Lo is on The Voice, or that his 2010 single, "Fuck You," popped up in your life one too many times (though the album... more info

Guardian Music — Singer is set to star alongside Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo in John Carney's music-themed romantic dramaCee Lo Green is to join the cast of the music-themed romantic drama Can a Song Save Your Life?, which stars Keira Knightley as a down-on-her-... more info

Guardian Music — In the third of a series of monthly columns, John Fordham picks his musical milestones from recent weeks. Tell us if we've missed anything, plus what you'd like to see next month1) Robert GlasperJune sees one of the UK's best-established internationa... more info

Guardian Music — A pair of academics have studied 50 years' worth of chart hits and think they've spotted a trend. But can songs be so rigidly labelled?Think that the Top 40 is full of zingy, identikit and insincere LOLZpop (feat Pitbull)? Not according to scientists... more info

Popdose — James Brown's nemesis, Joe Tex, faces off with The Voice's weirdo superstar, Cee-Lo, AKA Gnarls Barkley. To Date or Not to Date? That is the question more info

Topix — A collaboration with Gnarls Barkley's Danger Mouse and an album full of heartbreak-inspired songs bring a noirish, sometimes sinister edge to Jones' understated pop-jazz. Even peppy tunes like Happy Pills mask dark intent, and the ones that follow th... more info

Guardian Music — An acoustic troubadour with one foot in the world of hip-hopHometown: Swindon.The lineup: Josh Kumra (voice, guitar).The background: Of all the acts appearing at our New Band of the Day night next Wednesday at the Barfly in Camden, Josh Kumra is, to ... more info

Guardian Music — Is it honest homage or is it pastiche? Who knows: but this hipster take on cheese could be the next big thingHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton.The background: Electric Guest specialise in soulful, funked-up pop so insi... more info