Altsounds — *Trumans Water* One of the last bastion's of 90's indie: Truman's Water; the unheralded gods of awkward beefheart-inspired indie-noise, inspiring everyone from titans of indie-rock Pavement and Nirvana down to I'm Being Good and The Cribs. Havin... more info

NME - The Video Blog — The Strokes spoke to TDK recently about the art of the mixtape, from selecting tracks to recording off the radio and drawing their own artwork. Their early mixtapes apparently featured Nirvana, Poison, Frank Sinatra, Radiohead and, in the case of one... more info

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonDressed in a plaid shirt, lank hair flopping over his face, David Longstreth could be the frontman for a Nirvana tribute band. It's a jarring image, because Dirty Projectors' art-rock is the antithesis of grunge, its textures sinuous and ... more info

Guardian Music — Photographer whose portraits of rock and TV stars bypassed celebrity pomposityHugo Dixon, who has died of cancer aged 46, was the sort of photographer editors knew they could rely on. His professional career spanned two decades, best illustrated by t... more info

KEXP Seattle — Until recently, The Vaselines may just have been known as a blip in musical history. Their recording career spanned from 1987 to 1989, releasing two EPs, Son of a Gun and Dying for It, and one full-length album, Dum-Dum. The band found greater expos... more info

Totally Fuzzy — jofel said... The five best harmonica songs - J. Geils Band : Whammer Jammer - Canned Heat : On The Road Again - Neil Young : Heart Of Gold - Bob Dylan : Just Like A Woman - Armand : Ben Ik Te Min http://pulsatta.blogspot.com arthurfromholland said.... more info

Guardian Music — You can't fault the way in which they reinvent themselves, but boybands have little to do with pop musicWell-groomed, dancing, crooning boybands of all ages are certainly on top at the moment. The boyband, more singing celebrities fronting a coordina... more info

Guardian Music — How a Californian kid got generations laughing at pop stars and why he's appearing in EuropeIt's 1976, and a 16-year old kid from southern California named Alfred Yankovic has just come face to face with one of his heroes. Dr Demento is a record coll... more info

Guardian Music — How did the painfully shy son of a Dutch minister become one of the world's hottest rock photographers – and now a celebrated director? Anton Corbijn talks to Stuart JeffriesIn the years since he used his dad's camera to snap an obscure prog-rock... more info

Altsounds — Devon-born Josh Bray is an emerging folk-blues talent who will be releasinghis debut EP 'Whisky & Wool' on 6th December, 2010 on NewTide Records as a precursor to his debut album. Growing up in Dorset, he spent his time listening to the likes of P... more info