Guardian Music — A study of 1970, filtered through the music of the timeWe live in turbulent times, our distrust of institutions seemingly at a peak. Yet between January 1969 and the spring of 1970, according to the author of Fire and Rain, borrowing figures quoted ... more info

Guardian Music — (Smalltown Superjazz) The Thing is a Scandinavian trio built around the primal-energy bass and drums partnership of Norwegians Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love, plus the Peter Brötzmann-influenced Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. Th... more info

Stereogum — Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, and Pavement are some of the bands name checked when describing Yuck’s sound, and indeed the London four piece are big fans of ’90s indie. But if you want to dig a bit deeper into what inspired their excellent debut, ch... more info

Guardian Music — Director of Mysterious Skin and Kaboom is keeping indie pop alive by featuring new music and remixes by his favourite bandsThis week sees the DVD release of two films from the singular talent of Gregg Araki: 1993's Totally Fucked Up and Kaboom, his m... more info

Guardian Music — This lo-fi DIY duo from Manchester make metal machine music haunted by the ghost of British industryHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Jack Hardman (vocals, guitar), Mike Benson (drums, samplers).The background: We got praised yesterday – actually, i... more info

Music For Ants — Fleet Foxes are the youngest band ever to headline a night at Pitchfork Festival, a spot that’s usually reserved for esteemed, decade-spanning bands like Pavement, Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon and De La Soul. They also mark the... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Sub Pop / 2005They didn't have to try hard this lot, I shoved the cd rudely into my player flipped over the disc case and quickly noticed that they had titles such as 'Music is my Hot Hot Sex', 'Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above' and 'Me... more info

We Like it Lossless! — At long last Micr0castle sees a release on CD, and perhaps as a means of making up for the fact that the album seems to have been floating around on download formats (both legal and otherwise) for several months, the band have thrown in an entirely n... more info

Impose Magazine — For everything I remember about Nirvana, the lasting memory I take from the untimely death of Kurt Cobain was his inability and lack of desire to deal with the "mainstream." Yeah, it could be the teenage angst in me trying to parallel my feelings to ... more info

Guardian Music — XOYO, LondonLiam Finn is burdened with the tiresome expectations that beset all rock-star progeny who follow their parents' line of work. The 27-year-old singer-songwriter is the son of Neil Finn, the frontman of veteran melodic rockers Crowded House... more info