Guardian Music — For his first LP in seven years, the former Genesis frontman will 'radically reinterpret' songs by Radiohead, Arcade Fire and Bon IverPeter Gabriel is release an orchestral covers album, his first LP in seven years. Scratch My Back is a "song swap", ... more info

Live Daily — British alt-rockers Band of Skulls will return to the US next month to put in additional roadwork behind the band's March debut, "Baby Darling Doll Face Honey." The trio--Russell Marsden (guitar/vocals), Emma Richardson (bass/vocals) and Matt Hayw... more info

Guardian Music — When Sufjan Stevens was asked to write a symphony for New York, he turned to a hated freeway for inspiration. The musician tells Andrew Purcell whyThe Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is a miserable stretch of road. The BQE, as New ­ Yorkers call it, ha... more info

Guardian Music — The singer has dismissed reports that his former band will be playing the 40th anniversary of Glastonbury festival, saying that they have no plans to reunitePulp fans hoping for a reunion at next year's Glastonbury festival, prepare to be disappointe... more info

Guardian Music — The singer has suggested that his former band may follow in the footsteps of Britpop peers Blur by playing next year's festivalJarvis Cocker has hinted that his former band Pulp may reunite to play Glastonbury 2010. In an interview with the People, t... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — After reading tweet upon tweet of friends running around New York for CMJ last week, I almost wondered if there was a bad band to be found in the Big Apple. Perhaps everyone was seriously "killing it", or the power of ambitious live music and a few ... more info

411 Mania — From The White Stripes' White Blood Cells to Radiohead's Amnesiac to Jay-Z's The Blueprint see what made the list of the Top Ten Albums from 2001 in this week's edition of 411 Music Ten Deep! more info

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Rock Sellout —   Hi Andrea,I'm Digits, an electronic indie pop artist from Toronto, and I've just released my first album Hold It Close. I noticed on your last.fm that you like Casiotone for the Painfully Alone as well as a variety of indie rock and I thought yo... more info

411 Mania — From Outkast's Stankonia to A Perfect Circle's Mer de Noms and from Radiohead's Kid A to Elliott Smith's Figure 8, take a trip back to the beginning of the decade for the list of 2000's best albums in this week's edition of 411 Music Ten Deep! more info