Guardian Music — The band T-shirt is a phenomenon that not only gives teenagers a sense of belonging, as Jude Rogers discovered – it's also about adults holding on to the passions of youthMy first was REM. It was white, loose, and had a chequerboard on the front. I... more info

Swedesplease — More electronica, this time of the space age variety; trippy and interstellar. What begins with a muted Miles Davis solo quickly becomes a diaspora of synthy beats, weird samples, and otherworldly chants. Here’s “The Icarus Vessel” from the alb... more info

Nialler9 — It was coming all year. A 2 hour Essential mix from Jamie xx that starts with Orbital’s ‘Belfast’ and continues with Gil Scott Heron interludes, tracks from James Blake soundalike Ifan Dafydd, Koreless, Floating Points, Fantastic Mr. Fox, New ... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Photo by Mischa Richter Jamie xx hopped on the decks to spin a two-hour BBC Essential Mix last night. There's plenty of choice cuts-- stick around until the very end, though, when he drops his own remix of Radiohead's The King of Limbs cut "Bloom", w... more info

Guardian Music — 25 June 1994: Number 28 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicYou barely notice pivotal moments when they're happening. Not so at the Glastonbury festival on the night of Saturday 25 June 1994 when the NME Stage experimented... more info

Guardian Music — Trio of executives who work as a team to secure the finest pop talent and develop their brands globallyLabel executives: CEO Warner Music Europe, CEO Warner Music UK, ­chairman of Atlantic Records UKOur panel felt these three executives merited a si... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I only just read JC's post about his best friend's death from lukaemia and that he won't be blogging until the end of this month. I've also read the comments on the post. But I thought that we could do more to show support. I'd like anyone reading t... more info

Unreality Music — On the 12th of March, Valencia will hold a new MTV Winter Festival's edition at the impressive architectural complex of The City of Arts and Sciences. Artists such as Franz Ferdinand, Arctic M... more info

Altsounds — Beautifully packaged, with 60 meticulously selected chill-out cuts from some of the best chill-out artists of a generation, with Aeroplane, Chilly Gonzales, Zero 7, Electribe 101, Vangelis, Leftfield, Groove Armada, Nightmares On Wax, alongside some ... more info

Guardian Music — We were expecting this lot to be electroclash synth terrorists, but their mildly euphoric trance-dance sounds like a softer OrbitalHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Callum and George.The background: We get plenty of positive feedback up here at New Ba... more info