Guardian Music — 6 December: From Lil Wayne to African shangaan electro, the Count & Sinden provide you with a festive playlistThe Count & Sinden are next up on our 24 Plays of Christmas feature, one of several Domino and Warp acts to bring you a festive list of song... more info

Guardian Music — For 10 years, All Tomorrow's Parties has been luring stars and fans alike to a Butlins in Somerset. Johnny Davis finds out the secret of its successEarlier this year, Matt Groening spent a weekend at Butlins. "I really couldn't get my head round the ... more info

Guardian Music — This dour duo from New York are only happy when it rains. In a cemetery. Preferably after dark ...Hometown: New York.The lineup: Sean Kilfoyle (vocals, guitar), Amalie Bruun (vocals).The background: Tis the season to be ... jolly miserable, actually.... more info

Guardian Music — When bands split now they enter the revolving-door afterlife familiar to superheroes and soap villians – it's only a matter of time before they're backMy first reunion gig was the Velvet Underground in 1993. At the time, bands didn't reunite much: ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Walker said... Dancehall'69- 40 Skinhead Reggae Rarities from Trojan. Thanks FC. http://burningaquarium.blogspot.com Capt. Willard said... * WE'RE LATE FOR CLASS "The Air In Another Country (Soundtrack To An East Berlin Spaghetti Western)" Drug Musi... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Yup...I'm in there. Left hand side. Grey t-shirt. Baldier than I like to think I am. Way fatter than I'd like to be. But at 47, I can still get up on a dance floor with the best of them.The occasion was the latest Nationalpopleague event, compered b... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Whether it's for Noel Gallagher's love of U2, Alan McGee confusing commuters as he parties away at 7am or his bromance with Bobby Gillespie, Upside Down is the ultimate documentary for music lovers.If you have any of the following on your iPod… Jes... more info

Bradley's Almanac — In the hypothetical world where I'm actually able to post things in a timely manner, I would've shared this live set early last month in honor of the third edition of ATP NY in the Catskills. That was the plan, anyway. While I didn't attend this yea... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The story of Britpop is told in a fascinating film about Creation Records and its maverick founder, Alan McGee.Is it a cautionary tale? Is it a celebration of one of the music industry's most unlikely entrepreneurs? Is it an exercise in Britpop nosta... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Ben Curtis of School of Seven Bells talks to Spoonfed. Then again, being mentioned in the same breath as bands like My Bloody Valentine and the Cocteau Twins can't be so bad. "I honestly can't think of two better words... more info