Guardian Music — Deaf Institute, Manchester"Is everyone alright up there?" asks Roddy Frame, eyeing the venue's miniscule balcony. "It's just like the Palladium in here." Hardly, but the Scottish singer-songwriter has been daring to dream ever since his old band Azte... more info

ContactMusic — Outspoken rocker Morrissey is convinced he is ridiculed for voicing his opinions on current affairs and fears he is now known only as a bigmouth The former The Smiths frontman has strong views on a number of topics from animal rights to Britains roya... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Katharine Viner explains her hunger for the Smiths' second albumIt would be easy to be appalled by the Smiths if you came across them now. There is Morrissey's tendency for unpleasant Little Engla... more info

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Guardian Music — Featuring pig-skin drums and sampled oinks, this is one of the strangest albums you'll hear this year (or any other)We've covered avant-garde musician Matthew Herbert's One Pig project – in which he records the lifecycle of a pig from birth to slau... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher has helped present the breakfast show on Absolute Radio, pouring forth wisdom on life, the universe and everything.Love him or loathe him, but Noel Gallagher makes for entertaining company. With his debut solo album almost upon us, the... more info

Guardian Music — Singer moves beyond Pulp to take a 'broad commissioning role' with upmarket publisherHome to 12 Nobel laureates and six Booker prize winners, venerable publisher Faber & Faber is now looking to bring a little Britpop magic to its list after hiring Pu... more info

ContactMusic — Singer Morrissey sent his nephew to a book launch to publicly rebut a claim the rocker used vocal-correction technology on his most recent album A special event was held in the British stars hometown of Manchester England on Friday 07Oct11 to mark th... more info