Guardian Music — A series of souvenir stamps has been issued by the Royal Mail celebrating such iconic British albums as Let It Bleed, London Calling and, er, A Rush of Blood to the Head?Enemies of Coldplay might not yet be able to send the band on a one-way trip to ... more info

MTV.com News — Album art from Pink Floyd, Blur and David Bowie also included.By James Montgomery Coldplay's new British stamps Photo: Royal Mail On Thursday (January 7), the U.K.'s Royal Mail unveiled a series of 10 new stamps, honoring the most iconic a... more info

The Vinyl Villain — So I'm guessing that Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands were messing around in the studio of a day, twiddling and fiddling with their knobs in an effort to create some classic new sounds. They've gone through their extensive list of contacts for folk to sing... more info

Guardian Music — This French DJ and producer is being hailed as a bona fide eclectic warrior, capable of flitting wildly between stylesHometown: London.The lineup: Julian Brambilla.The background: They've been great, haven't they, this year's Guardian Albums of 2009?... more info

Guardian Music — Cowell locks horns with weekly mag and responds to musicians' criticism of The X FactorIn a wheeze that may come to be ranked up there with former editor Steve Sutherland's August 1995 cover boosting the Blur v Oasis showdown, the NME tomorrow splash... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — There’s no question the digital era of music has ignited many music fans’ interest in independent record labels, as many influential and historic labels are now getting the book/documentary/box set celebration. Seminal British indie lab... more info

NME — Band revamp 'Black & White' after touring with Primal Scream more info

XLR8R — The Google-proof London School of Economics has created one of the weirder dubstep tracks in recent memory, liberally sampling The Rolling Stones' "Cocksucker Blues" as well as Primal Scream, ending with a dark, atmospheric piece that will c... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Here's what my encyclopedia says:-Formed in Glasgow in 1991 as Dove by Applied Biochemisttry student/graduate Dorothy 'Dot' Allison, along with Ian Carmichael and former Altered Images man Jim McKinven. Initailly released on the local Soma imprint, ... more info

Guardian Music — The NME has announced its choice of best albums of the noughties, with Is this it at the top. Find out how the decade's best compare in the charts - and read the original Guardian reviewsSo, the NME's writers and artists' choice catalogue of the noug... more info