Guardian Music — When BBC 6 Music was at risk, the backlash was loud and effective. Now students and the welfare state are under fire, musicians and DJs have nothing to sayFirst they came for BBC 6 Music, and everyone who had ever looked at a guitar, never mind playe... more info

Guardian Music — Manchester's answer to Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes creates upbeat rave'n'b fantasies that belie her own traumatic historyHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Jodie Connor (vocals).The background: Like Jessie J – a brand! new! act! who hasn't actually appeare... more info

XLR8R — A couple weeks back we got word of the first DFA release from electro-pop project Discodeine, a collaboration between French producers Pentile and Pilooski. read more more info

Guardian Music — When Jarvis Cocker flies in to Dingle for the Other Voices festival tonight, he will be part of a trial that could make InTunes the first Irish technology company on the Nasdaq in 10 yearsThe picturesque town of Dingle is the gateway to one of the mo... more info

Guardian Music — 'The tape that made my daughter scream'Here's a sentence you don't read every day: last Sunday afternoon, our kitchen was brought to a standstill by the sound of a broken-down fairground ride with its calliope in a state of terrible disrepair wheezin... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Liam Gallagher says he’s no longer a rock wild man after giving up booze and parties.Mad for it Liam is bored of late nights and finally feels ready to rid his life of Cigarettes and Alcohol.But the singer, 38, had a final fling watching hedonistic... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Dark powerpop from Argentina. The self-titled album by Baby Scream is an album with lush arrangements, folk musings, lounge lizard piano bits and great melodies that will go down well with fans of Jordan Galland, Jarvis Cocker, and The Real Tuesday... more info

Guardian Music — Former Kinks singer 'thrilled' to take control of the Southbank Centre's 18th annual festival, promising to forge a 'musical bridge between past, present and future'Ray Davies has been appointed artistic director of next year's Meltdown festival at t... more info

XLR8R — French producers Pentile and Pilooski (a.k.a. Discodeine) have just announced that their first single, titled "Synchronize," will be released December 6 on DFA/DIRTY, and will feature Brit-pop crooner Jarvis Cocker on vocals. Discodeine will also be ... more info

Guardian Music — Radio 2How Roald Dahl Shaped Pop (Radio 2) was full of peculiar and often upside-down compliments. "Not everything's nice," was how Jarvis Cocker summed up Dahl's writing. "His stuff was really sick and twisted," enthused Kate Nash. It features, said... more info