Guardian Music — Independent record shops are more important than ever. In honour of official Record Store Day, on 16 April, we asked five artists to tell us what their favourite shop means to themIsobel Campbell, singerAmoeba Music 6400 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angele... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The third Belle and Sebastian EP, entitled 3..6..9..Seconds Of Light was released in October 1997 and got to #32 in the UK charts, thus earning the band their first ever mention on Top of The Pops during the chart rundown.The lead track takes the tun... more info

NME - Festivals — Another festival announced its headliners this week. Following on from V Festival's news recently, Latitude revealed their headliners for 2011: Suede, Paolo Nutini, and The National. It's an interesting roll call. The National are a massively underr... more info

Press Play — I've been listening to a lot of new music this week, some of which I hope to review very soon.  One such album is Hawk by Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan.  (Isobel is of Belle & Sebastian fame.)  So far this is one of the catchier albums I've hear... more info

Here Comes The Flood — SUUNS have made a video for Pie IX, a track off of their Zeroes QC album. Bible thumping bigots might offended. The dark electro drone band from Ontario will be on the road in Europe and the USA. Video: Suuns - Pie IX more info

Totally Fuzzy — Global Rock Team said... Neil Young - Harvest (1972) http://globalrockteam.blogspot.com VoodooSeb said... Jurgen Blackmore sur scene avec Deep Purple And More at : http://laplaneterock.blogspot.com G O D said... the next album in the continuing,y... more info

Guardian Music — Mega pop diva Rihanna will no doubt live up to the title of her tour, Loud (5-16 Oct, tour begins 02 Arena, SE10, livenation.co.uk) ...Mesmerising indiester Conor Oberst, aka Bright Eyes, plays a one-off UK date for his forthcoming new album The Peop... more info

Guardian Music — She's the cello-playing ex-Belle and Sebastian singer; he's the roadworn rock casualty. But as Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan tell Stevie Chick, they're more alike than you'd thinkIt's the contrasts between Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, clearly... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The weekend's top shows. Thursday Corinne Bailey Rae @ the Avalon. A Grammy darling after the bouncy coffeehouse soul single "Put Your Records On" introduced her to the world in 2006, Rae returned this year with a far deeper, complex... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming Bryan Ferry's new album, Olympia (out October 25th). Newsweek lists five reasons why actors write fiction. Singer-songwriter Isobel Campbell talks to Turn It Up about her frequent collaborations with Mark Lanegan. "The women are usua... more info