Guardian Music — Unsure of where your loyalties should lie when debating hot topics? Then why not let the Facebook majority make those difficult decisions for you?With warring groups set up by users to debate the relative merits of everything from Nick Griffin and a ... more info

Pitchfork — In 1995, a benefit album to raise funds to fight the allegedly wrongful imprisonment of convicted murderer Leonard Peltier was supposed to come out on Columbia. The record-- dubbed Exiled in the Land of the Free-- was to feature feature rare, live, a... more info

Pitchfork — Led by singer-songwriter Nate Grace, Austin's Pure Ecstasy make lo-fi tunes insulated by plenty of reverb. Their music is simple, warm, direct. In a track review of their best song to date, the woozy "Easy", Pitchfork's Joe Colly said it sounds like ... more info

Guardian Music — Calls to save 6 Music invoke the idea of 'new music'. But the phrase needs unpicking – making music discovery a central promise is a fraught businessOn the morning its future was thrown into public jeopardy, the digital radio station BBC 6 Mus... more info

NME - Festivals — So Glastonbury have got U2, Muse and Stevie Wonder. T In The Park have secured Muse, Eminem and Kasabian. Download will be headlined this year by Rage Against The Machine, AC/DC and Aerosmith. And now we know the V headliners, too: Kings Of Leon and... more info

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Rolling Stone — First, a grassroots Facebook group helped Rage Against the Machine beat The X Factor for the U.K. Christmas Number One. Then, a pair of Facebook campaigns encouraged John Mellencamp to both quit smoking and run for Senate. Now, in what could be the w... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Oasis failed to pick up any of the awards at the NME Shockwaves Awards at the O2 Academy Brixton, in south London.Paul Weller closed the show after receiving the godlike genius award, presented to him by Bobby Gillespie and Mick Jones.Weller performe... more info

Guardian Music — A Facebook group for lovers of cured cucumbers has gained more fans the knuckle-dragging Canadian crew. It's like Rage Against the Machine and Joe McElderry all over againCanadian band Nickelback, the gravelly paragon of what's known as "modern rock"... more info