Guardian Music — This week's Mercury prize nominations were widely judged to be straight and safe. Here our critics suggest 12 records that should have made the listPlayin' Me Cooly G (Hyperdub)It sells itself as qualitative judgment and always arrives wreathed in a ... more info

Dlisted — Kerry Katona (32) Pippa Middleton (29) Foxy Brown (34) Cisco Adler (34) Naomie Harris (36) Justin Whalin (38) Nina Persson (38) Justina Machado (40) Idris Elba (40) Anika Noni Rose (40) Dolores O'Riordan (41) CeCe Peniston (43) Macy Gray (45) Ro... more info

Totally Fuzzy — What if? Hah! What ifs are good to play with. What if Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green and Pink Floyd founder Syd Barret would both have withdrawn together into some cabin in Finland? These guys - Kiki Pau - are currently in Länsi-Herttoniemi, an... more info

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonEvery music movement has its pioneers and its parasites. It was Bush's grave misfortune to be viewed as the ultimate bandwagon-jumping opportunists of the early 90s grunge scene, with the London band being dismissed in their native land a... more info

ContactMusic — Pink Floyd star Roger Waters Peter Gabriel and Holes Patty Schemel have added their voices to the chorus of support for the jailed members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot Feminist rockers Nadezhda T... more info

Guardian Music — Bands such as the Von Hertzen Brothers, Gazpacho and Touchstone suggest the spirit of prog lives on. That's why I'm honoured to be hosting the first ever progressive music awardsIt was all Murray Sim's fault. He lived near me on the outskirts of Edin... more info

Nialler9 — Watch the Trinity Orchestra perform ‘Time’ and ‘Breathe (Reprise)’ from Dark Side Of The Moon from their gig in Christ Church Cathedral last month. You can catch this show on Saturday September 1st at Electric Picnic. Previously, the student-... more info

Starpulse — Fans of British singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran have angered Pink Floyd's loyal devotees after failing to realise his performance of the rockers' classic tune "Wish You Were Here" at the London Olympi... more info

ContactMusic — Fans of British singersongwriter Ed Sheeran have angered Pink Floyds loyal devotees after failing to realise his performance of the rockers classic tune Wish You Were Here at the London Olympics Closing Ceremony was a cover S... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Oasis, One Direction and the Spice Girls were the top three artists streamed via Last.fm following the Olympic Closing Ceremony according to data from the digital music service.By recording trends in ‘scrobbling’ - where Last.fm keeps a record of... more info