Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonAlthough hindsight has tightened it, Britpop was by no means a unified movement. Almost immediately, a deep fissure appeared within its corpus, like that which divides the human gluteal muscles. There were, in short, the band... more info

Pop Crunch — Uma Thurman’s new film is a record flop in the UK…and that’s putting it mildly. Motherhood — which sees the former Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction action as a stressed-out New York mother — took in an embarrassing $131 in its opening weekend, ma... more info

Altsounds — “Ali in the Jungle” by The Hours has become one of the most recognizable songs of the young year, featuring a message of resilience and triumph against adversity. The debut American single from this U.K. band (which features forme... more info

Guardian Music — (Drag City)The inlay to Pulp's Different Class memorably told listeners not to read the lyrics while listening to the album. For Joanna Newsom's third record, each song's lyric is so long, beautifully phrased – "Even the ghosts huddled up for ... more info

Guardian Music — Kasabian win best album and Muse are named best British band but Jarvis Cocker steals the show hosting the NME awardsRock'n'roll awards shows are known for many things: drinking, swearing and stray bass players vomiting over their own shoes to name j... more info

Guardian Music — It's that time again when the music biz gathers to give gongs to the least-deserving of acts. Here are some classic clangersRadiohead have never won a Brit. PJ Harvey's never won a Brit. Dizzee Rascal's never won a Brit. Nor have The Smiths, The Ston... more info

NME — Former Pulp singer to head up Brixton event more info

ContactMusic — JOHN TRAVOLTA landed a plane in Haiti on Monday (25Jan10) to personally deliver supplies to survivors in the earthquake-ravaged nation.The Pulp Fiction star touched down... more info

VIDEO SPECIAL: PULP Fiction actor ditches cool exterior to sing pop tune with daughter more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about heading downstream. This time, we want you to suggest songs that push you out of your comfort zoneIt turned out to be an unusual week. The augurs were there when comments were set to close in 2009, a gaffe for which I'd like t... more info