Stereogum — Cockney Rebel frontman Steve Harley has died at 73. The English musician’s family announced the news in a statement, writing: “We are devastated to announce that our wonderful husband and father has passed away peacefully at home, with his fam... more info

Sweeping The Nation — *The* 1975, because pop SEO has to work in STN's favour at some time. The year of Rollermania, Whispering Grass, Sailing and the UK's best selling album being The Best of the Stylistics. Disco took off with plentiful American number ones and ... more info

Guardian Music — (Sub Pop)Hailing from a tiny town in Louisiana, Kyle Craft isn’t the most obvious character to reinvent himself as a silver-haired glam desperado, but inspiration struck after he found a David Bowie album in K-Mart. Thus, this unlikely but bri... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — "Shakermaker" is a song by British rock group Oasis, written by their lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. First appearing as a single, released on the 13th June 1994, which peaked at number 11 in the UK charts, it was later released on Oasis... more info

Guardian Music — A wonderful voice provides the perfect soundtrack for the cold, dark nights ahead as winter draws inReading this on mobile? Click here to listenBorn in south-east London, Rainy Milo started singing with local musicians and arts collectives when she 1... more info

Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectJamie Collins writes a blog about music at Rabbit Plus Pork.What was the first song you ever bought?5ive – Slam Dunk (Da Funk)We all had to start some... more info

Guardian Music — Financial difficulties said to be behind decision to refund tickets for local Scipmylo festival in Hackney, which was to have run alongside the 2012 Olympic gamesA major comedy and cultural festival due to run alongside the Olympics has been put on h... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel are an English rock band from the early 1970s. Their music covers a range of styles from pop to progressive rock. Over the years they have had five albums in the UK Albums Chart and twelve singles in the UK Singles Chart... more info

The Vinyl Villain — CALAMARI, PIZZA AND YUK......Driving home after a recent function Jacques the Kipper prompted me to write a piece telling of my further misfortunes of missing gigs....... so far I’ve told of my father not letting me go to see Steve Harley and Cockn... more info

The Vinyl Villain — It was with great sadness that I read early in the New Year that Mick Karn had succumbed to cancer.I first saw Japan on the 28th April 1978 supporting Blue Oyster Cult on my one and only visit to Glasgow’s legendary Apollo Theatre. It was my first ... more info