Guardian Music — Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonAs their triumphal end-of-tour show draws to an end, Bonnie "Prince" Billy – the profane, witty, riveting enigma also known as Will Oldham – is on his knees, serenading Trembling Bells's Lavinia Blackwall, an angel-v... more info

Totally Fuzzy — DOUBLE AVENUE said... Z'EV - Heads & Tales (1996) All compositions by Z'EV (Stefan Joel Weisser). Recorded by Wharton Tiers & Z'EV. Mixed by Glenn Branca, Wharton Tiers & Z'EV. Produced at Fun City 16/19 Aug. & 23/25 Aug. 1993. >>> Link320k HEADS com... more info

Guardian Music — Britain's record at soundtracking sporting events is woeful. So who better to reclaim some glory in front of a global audience than east London's heavy-metal overlords?After tackling such unedifying questions as whether a sausage roll can get more fa... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Man City-mad Noel Gallagher had a sore head from the post-derby match tear-up when he bumped into his side's newest star Patrick Vieira at Manchester's Radisson hotel yesterday.Noel, Freddie Flintoff, M People founder Mike Pickering and an army of Ci... more info

Guardian Music — • Rapper is first woman to win award for seven years• Sales surge predicted for debut album Speech TherapySpeech Debelle won this year's Barclays Mercury music prize last night, making her the first woman in seven years to scoop the covet... more info

Battery In your Leg — Ahhh the Mercury Prize. Supposedly the more respectable award in comparison to its commercial peers, it has also become an infuriatingly inconsistent and sometimes hilariously out of touch honor. Lest we forget, they handed out an award to M People o... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, London NW1It's that time of year again. Feigning astonishment at the nominations for the annual Mercury Prize is as inevitable as the boom in demand for wellies during festival season. So while last week's strong showing by a pleasingly w... more info

ContactMusic — Singer Heather Small has become the eighth contestant to be voted off the current series of Strictly Come Dancing.The former M People star and dance partner ... more info

BBC News - UK — Former M People singer Heather Small becomes the latest celebrity to be voted off the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. more info

Guardian Music — If the Polaris Music Prize is to be taken seriously, it should be a bit more daring in its decisions, like the Mercury prize. Where are the 'WTF' winners, like, er, M People? more info