ContactMusic — Mark Ronson found singing on his new album an "intimidating" experience. The music producer - who covered songs by the likes of Coldplay, Radiohead and The Zutons on... more info

NME — Drummer-turned-solo-star talks about songwriting process more info

All About Jazz — For underground music freaks, the 8-bit or chiptune phenomenon is nothing new. By working within the boundaries of primitive Nintendo-like sounds, these innovative musicians have taken something old and made it new again. Through online forums suc... more info

NME — The drummer will play a number of European shows in September more info

Guardian Music — Tom Jones has horrified his label by releasing an album of spiritual songs. That's nothing compared to pop's greatest u-turnsOh the shock, the terror, the unfathomable fear that will envelop you when you press play on Praise and Blame, the new Tom Jo... more info

Song, by Toad — I suppose that if we are talking about Scottish gigs this week, I really do have to mention T in the Park, or Nedstock as my far-funnier-than-I friend refers to it over at the Vinyl Villain.  I’ve actually only been once myself, back in 1996 I thi... more info

Guardian Music — Legendary guitarists, including Andy Summers and Graham Coxon, on why they love the iconic guitarSixty years ago, in the summer of 1950, a small Californian business was preparing to introduce the world to a new musical invention. The Fender Electric... more info

Guardian Music — At the height of the Bosnian war, amid a hurricane of killing, rape and 'ethnic cleansing', a movement striving in the opposite direction responded in the most powerful way they knew: with rock'n'roll. Fifteen years since War Child's Help LP, key fig... more info

All About Jazz — WHEN I started covering the music industry for Fortune nearly a decade ago, I often heard people gleefully predict that the demise of the big record companies was just around the corner. Thanks to the Internet, my label-hating sources predicted, b... more info

Undercover, Australia — Radiohead drummer Phil Selway is about to release his first solo album. more info