Guardian Music — Venues where top bands started out are shutting down as rent rises and falling audiences spell crisis for gig promotersIt has been a weekend of Polish hip-hop and drum and bass at the Bongo Club. But even when you throw in the rock'n'roll ping pong, ... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — The Wind Up BirdsFrom: Leeds, United KingdomThe Wind-Up Birds are from Leeds. They are named after a book by Haruki Murakami. They use good Yorkshire words like owt and nowt. They write songs about independent record shops, the reality of life, the m... more info

Guardian Music — The Southbank Centre in London has curated this playlist on Spotify to mark the Meltdown 2012 festival in August, curated by Antony of Antony and the JohnsonsThis year's Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre in London is curated by the musician a... more info

Guardian Music — The smooth Sian Williams was ill-suited to the quirky Saturday Live, while James O'Brien was charm personifiedSaturday Live: (Radio 4 | iPlayer)James O'Brien (LBC)Front Row (Radio 4 | iPlayer)Saturday Live is a strange programme; which is, of course,... more info

Core News — “Essex boys The Milk bring their instruments down to Maida Vale to record a session track and Rob gets a little dusty as he digs deep into John Peel’s record collection for a special archive track. Rob continues through the alphabet, repeating cl... more info

Guardian Music — A cut-price sampler album opened the doors of perception to those with a yearning for 'progressive' musicIt cost 14s 11d (just under 75p) and changed my life. The Rock Machine Turns You On, a cut-price sampler of new tracks from the CBS label, was th... more info

Core News — “Grimes is in the building for an interview, sharing some of the musical secrets of her hometown Montreal ahead of her UK live dates. Rob gets a little dusty as he digs deep into John Peel’s record collection for a special archive session. Celebr... more info

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicIn the newsJohn Peel's record collection goes onlineCourtney Love loses rights to Kurt Cobain's imageDuran Duran to represent England in Olympics opening concertThe xx announce three intimate UK ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Legendary British DJ John Peel's record collection is going up online. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts looks at the first batch of vinyl. more info

Guardian Music — Every week I'll round up the biggest arts stories from around the web, recommend a long read and look ahead at what's coming upEach Thursday, I am going to round up the main arts stories of the week. Here's the first instalment.• It was Turner priz... more info