Guardian Music — Garage, LondonIf Manchester four-piece Delphic live up to the prophetic powers of their name, 2010 is going to be the year of the ­indie-rave revival.The band's debut album, Acolyte, is more than a nostalgic nod to their home town's illustrious da... more info

Rolling Stone — British letters have acquired a taste for rock music. Yesterday, the Royal Mail released a set of 10 special stamps featuring classic British album covers including David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, the Rolling Stones’ Let It Bleed, New Order’s Pow... more info

Guardian Music — A series of souvenir stamps has been issued by the Royal Mail celebrating such iconic British albums as Let It Bleed, London Calling and, er, A Rush of Blood to the Head?Enemies of Coldplay might not yet be able to send the band on a one-way trip to ... more info

Guardian Music — If you can marry dancefloor electronics and rock as well as Delphic, resistance is useless, says Alexis PetridisFew events in chart history have caused as much discussion as the Christmas battle between Rage Against the Machine and Joe McElderry. Ind... more info

MTV.com News — Album art from Pink Floyd, Blur and David Bowie also included.By James Montgomery Coldplay's new British stamps Photo: Royal Mail On Thursday (January 7), the U.K.'s Royal Mail unveiled a series of 10 new stamps, honoring the most iconic a... more info

Pitchfork - TV — The rising New Order acolytes bring their synths to San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill in this performance shot by . more info

The Vinyl Villain — So I'm guessing that Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands were messing around in the studio of a day, twiddling and fiddling with their knobs in an effort to create some classic new sounds. They've gone through their extensive list of contacts for folk to sing... more info

NME — Led Zeppelin, Blur, Rolling Stones, New Order feature on new stamps more info

3hive — We just included Pocket's Top 9 of 2009 in our on-going Best of 2009 lists from friends of the 'hive. Be sure to take a gander that way for his take on art, apps and laughs along with his cover of New Order's "Sub-Culture" for next year's tribute alb... more info

Guardian Music — At this time of knees-up fun, you need menacing and foreboding music – and this London trio's synth-noir should be a vigorous corrective to all that mulled wineHometown: Hackney, London.The lineup: Gabriel Gurnsey, Dominic Butler, N Colk.The b... more info