Guardian Music — Brighton DomePosthumous leaps in popularity come no more dramatic than that experienced by Nick Drake. During his brief recording career, he would have struggled to draw enough fans to fill the Brighton Dome's gents. Today, demand to hear his music p... more info

The Vinyl Villain — It's kind of a lazy post, but three requests that emerged from last week's posting on The The are well worth it if you want my opinion.Son Of The Rock mentioned that he had been surprised a few weeks back when one of my contributions to the Contrast... more info

Guardian Music — The aim was to engage with contemporary black dance music. The result? Solange Knowles became a big fan!Who else made the top albums of 2009?It has been a great year for intelligent, experimental American pop: Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear and Dirt... more info

Guardian Music — For 18 years, she was the 'voice of God' in the Cocteau Twins. Now Elizabeth Fraser finds it too difficult even to think about her old bandmatesThe Cocteau Twins had been apart for seven years, the mystique they had attained during their lifetime gra... more info

8/1 — 150 - Band of Horses Everything All the Time149 - Ray Lamontagne Trouble148 - Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand147 - The Acorn Glory Hope Mountain146 - Richard Thompson Front Parlour Blues145 - Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days144 - Robert Wyatt Co... more info

Time Out, London — Special set of insect-related songs as part of the brilliantly bonkers Pestival. Friends include Graham Coxon and Scritti Politti's Green Gartside more info

Time Out, London — Canadian synth pop mavericks - heavily indebted to Scritti Politti, Depeche Mode, Japan and Pet Shop Boys - play their lush 'n' creamy disco tunes more info

The Quietus — Green Gartside joins tribute more info

Music Mule — What? Another great FREE gig this Thursday, this time Rockfeedback present electro Californians Fol Chen, psychedelic jams from Hind Ear and the minimal punk of Plug. For Fans Of: The Blow, Scritti Politti, Battles. Fol Chen are a five-piece from Hig... more info

Totally Fuzzy — whiteray said...At Echoes In The WindTuesday Cover:“Beware of Darkness” by Leon Russell from “Leon Russell & The Shelter People” [1970]6.52 MB mp3 at 192 kbpshttp://echoesinthewind.blogspot.comTardy said...Part two of the Moro... more info