Guardian Music — Forum, LondonThe new year invariably brings with it copious frantic searches for rock's next big thing, but this free Radio 1-sponsored new talent night, compered by Zane Lowe, was a curate's egg. Its inconsistencies were lost on Lowe, however; his ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — VINYL OBSCURITY said... obscure UK new wave group KINGDOMS 12" single Heartland just posted to::: http://vinylobscurity.blogspot.com Robert said... Kiss - 2010-03-02 - O2 Academy Islington London. "In Your Face". Johnny Winter - 1980-04-10 - Roslyn ... more info

Guardian Music — Björk has come out of her hiatus to lay down some vocals in support of Iceland's environmentalistsIn Iceland, 6 January is known as Thretándinn, the last day of Christmas, when, according to folklore, supernatural beings come out from their hidden ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Sakalli said... Grobschnitt - Die Grobschnitt Story 1 (@256) Grateful Dead - Nightfall of Diamonds (Live 1989) (@256) http://www.sakalli.info The PopCulturist said... New today on The Rare Stuff: The Henrys (with Mary Margaret O'Hara) - Chasing Grac... more info

Kings of A&R — Check out the track Mr. Hollywood and In the Green Room by UK indie act Moon Visionaries. The band will perform at Proud in London on Sunday, 30 January. For fans of Joy Division, Cold War Kids, etc. contact: carsten.windhorst@googlemail.com more info

Perez Hilton — Yeah, Björk likes karaoke. So what? Wanna fight about it?! And guess what? It's pretty rad! Check out Björk at a three-day karaoke charity event, belting out Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart. (above) Thoughts? more info

Stereogum — When we had our 2010 staff Holiday party I “sang” “Love Will Tear Us Apart” and “sounded liked an Eastern European guy who’d never heard the song before.” Björk does a better job. She gave it a go last week at the three-day Karaoke Mar... more info

Guardian Music — If your children insist on listening to Justin Bieber, get out your old record collection ...Not long ago, my 11-year-old daughter Cathleen asked me to download Justin Bieber's latest song for her. "Who is Justin Bieber?" I asked, slowly, in the mann... more info

Guardian Music — The fifteen-minute segments of celebrated broadcaster's Radio 1 Night Ride will also be available as podcastsThe late John Peel is returning to the airwaves, as the BBC's 6 Music broadcasts some of the DJ's finest moments in championing scores of ban... more info

Guardian Music — From concerts in former Masonic temples to turning down the chance to sing Joy Division songs with Hooky ... it's a hard life being an indie professor but someone's got to do itHey there indie professor! As the year comes to a close, everyone is rele... more info