Guardian Music — Last time was all about avian anthems. Now we want to canvass your votes for this week's candidatesIt would be fitting, though impossible, to reduce the last thread to a tweet. After the relative disappointment of the previous week it was full to bur... more info

Guardian Music — Myths grew up about the drugged antics of Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett. The reality was far more poignant, writes Sean O'HaganIn November 2001, the BBC broadcast Crazy Diamond, a documentary about Syd Barrett, the lost genius of English pastoral psychede... more info

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DrownedInSound — Congratulations plumbs a musical theatre-indebted vein of psyche pop that brings to mind the Beatles’ latter years, a bigger budget version of former tour mates Of Montreal, Syd Barrett, and even The Libertines. Read the full story on Dr... more info

Topix — The original Pink Floyd members leap off the front steps of EMI House in London in 1967: from left, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, the late Syd Barrett and the late Richard Wright. more info

Guardian Music — Band objected to label providing downloads of individual songs from concept albums that were created as a single workPink Floyd have today won a high court battle to stop record company EMI selling single downloads from their concept albums.The judge... more info

Guardian Music — Prog-rock band take record label to court for allegedly breaking terms of contract regarding individual track salesPink Floyd are suing their record label EMI, claiming that it has no right to sell their songs except as part of full albums. According... more info

Guardian Music — A canny commissioning policy might just give Loops a chance of challenging the smug consensus on what music is fit for the discerning broadsheet readerFirst, a public-service announcement. Virtually tangible evidence of the extent to which the imperi... more info

Time Out, London — Gaz and Danny of Supergrass put their stamp on the classics - The Beatles, Syd Barret and more. Fun times guaranteed more info

KEXP Seattle — Maybe it was the mental scarring I received from watching The Wall in the movie theater at the age of 6 or 7 (”It has animation!” my older brother said. “It’s like a cartoon!”), but Syd Barrett was always my favorite member of Pink Floyd. ... more info