Guardian Music — Nick Cave's garage band to issue Grinderman 2 RMX, featuring 12 last pieces of gnarly noise before their 'indefinite hiatus'Although Nick Cave announced the end of the Grinderman last month, the band are set for one last hurrah. They will say farewel... more info

Stereogum — Nick Cave’s career-revival wrecking crew Grinderman may be no more, but they’re still planning on leaving us with one final platter: Grinderman 2 RMX, which collects remixes, collaborations, and other fallout from the band’s second album. The L... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative. Robert Fripp more info

Guardian Music — After several takedown requests, even more versions of my song appear on Grooveshark than before. That's why I applaud Universal's decision to take the digital music site to courtUniversal is taking digital music service Grooveshark to court, and all... more info

Guardian Music — Bishopsgate Centre, LondonYou can generate all kinds of similes listening to The Necks: a picture gallery, an urban landscape, the surface of the moon. But the metaphor that sprang to mind for their latest appearance, at the London Jazz festival, was... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Daryl Hall (born October 11, 1946) is an American rock, R&B and soul singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with guitarist/songwriter John Oates) who scored several Bi... more info

Guardian Music — Classical music has long embraced musical patronage, and now it's happening in pop, too. Meet the new mentorsOn stage in the Barcelona sunshine, Katy B and her MC are giving their shout-outs, big-ups and general thanks, and suddenly everything seems ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Review By Brett Spaceman Shards Of Reason is an ambient, electronica project with nods to progressive rock and jazz. Proof that good music can be found anywhere these days. Even Birmingham. Good album title, this. Satellites is a reference to ou... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Let's be honest with ourselves. A lot of us here are very posh when it comes down to our "eclectic" musical preferences. And most of us can't be bothered with a lot of what is going on in places like myspace, bandcamp and other "indie havens". "U... more info

Guardian Music — It's got a multi-touch screen and it's the latest effort to put guitarists on a par with drummers and keyboard players - in the fully digital realmA fully digital guitar? One which doesn't have strings? Isn't that like Guitar Hero? No, it isn't - it'... more info