Guardian Music — The serial backroom boy is finally stepping out of the shadowsHometown: Lewisham.The lineup: Kwesi Sey (vocals, music).The background: although the area of music he operates in couldn't be more different, Kwes is one of those backroom types like Emel... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Mark Uyl Anneke van Giersbergen has dropped the "Agua de Annique" bit and releases her new album under her own name. A seasoned veteran in the Dutch music scene she has returned the big sound that sounds familiar for fans of The Gathering, th... more info

Guardian Music — Jazz Cafe, LondonPop stars become producers, but producers rarely become pop stars. Mark Ronson, for one, has unintentionally demonstrated the pitfalls awaiting studio wizards who step from behind the mixing console to centre-stage, only to find them... more info

Guardian Music — Format, Pet Shop Boys' new B-sides collection, shows how clever artists can make pop gold from a single's flipsideThe one-word titles of Pet Shop Boys albums always repay a second look and so it proves with Format, the name of their second volume of ... more info

DrownedInSound — There’s no denying Format was made by pop geniuses; maybe pop geniuses being slightly hit and miss, but that’s still pretty good. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Perez Hilton — If you like the Pet Shop Boys, then you will really dig this! Donkeyboy are back! Their new single, City Boy, is ear PSB-inspired ear candy! Synth gay pop heaven! Check it out above! Then CLICK HERE to listen to more music from the Norwegian band! more info

Guardian Music — This duo claim to be influenced by 'the deepest, darkest corners of dance' – and not the bit between the cloakroom and the looHometown: London.The lineup: Ria Berlin (vocals) and Uwe Doll (production).The background: It's not unusual for us to end ... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offPhantom Limb The Pines What modern pop has lacked recently is a band that fuses country and soul. Led by the wonderful Yolanda Quartey, Bristolians Phantom Limb do the job w... more info

Guardian Music — (thirdworlds.net - free download)What with a name like that, a vocal style that's modelled on an aggressive drill sergeant and an interest in industrial noise, you could be forgiven for imagining that Death Grips are a hardcore hip-hop act designed t... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Today's Live Performance comes courtesy of British Synth Poppers the Pet Shop Boys. Their full set on Glasto 2010. Perennial pop treasures Pet Shop Boys return to Glastonbury 10 years after their last triumphant visit. The duo of Neil Tennant a... more info