I Guess I'm Floating — Many of our English readers are probably familiar with London-based The Leisure Society, the brainchild of musician Nick Hemming formerly of early 90s outfit She Talks To Angels. While Hemming has quite the decorated and diverse musical past, only r... more info

Guardian Music — Moon scoops best film and Jones best debut director at British independent film awardsAs a child, he was called Zowie Bowie. These days it's the far more sensible Duncan Jones, and tonight he emerged triumphantly from the very large shadow of his fat... more info

Undercover, Australia — A recording of previously unreleased songs sung by John Lennon is for real. Brian Koppelman, who is releasing the songs, explains to Undercover that Lennon gave him the tape in 1980 while he was working at the Hit Factory in New York. more info

Undercover, Australia — A recording claimed to be a rare and unreleased John Lennon recording session has gone on sale in the USA. more info

Guardian Music — At 16 he wrote of being an elderly 64, but at 67 Paul McCartney is still enjoying the spotlight – as well as a command of his vocal cords which makes for a remarkable contrast with croaking contemporaries such as Bob Dylan. Just as Hamburg sta... more info

Altsounds — You say you want theRevolution? Well, you know, we all want to change the music world... Tapping the reach of the Internet and a power-shifting business model, musician Julian Lennon and digital pioneers Michael Birch and Todd Meagher officially an... more info

Guardian Music — After a frosty start, the city where the Beatles grew up warms to moptop's returnIt's only 9.10pm, but it's a bitterly cold night and for some reason the doors of Hamburg's Color Line arena have opened a little late, forcing the audience to line up o... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The Beatles seems to be as popular as ever, even in our fair city. This weekend Brooklyn Bowl will host the 2nd Annual the Beatles  Complete on Ukulele Festival. Roger Greenwalt will play the entire Beatles catalog on ukulele over the course of 13... more info

Guardian Music — She was abandoned by her parents and has survived cancer twice. She was a star of Britart, but is now making feature films. She was happily married – now she is happily dating a man half her age. Sam Taylor-Wood opens up to Simon HattenstoneW... more info

Guardian Music — Celebrity obsessives are not new. But Twilight's star and boyband JLS face a new, Twitterfied breedFor those interested in the derivation of language, the word "fan" has never been much fun. You guess that it must be a shortening of "fanatic", and th... more info