Guardian Music — From scoring Oscar-winning films to helping out Björk, Nico Muhly is in demand all over the globe – and he's still only 29. The US composer tells Tom Service why his first opera is based on a Manchester knife attackTo go for a walk with Nico Muhly... more info

Guardian Music — The producer has launched a food blog, sharing dishes he prepares for his wife. But he's not the only indie gastro geek ...Steve Albini, founder of Big Black and Shellac, producer of PJ Harvey and Nirvana, has a food blog. It's a good one, based arou... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Fresh from the Land of Oz... They are very difficult to pinpoint in a specific genre, calling themselves “glam folk. WIM are five men and five million ideas. You can see it in their stage act, hear it on their debut EP and debut album and feel it... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — Finally! I have my own FM radio show! This is a very exciting week for me as though I’ve had various college radio shows over the past few years, they’ve all been internet streaming only. Now ... more info

DrownedInSound — Earlier this week, to celebrate the release of the fim Blue Valentine, which features a soundtrack by the chaps from DiS-favourites Grizzly Bear, we asked you to share the songs which would soundtrack a film about your life. We thought it'd be intere... more info

DrownedInSound — A little competition for you... Last year, a sweet little film featuring Michelle Williams (Dawson's Creek) and Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson) as a young married couple, caused quite a stir, not least because it featured a soundtrack by DiS favourites G... more info

Guardian Music — From busking in Brooklyn to recording in London, multi-instrumentalist Marques Toliver is making a big impression, and has a lot of big ideasYou might be forgiven for feeling you recognise the singer-songwriter and violinist Marques Toliver from some... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Dev Hynes is an international man of mystery as well as the busiest musician on the planet. As if his extensive work as Lightspeed Champion and with Test Icicles or co-writing with Theophilus London and Solange Knowles or a note-for-note cover of... more info

Altsounds — 'Native Speaker' the debut long player from justifiably tipped Canadian quartet BRAIDS started as a musical experiment, now several years on, the results of that experiment are being gloriously realised. 'Native Speaker' will be released in the U... more info

Guardian Music — Pop those champagne corks for our 1,000th new band. But who to choose for this historic occasion? A bunch of Leicester lads specialising in lush Americana with a dub inflection ...Hometown: Leicester.The lineup: Jake McCarthy (vocals), Rory McCarthy ... more info