Guardian Music — Le Bataclan, ParisWith Mancunians New Order about to play their first gig since 2006 (and their first ever without bassist Peter Hook), and news from back home announcing the reformation of another seminal Manchester band, the Stone Roses, it's only ... more info

Guardian Music — Pop historian Jon Savage listens to the best of the Stone Roses and their contemporaries – from Baby Ford to the Sabres of Paradise – and creates the perfect set of baggy playlistsQuite apart from the quality of their music, the Stone Roses had a... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers have been picking their favourite albums. To end the series, Peter Robinson pines for the pop music of his pastI'm conscious that some readers, blowing into a paper bag in one hand and clutching a copy of Astral Weeks in the other, may th... more info

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

The Music Fix — Capsule Review: Electro duo's debut hits the (pri)mark. Gary K goes in search of retail therapy 2001: the year of the duo. Tragi-disco forefathers Pet Shop Boys gaze on proudly as the electro-wars fizz and burr, and their virtual offspring continue ... more info

Guardian Music — We didn't want remorse or self-pity, just a sincere – or not so sincere – 'sorry'. Here are your favourite pleas for forgivenessLast week I invited suggestions of songs about apologies. Some of you offered songs about feeling remorse, or regret, ... more info

Pop Justice — On February 5 2009 we received an email from a 14-year-old singer/producer called MNEK. We'd seen him knocking around online before that, but his email was a very good one. "I’m unsigned so there’s none of that press release bullshit," he said.... more info

Guardian Music — Fabian Ordorica wasn't born in time to enjoy disco's golden age, but his retro-dance anthems put the 'oh' in Studio 54Hometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Fabian Ordorica (music, vocals, production).The background: We've always been partial to disco, ev... more info

Guardian Music — (RCA)Incredibly, it's been nearly 10 years since Will Young won Pop Idol, since which he's become a reliable source of decent chart pop. So his decision to enlist producer Richard X and dabble with synths on his fifth album feels like a legitimate mo... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Tom Ewing ponders a pivotal Pet Shop Boys recordAs Neil Tennant has helpfully pointed out, this album is called Introspective because all its songs ... more info