Guardian Music — Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same – Dorian Lynskey says consider yourself ... warned!To find, at an impressionable age, a record that not only exp... more info

Guardian Music — Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same – Paul MacInnes explains why James Murphy's masterpiece makes him go 'absolutely bananas'LCD Soundsystem's ... more info

ContactMusic — Rapper Snoop Dogg will be honoured at the Bmi Urban Awards later this month (Aug11). The Gin and Juice hitmaker will be bestowed with the Bmi Icon title, previously awarded to James Brown, George Clinton, Willie Nelson and Al Green. The event honours... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel has guest edited this month's Mojo Magazine, which is on the shelves now. The magazine also comes with a personally compiled covermount CD titled 'Well... All Right!' which features artists as diverse as Nina Simone, Black Mountain, Yage and Buf... more info

Guardian Music — (Vintage Trouble)LA four-piece Vintage Trouble briefly featured in the top 10 worldwide trending topics on Twitter in April after an incendiary appearance on Later ... With Jools Holland. Singer Ty Taylor gyrated and whooped like a young James Brown,... more info

Guardian Music — In Otis Redding's hands, Try a Little Tenderness fires a secular devotion that is every bit as intense as its spiritual cousinOf all the great soul singers, perhaps Solomon Burke is most famed for bringing the fervour of the church to his recordings... more info

ContactMusic — Soul II Soul star Jazzie B says James Brown treated him like a "little brother". The DJ, producer and singer worked with James - known as the 'Godfather of Soul' - on one of his albums as well as touring with him, and reveals the star really took him... more info

Popdose — James Brown got all of the headlines, be they for his fancy moves, his fancier suits or his brushes with the law. But the JB Horns, those great groovers who provided the punctuation to every grunt, gasp and squeal, remain an underrated element to the... more info

NME — Wonder joins Aretha Franklin and James Brown more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Several months back my pal Duke had a group over to his house to check out a James Brown concert DVD he’d just picked up. Afterwards the discussion turned to recent vinyl finds at the Rose Bowl Flea Market; during which Duke broke out an LP that di... more info