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

Totally Fuzzy — W said... A look at cosmic bands playing in cosmic places. * PINK FLOYD At Pompeii (1972) * HAWKWIND At Stonehenge (1984) * GRATEFUL DEAD At The Giza Pyramids (3CD 1978) Listen Before You Download * REDUX http://ngootbredux.blogspot.com Thanks Fuzzy ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Greg Cristman Robert Fripp, the man behind "Frippertronics" and the brain behind progressive kingpins King Crimson, played four shows at the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center in NYC on 12/3 and 12/4. Each day he played... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Robert Fripp, the famed English guitarist, composer, and founder of the prog-rock band, King Crimson, takes up a brief residency in the Winter Garden to perform his solo Soundscapes. Based on his Frippertronics explorations of the '70s, Fripp now cr... more info

Totally Fuzzy — ROCKLAND said... Hi, -Today we have a poll about the best doble album of all time...come on and vote till the next month!! -News in Spanish: THE STOOGES: Have some fun: live at Ungano's & The complete Fun House sessions. http://rockland70.blogspot.co... more info

Totally Fuzzy — VINYL OBSCURITY said... obscure indie alternative new wave band FABEL - Songs Of The Spheres LP (1987) just reviewed and sampled at http://vinylobscurity.blogspot.com Deaf, Dumb, Blind said... Ölga - > (2005) Robin Guthrie - Imperial (2003) Robin G... more info

All About Jazz — By Pico Even if you're into experimental music you might not have heard of Richard Pinhas, but he's kind of a big deal in his native France. This guitarist led the art-rock band Hedron in the mid 70s, during which time they made seven albums, and Pi... more info