Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offPhantom Limb The Pines What modern pop has lacked recently is a band that fuses country and soul. Led by the wonderful Yolanda Quartey, Bristolians Phantom Limb do the job w... more info

ContactMusic — Singer Morrissey is stepping up his animal rights work by joining a campaign against vivisection The former The Smiths frontman was named Person of the Year by the U K branch of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Peta last month Dec11 for hi... 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

Guardian Music — The Iron Lady and the arts were never the closest of bedfellows – she took her axe to them and they rebelledIn a word, Margaret Thatcher's relationship with the arts has been ironic. By taking an axe to British culture, the former PM – making hea... more info

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Stereogum — Well, somebody‘s being cute. As the Verge reports, enterprising landscape architect Ste Allan has inserted a pixelated image of Morrissey, in classic Smiths-era recline, on Google Earth’s “your world in 3D” feature. In SketchUp, Allan created... more info

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ContactMusic — Singer Morrissey has told of his joy after he was named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Peta U K Person of the Year The vegetarian rocker banned meat products from being sold on his tour blasted Britains royal family for enjoying bloodsp.... more info

Guardian Music — While 2011 was all about cuts, the arts community puts its best foot forward in 2012 as the Olympics come to LondonThe arrival of the Olympics in London will mean that British culture is on show like never before. Commentators will be poring over wha... more info

Perez Hilton — What! How awesome would this be?? After 25 years since the split, the legendary band The Smiths, including founders Morrissey and John Marr, could be reuniting once again: "The one everybody would like to see is The Smiths and they say it's not going... more info