Impose Magazine — MJ MJ records cannot stress enough that you should smoke weed while listening to Serious Sauce Vol 2, a tape of beat productions by Slyy, the guy responsible for producing many of Massachusetts' White Hause crew's finest head music releases, ... more info

Guardian Music — Tricky's unlikely collaboration with Beyoncé was just the start, as Morcheeba and co set the production tone for 2011When Beyoncé headlined Glastonbury earlier this summer, the biggest surprise wasn't that she managed to pull it off – in spite of... more info

Impose Magazine — Bago is LA's downtempo answer to Portishead or the next Adele to be discovered. It's tough to say, considering the limited information available on this new singer. Her song "Bag On The Bottle" was produced by Alexander Spit. Al Lover remi... more info

Guardian Music — 100 Club, LondonWith the R&B world still reeling from the loss of its last great innovator, eyes turn to Hackney-via-Ireland soul rapper Maverick Sabre to step into Amy's teetering stilettos. He has shown early promise: his cameo on Professor Green's... more info

Guardian Music — Alexandra Palace, LondonI'll Be Your Mirror is the new sister festival of All Tomorrow's Parties, neatly taking its moniker from the B-side of the Velvet Underground single after which the parent festival was named. Spread over two days, this inaugur... more info

ContactMusic — Portishead don't play some of their songs live because they think the audience "would go to sleep. "The group's founder, Geoff Barrow, admits they leave some tracks from their 2008 album 'Third' out of performances, because he doesn't feel they would... more info

NME — Producer/musician also slams Bruno Mars in festival rant more info

Guardian Music — ATP: I'll Be Your Mirror, LondonIn the past 10 years, the ATP organisation has written its own job description, pioneering the experimental residential festival, and, with Don't Look Back, attempting to create the credible greatest hits gig. I'll Be ... more info

NME — Singer Amy Lee reveals electro influence on self-titled new LP more info

Guardian Music — The Slaughtered Lamb, LondonCanyon in the Rain. Ballad of the Pines. Valley of the Silver Moon. Dappling country twanglers full of "divine lakes" where "the beaver still chops the pine". The music of North Carolina folkie Jonathan Wilson paints such ... more info