Guardian Music — The past year saw pop sensation Rita Ora storm the charts, an acclaimed return for Bat for Lashes, Jake Bugg's meteoric rise and the triumphant rebirth of Kevin Rowland's Dexys. They reflect on 12 crazy months in this week's Observer. But what were t... more info

Guardian Music — Pop boffin: Joe Goddard is a co-founder of London electronic pop wonders Hot Chip, whose fifth album, In Our Heads, came out in June. His house music project the 2 Bears, with Raf Rundell, released their acclaimed debut album, Be Strong, in JanuaryIt... more info

Guardian Music — From the CMA and Mercury awards to Grace Jones and Hot Chip: the week in music - in picturesKarin Andreasson more info

Guardian Music — In 1991 the laidback Bristol collective roused themselves to unleash their debut album. Reissued 21 years on it remains a landmark. Here, an early champion of the band recalls its making and its lasting influenceThe three members of Massive Attack we... more info

Guardian Music — The Gaslight Anthem Here Comes My Man (Mercury) The best moments on the Gaslight Anthem's somewhat patchy current album Handwritten are those in which they step outside their established template of (admittedly invigorating) garage-rattling, throat-p... more info

Core News — Really nice set! “Hot London duo Dusky make their Radio 1 Essential Mix debut. Dusky are London based producers Alfie Granger-Howell and Nick Harriman. They’ve been causing a huge stir amongst a wide range of DJs with tracks like Flo Jam and thei... more info

NME - Radar — Check out Theme Park's cover of Hot Chip's 'Ready For The Floor'. It's a dreamy, sultry, slowed-down version of the 2008 dance hit. The band are just about to hit the road supporting Bloc Party on their sold out UK tour. Here's the video for 'Tw... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Jessie Ware’s latest stellar single has already received the huge disco treatment from Hot Chip... Read more » more info

Nialler9 — This one’s for dancing. Proving that Jessie Ware is at her best when remixed (see Disclosure’s amazing ‘Running’ remix), Joe Goddard injects some Hot Chip dancefloor glitter into the R&B/soul ballad of ‘Night Light’. The post Jessie Ware ... more info

Guardian Music — Watch Hot Chip perform live at BBC Maida Vale studios in London from 12.10pm BST on 2 October more info