Guardian Music — (Memphis Industries)Released in the UK without much screaming and shouting in the autumn, CEG's debut mined the quintessentially American wells of 90s alt-rock and road-trip imagery to create one of the best first albums of 2009. Not many people seem... more info
Guardian Music — With Buddhist chants and psychedlic battlecries, Dead Skeletons are the perfect outlet for the troubled Brian Jonestown Massacre frontmanWhat can you say about the Brian Jonestown Massacre leader Anton Newcombe that hasn't already been documented ext... more info
Guardian Music — Tired of being pestered by Stone Roses/Smiths reunion rumours, the pair are to form a Mancunian soundtrack supergroup insteadIan Brown and Johnny Marr are to team up, recording music for three television dramas. The former Stone Roses frontman and th... more info
Star Online, Malaysia — Meet (from left) Lee Chow Kit, Piramli Bakar and Jegathesan Mani, fast friends from the day they were born, Aug 31, 1957. They're characters in a new TV series that hopes to show that Merdeka is all about the bonds of friendship. more info
Mani urged British bands to "try harder".He said:"Twenty years on The Stone Roses' are still fresh and stand out amidst a torrent of mediocrity,dull as dishwater,unimaginative music. more info