Guardian Music — • The Strokes take top spot in NME list with Is This It• Libertines debut Up The Bracket is best British entryNew York rockers The Strokes have topped a list of the best albums of the decade, beating British indie stars – and tablo... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about music inspired by too many taurine-based beverages. This time we want you to suggest songs that are begging for itWhen it comes to last week's thread, as the man once said, "I feel good". And as he also said, "yyyyyyyyyaaaaaaa... more info

Silent Uproar — Jerry Fuchs, a drummer who has performed with !!!, The Juan MacLean, LCD Soundsystem and Maserati, died Sunday after a fall down an elevator shaft at a benefit event in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Fuchs passed away at Bellevue Hospital around 3:30 am. [n... more info

NME — Musicians express disbelief at 34-year-old's fatal elevator accident more info

Nialler9 — This week taking in new album tracks from Stricken City and Daniel Johnston, new singles from LCD Soundsystem, Two Door Cinema Club, Four Tet, Yeasayer and Kid Sister as well as a Hypnotic Brass Ensemble-bolstered version of Golden Silvers’ ‘Ar... more info

CNN Showbiz — Thirty-four-year-old Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs, a beloved fixture of both the New York and Athens, Georgia, rock scenes who played with LCD Soundsystem, !!! (pronounced Chk Chk Chk), Turing Machine, MSTRKRFT, and The Juan MacLean, died Saturday night af... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Adam BuebGerhardt “Jerry” Fuchs, a drummer for indie-rock bands like !!!, the Juan MacLean and most recently Maserati, died early Sunday morning, November 8th, after falling down an elevator shaft. Fuchs was 34. LCD Soundsystem’s James M... more info

Guardian Music — Canadian hardcore punks Fucked Up are to feed the world with help from Vampire Weekend, TV On the Radio and Broken Social SceneCelebrated Canadian hardcore group Fucked Up are to re-record Do They Know It's Christmas, mounting a charity benefit with ... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEKEmalkay When I Look At You (Dub Police) Lately, dubstep has opened its heart, and for the scene's most progressive producers, juddering sub bass is now just one dark shade to be applied from a vivid colour palette. Birmingham's Emalka... more info

Guardian Music — This curiously monikered electro-pop wunderkind makes intelligent dance music influenced by cerebral New York disco types like Talking Heads and LCD SoundsystemHometown: New York.The lineup: Chris Glover (vocals, instruments, production).The backgrou... more info