Guardian Music — Tallinn Music Week suggested the Baltic states will be the next region to burst on to the European music sceneIt was clear right from the start that last week's Tallinn Music Week was not your ordinary music festival – and Estonia not your average ... more info

ContactMusic — Adele Pj Harvey and Kate Bush are set to battle it out for the top pop prize at Britains 2012 South Bank Sky Arts Awards The soul sensations album 21 faces stiff competition from veteran acts Harvey and Bush who have been nominated for their latest r... more info

Guardian Music — This rapper's radical new sound suggests a hip-hop Trout Mask Replica or SwordfishtrombonesHometown: Detroit.The lineup: Daniel Sewell (vocals, music).The background: The closer we listen, the more it occurs what a classic year 2011 was. Not in rock ... more info

Guardian Music — In denying EMA, St Vincent and Anna Calvi a link to their male forebears, the music press is guilty of keeping rock dividedWho owns rock? It was a woman, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who subverted sacred music with the secular to forge one of the first roc... more info

Totally Fuzzy — After performing with the xx, Yuck, Male Bonding, Warpaint, and former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur, London-based Irish sister duo 2:54 have signed to Fat Possum. Their woozy debut EP, Scarlet, which drops stateside Monday (it's been out in... more info

ContactMusic — The Horrors rocker Tom Cowan was baffled when his band won a top prize at the Nme Awards - because he was rooting for Pj Harvey to take the trophy The British group scooped Best Album for Skying at the London ceremony on Wednesday 29Feb12 but Cowan i... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)It's 20 years since instrumental post-rock trio Dirty Three formed in Melbourne. Between them, violinist Warren Ellis, guitarist Mick Turner and drummer Jim White have played with some of rock's most revered acts, from Nick Cave to PJ Ha... more info

Guardian Music — Boca Singles Club, BristolVinyl's stubborn refusal to die is one of the more surprising (and gratifying) outcomes of the many revolutions that have overtaken the music industry in recent years. Its ability to survive, nay thrive, is celebrated this F... more info

Guardian Music — This was never going to be a year to branch out. These days the record industry's shindig has an eye for commercial successEarlier this week, a blog called Yes It's Number One spotted that an enterprising soul had uploaded the 1989 Brit Awards in the... more info

Pop Justice — As you may have noticed, the Brits are happening tonight. The shortlists this year are pretty shocking in the main (where is Sak Noel in International Male?!?) but from the options we've been given we've picked our winners, and we've also taken a gu... more info