Guardian Music — Fans of Cohen, Cave and Cash should like this low-voiced singer. But others may find his sub-Beefheart bass plumbs new depthsHometown: London.The lineup: Gabriel Bruce (vocals, keyboards).The background: Gabriel Bruce has been recommended to us by a ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — With apologies to ctel who is most certainly not a fan......Taken from The White Room, a relatively short-live and much missed Channel 4 programme fronted by Mark Radcliffe. mp3 : Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee (live on the 'White Room')mp3... more info

Guardian Music — There's fire and brimstone all over this 22-year-old bluesman's music. But does he do any more than ape his heroes?Hometown: South London.The lineup: Jamie N Commons (vocals, guitar).The background: What is it with today's boys and girls that they wa... more info

Guardian Music — The director-turned-musician turns editor for this week's Film & MusicFive things we learnt from David Lynch's stint as editorSometimes a fish will tell you how it wants to be cookedThe block-and-tackle is a mysterious and powerful deviceDuran Duran ... more info

Guardian Music — Thanks to your herculean efforts this week, we can dust off and put on display a rich list of historical recordsIt's been a week of excavation, a playlist painstakingly pieced together with valuable and neglected fragments covered by millennia of dus... more info

Guardian Music — Frontman Wayne Coyne says Lips are working on new songs with former Bad Seed – and other artists – and hope to collate results on April albumThe Flaming Lips have revealed they are working on a "collection of songs" with Nick Cave. As the band un... more info

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Guardian Music — Bears, balloons, and dolls that look like Nick Cave. You were game for songs about toysHey, kids! Enjoy it while you can. Last week I asked you to nominate the best songs about toys. And it seems that the temporary nature of play – and of childhood... more info

Guardian Music — When his brothers formed British Sea Power, Roy Wilkinson became band manager and their dad became their No 1 fan. But his zealotry was overpowering, and finally Roy had to choose between rock and fatherhoodAs my father neared his 80th birthday, he f... more info