Guardian Music — As Primal Scream prepare to play the full Screamadelica album live after 20 years, Caspar Llewellyn Smith explores the alchemy that drove the group who defined an eraIt is a beautiful day, the last sunshine of the year putting a spring in the step of... more info

ContactMusic — PRIMAL SCREAM frontman BOBBY GILLESPIE has joined calls for London's iconic 100 CLUB to be saved from closure, branding the venue "a living piece of history".The... more info

BBC 6 Music — Primal Scream frontman says The 100 Club is "the best room in London". more info

Guardian Music — (Barbican Hall, London; Café de Paris, London)"I return," announces Duffy imperiously, a third of the way through an industry showcase for her imminent album, Endlessly. Liggers, fan-club members and the music journalists of Europe smile at her feet... more info

Guardian Music — First as Felt, then as Denim, Birmingham's Lawrence had hype, talent and was tipped for stardom. Here's how it all went wrongThe point at which Britpop became a movement rather than just a notion could be in April 1993, when Select magazine put Suede... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The story of Britpop is told in a fascinating film about Creation Records and its maverick founder, Alan McGee.Is it a cautionary tale? Is it a celebration of one of the music industry's most unlikely entrepreneurs? Is it an exercise in Britpop nosta... more info

ContactMusic — Bryan Ferry used three bass players on one track on his new album. The 'Love Is The Drug' singer layered ace bassists Mani, from Primal Scream, Red Hot Chili... more info

Guardian Music — Like pop's State Of The Union address, T4's Stars Of 2010 brings together Alexandra Burke, Tinie Tempah, Pixie Lott, N-Dubz, Mark Ronson and JLS, all united in the business of trying to secure spots on teen Christmas lists (21 Nov, Earls Court, SW5, ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Alan Mcgee doesn't recall too much about the year he discovered Oasis - at Glasgow's King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, in 1993."The drugs had moved on and were a lot harder by then," he said. "I recall signing Oasis but I barely remember anything else."In 1994... more info

Totally Fuzzy — zero said... - B. B. Seaton - Revolutionary Dub (1976) - Buffy Sainte-Marie - Many A Mile (1965) - Malaria! - Emotion (1982, vinyl rip) - Art Bears - The World As It Is Today (1981) - Buffy Sainte-Marie - Little Wheel Spin and Spin (1966) - Erns... more info