Guardian Music — It's no longer just Alan McGee's Facebook friends who have heard the news - the legendary music mogul has announced a retirement from managing bands."It was on my Facebook," McGee confessed this week to BBC 6 Music. "My status said: 'Glad I'm not a m... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Alan McGee, the man who discovered Oasis, is retiring from the music industry because he’s “bored”.The Scot set up legendary label Creation Records and had a hand in introducing The Libertines and Primal Scream to the world.Iâ€�... more info

Is any contemporary artist cut quite as much slack as Primal Scream? In recent years, they have regularly received weird, circle-squaring reviews in which adjectives like 'embarrassing' and 'ridiculous' figure heavily, but the star rating remains stu... more info

Idolator — Alan McGee is certainly known for his ridiculous proclamations—it's sort of his business—and his Guardian blog post today is no particular exception, considering he sort of compares the new Oasis album to the Beatles' Revolver. Still, that's the... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Paul Weller is to release a four-CD set of rare and live tracks spanning the length of his solo career.Noel Gallagher, Bobby Gillespie and Tim Burgess have contributed to the setThe 74 songs on 'Weller At The BBC' were recorded by the former Jam man ... more info

The Quietus — 10" EP series features Sunn o))), Primal Scream, Julian Cope, Spiritualised more info

EVERYONE's fave 90s girlband win Vodafone Live Music Award - as do Primal Scream more info

Idolator — OK, listen, residents of the British Isles. When I, in my post about the UK's Vodafone Live Music Awards last month, wrote "I don't want to ask for too much, but if the Spice Girls could beat out Led Zeppelin [in the Best Live Return category] someho... more info

Starpulse — Primal Scream were the big winners at Thursday night's Vodafone Live Music Awards after scooping two honors.[...] Read more! more info

XFM.co.uk — Jules and Katie bag the Xfm Award for Live Breakthrough Act, while Kate Nash, Kings Of Leon and Primal Scream also get gongs. more info