Guardian Music — alt-J Tesselate (Infectious) This week is a great week for anyone having sex, thinking about having sex, or just interested in the idea of sex and looking for evocative – if slightly technical – ways to describe it. alt-J have a song built around... more info

Guardian Music — This year's bleak summer is making winter an even doomier prospect. Blissful folkie Beth Orton should sweep up those winter blues (5 Dec, Islington Chapel, N1; 9 Dec, Manchester RNCM) ...Before then, rock out to US psych garage wonderboy Ty Segall (3... more info

Guardian Music — Just like Jim Morrison, we break on through to the other side with this week's playlistWhat's behind the door? Judging by your response to our call last week, it seems many songwriters see doors as portals to the unexpected.Babymetal's Headbangeeeeer... more info

Guardian Music — Forum, LondonIt's hard to be a guitar hero with a broken leg. Richard Hawley's broodingly heavy sixth album, Standing at the Sky's Edge, is a dramatic departure from his usual retro melancholy, and surely not a record he would have imagined having to... more info

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ContactMusic — Richard Hawley says it breaks his heart to think of the demise of Amy Winehouse The guitarist could see the self destructive edge the young singer had before her death from accidental alcohol poisoning in 2011 and felt it was inevitable she wou... more info

ContactMusic — Richard Hawleys musical ambition is only to avoid flipping burgers The singer and songwriter has started to achieve mainstream success with his seventh solo album Standing at the Skys Edge but claims hes happy as long as he can make enough... more info

Guardian Music — Grand Opera House, YorkDuane Eddy is explaining how Richard Hawley revived the career of one of rock'n'roll's founding fathers after years of silence. "We had no songs and no budget. We said 'Let's just do it!'"A year on from Road Trip, the twanging ... more info

Guardian Music — Advice on how to make the most of your festival experience from Katy B, Toddla T, Friendly Fires, Justice, Little Dragon, tUnE-YaRdS, Azari & III, Richard Hawley, Robert Glasper and Ruth WallKaty B"Take sun cream even if it's cold. Being outside all ... more info

Gigwise — Star to follow up new album success with 14-date tour later this year more info