DrownedInSound — Fresh from Metronomy taking the number 10 spot in the DiS Albums Of The Year, we called-up a buoyant Joseph to break the big news to him and to unearth more about one of the most celebrated albums of last year... Read the full story on Drowned... more info

Guardian Music — French duo Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay get a makeover courtesy of the London DJYou know you've made it when you've had an Erol Alkan remix. His latest clients – joining the likes of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Metronomy and Franz Ferdinand – are Fren... more info

Guardian Music — Other acts confirmed for California desert event include Pulp, Florence + the Machine and Noel Gallagher's High Flying BirdsRadiohead, Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg are to headline this year's Coachella festival in California. The event takes place in the de... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — It's time to break the radio silence on BTA, and bring you my best albums and tracks of the year 2011. A year that belonged to Ms. Harvey. Since Let England Shake was released early in the year no-one else had a chance.Top 10 Albums:10. Big Deal ... more info

Guardian Music — The top 40 tracks of the year, as voted for by Guardian writers1 Lana Del Rey – Video Games2 Azealia Banks – 2123 Tyler, the Creator – Yonkers4 Joe Goddard – Gabriel ft Valentina5 Frank Ocean – Swim Good6 Nicki Minaj – Super Bass7 BeyoncÃ... more info

Guardian Music — You've seen our top 50 albums of the year. But what did Guardian critics' individual lists look like?Here's the full list of votes from our critics. We asked them for their top 10 albums and tracks of 2011. Then we tallied up their votes, awarding 10... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — In the first of our festive interviews the Metronomy main man talks R Kelly, Call Of Duty, Wham! and the meaning of Christmas What have you got lined up for Christmas this year? It’s my first Christmas as an uncle so I’m going to have to slip in... more info

Guardian Music — Highlights from the last seven days in the world of musicNewsBlur to receive outstanding contribution prize at the 2012 Brit awardsGuns N' Roses and Red Hot Chili Peppers for Rock and Roll Hall of FameAfghan Whigs reunite for All Tomorrow's PartiesAn... more info

Guardian Music — In returning to his roots, Joe Mount pursued a more pastoral direction for Metronomy's third album – and found his voiceEarly in their career, most standup comedians go through a process known as "finding their voice". Having got into performing to... more info

Guardian Music — Digital Advent calendars are spilling from behind every digital door this yearAnd, lo, December begins and digital-minded folk everywhere have the same idea: to create an interactive musical Advent calendar. As ever, some miss the point: music video ... more info