Guardian Music — Deaf Institute, ManchesterIf you cross Phil Spector's 60s girl groups with west-coast pop, then throw in British C86 indie and the Jesus and Mary Chain's bittersweet walls of noise, you probably end up with California's Dum Dum Girls. The all-girl si... more info

Guardian Music — Dum Dum Girls, On tourRather than a place, US indie bands of 2011 are united by time: 1986, a moment of innocently jangling guitar and heavy reverb, and the last instance groups tried to copy the grandeur of Phil Spector's productions using the most ... more info

Guardian Music — Singer with 'no hits' joins all-star cast including Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond and Dr JohnTom Waits was inducted by Neil Young into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York on Monday night. Accepting his award at the ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria... more info

Guardian Music — Cat's Eyes, Manchester & LondonNoise rocker, unlikely fashionista, sly wit … Faris Badwan is a man of parts, and he's recently made a slightly curious decision. Rather than consolidating the breakthrough made by the MBV-style noise of the second al... more info

Guardian Music — It's not class that's a problem for the Vaccines, it's being hyped more than their catchy retro indie deservesIt's a mark of how fast music moves these days that the backlash seems to arrive almost before the band does. No sooner had the Vaccines' me... more info

ContactMusic — Jailed music mogul Phil Spector has settled his legal dispute with attorney Robert Shapiro over a $1 million (667,000) retainer fee, just days before a trial was due to begin. The famed producer was fighting to win back the staggering sum he paid ... more info

Guardian Music — Philly Soul's sweet sound hid masked warnings about growing chasms in 1970s American societyIf Motown was the sound of young black America in the 60s, the Philadelphia International record label picked up the baton in the 70s. It was, according to Cr... more info

Guardian Music — The New York Dolls' pioneering punk guitarist on his favourite ever record, his guitar heroes, and the song he first fell in love toTHE TRACK THAT REMINDS ME OF GROWING UP IN FRANCE Don't You Just Know It, Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns (1958)I w... more info

ContactMusic — Prison authorities are refusing to allow jailed music producer PHIL SPECTOR to attend court when his bid to recoup $1 million (666,700) in legal fees from a celebrity attorney goes before a jury on 7 March (11).Spector is serving 19 years behind bars... more info

Guardian Music — This Hairsprayed garage band of 'brother and sisters' are either a butch Ronettes or a gay RamonesHometown: Oakland, California.The lineup: Seth Bogart (vocals, keyboards), Shannon Shaw (bass), Michelle Santamaria (guitar), Erin Emslie (drums), Amy B... more info