Guardian Music — Producer claims Winehouse affected her vocal style, saying 'by the end … she had become just a comic character of herself'Amy Winehouse had a "fake voice", according to Portishead's Geoff Barrow, who also called the singer "Whiney Shitehouse". Barr... more info

Popdose — The letter H begins with Juliana Hatfield, Hall & Oates, PJ Harvey and more from the bottom of the '90s Hot 100. more info

The Independent — He was never a household name, yet before his untimely death, slide-guitarist Rainer Ptacek counted as fans Robert Plant, PJ Harvey and Evan Dando. Now his own rarely heard albums are set to enter circulation once more. more info

Guardian Music — Dorset has a wealth of places to hear live music, and you've a good chance of spotting the odd legend strolling around the area, perhaps on holiday, perhaps lost after a heavy after-show party. The editors of Dorset Music Guide pick their top 10 venu... more info

Prefix — Last week, we started off a list of the twenty best albums of 1992. We hit the bottom ten on ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/features/beastie-boys-green-day-pete-rock-pete-rock-cl-smooth-pj-harvey-sebadoh-sonic-youth-the-jayhaw... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Katerina Panopoulou is an untypically dark indie rock/alternative singer/songwriter from Athens, Greece. Her music has been described as a cross between PJ Harvey and Radiohead, and she has been recommended by publications such as Target Audience Ma... more info

Guardian Music — Queen of Denmark singer John Grant on his love for (and jealousy of) the great female voices The former Czars frontman plays Meltdown with Hercules & Love Affair. He released his solo debut, Queen of Denmark, in 2010 to great acclaim.What does Antony... more info

Guardian Music — Combining R&B with garage rock, this south London lot aspire to be the Motown Mary Chain or the Stax StoogesReading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: Somerset.The lineup: Carter Sharp (vocals, guitar), Jamie Bird (piano, vocals), Fil Ward (guitars, voc... more info

Guardian Music — Why huddle in a muddy field as the rain buckets down when there's live music all over your television?There comes a point in life when the "full festival experience" loses its attractiveness. For me, that happened upon arriving at a wet and muddy gat... more info

Guardian Music — Twice a week we invite independent music writers and bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today: a site 'bringing you music from the past, present and quite possibly the future'Who are you and what's your blog called?I'm Andy von Pip and I run the... more info