Guardian Music — (Fatcat)From Phil Spector to Arcade Fire, pop has often found much success in strapping a set of songs to a wind tunnel of sound, and the third Frightened Rabbit album repeats the trick again. On the uplifting Swim Until You Can't See Land, Scott Hut... more info

The Vinyl Villain — A couple of weeks back I was at a Burns Supper. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, I'll refer you to this in-depth wiki article. But to summarise, the gathering is all about celebrating the poetry and songs of a man from Ayrshire, Scot... more info

All About Jazz — One of the most recorded bassists in history, she has a purported 10,000-plus tracks to her credit You may not know Carol Kaye's name, but you know her work. You've probably heard at least a few dozen examples, and all the words, too. She spent th... more info

Radio Exile — Check out this beautifully shot video of San Francisco’s Morning Benders playing a Phil Spector influenced new song, Excuses, live in-studio. I could continue to waste ink over how great this video is, but I think the best thing to do is just watc... more info

Stereogum — Fresh off a hailed Brooklyn-debut-as-Brooklyn-residents, San Fran transplants the morning benders release this cameo-packed live take on Big Echo's opening track "Excuses," filmed by the Yours Truly crew back in the band's Bay Area home. Some brief w... more info

Guardian Music — The White Stripes front man and his latest project, the Black Belles, should beware! Rock history is littered with manager-producers who got a little too hands-onAlongside a wonderful version of Amy Winehouse's You Know I'm No Good by rockabilly lege... more info

MTV.com News — Legendary keyboardist joins Best New Artist winners on their hit song 'Chicken Fried.'By MTV News Staff Leon Russell performs at the 2010 Grammy Awards Photo: Michael Caulfield/ WireImage Leon Russell, the wispy keyboardist who guested wit... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Welcome to the first in the new series which features guest postings from a small team of correspondents. Today's words of wisdom come from John Greer, currently residing in East Lothian in Scotland, but someone who was born and raised on the other s... more info

Guardian Music — Spoken word has become a lost art in rock'n'roll – so give thanks to the White Stripes frontman for reviving the genre"I believe in vinyl records/I believe in MP3/I believe in Tutti Frutti/I believe in R&B/I believe in psychedelics/I believe i... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Dum Dum Girls are putting the ‘pop’ into Noise Pop in 2010. Having emerged early on last year the band have been slowly but surely putting out a string of great releases on split 7”s alongside bands like Graffiti Island and Crocodi... more info