Guardian Music — Listen to 35 new tracks from around the world, as chosen by the Guardian and other bloggers in the Music Alliance PactEvery month, 35 music bloggers from around the world, operating together as the Music Allliance Pact, simultaneously post a favourit... more info

Guardian Music — Inspired by a trip to the Joshua Tree, the new conceptual double album by M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, is likely to polarise fans'I am very happy," Anthony Gonzalez, aka M83, reassures me twice during our interview, lest the recurring themes of solitud... more info

Guardian Music — This Nottingham band's attempt to revive shoegaze isn't the wispy waffle you might expect – in fact, we really like itHometown: Nottingham.The lineup: Katty Heath (vocals), Rob McCleary (vocals), Karl Skivington (guitar), Chris Moore (guitar), Matt... more info

Guardian Music — Swirling garage rock'n'roll, plenty of stentorian booming and a music industry in thrall to their organs (all three of them)Hometown: Guildford.The lineup: James Geard (vocals, organ), Nick Benton (guitars, organ), Jack James (guitars, organ), Ed Kir... more info

Guardian Music — Director of Mysterious Skin and Kaboom is keeping indie pop alive by featuring new music and remixes by his favourite bandsThis week sees the DVD release of two films from the singular talent of Gregg Araki: 1993's Totally Fucked Up and Kaboom, his m... more info

Guardian Music — Warm Brains, LondonThere are a million shades to a British indie rock occasionally thought of as uniformly grey, and whether as producer or musician, Rory Attwell has roamed across this spectrum. A one-time member of the shortlived Test Icicles and l... more info

Guardian Music — (AC30)Anyone growing old waiting for My Bloody Valentine's Loveless remasters to come out will find this compilation a diverting stopgap. Texans Ringo Deathstarr (ouch) released their debut album of homages to the Valentines and the Jesus and Mary Ch... more info

Guardian Music — Does it matter if this London band's miasmic music is a retread of a copy of a facsimile? Not when it sounds this good ...Hometown: London.The lineup: Thom Hill (guitar), Linda Jarvis (vocals), plus band.The background: Echo Lake are a five-piece fro... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Kompakt / 2000Difficult to know how to write about an LP that has sat in our player for quite a few weeks now and has simply refused to be removed...Yep, 'Oasis' is one of those albums that will absorb you to such great depths that your other CD's an... more info

Guardian Music — We might have expected it of Prince or Jay-Z, but everyone from Nirvana to Chad VanGaalen has sung in praise of the mimsyOn paper, there's little that links Calgary lo-fi trouper Chad VanGaalen with Kanye West: one is Canadian label Flemish Eye's big... more info