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

Guardian Music — For years I've towed the punk party line: love Syd Barrett, hate the rest of the band. But hey! Flaming Lips proved me wrongA T-shirt almost brought down Pink Floyd. Everyone knows the Sex Pistols legend; John Lydon was spotted by Malcolm McClaren wa... more info

Guardian Music — New entries in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography reveal two politicians reacted in different ways to being caught outThey represented very different ways of reacting to a political sex scandal. One man, chastened and redemptive, became an anony... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Rock legend and Big Issue cover star Bob Dylan has revealed Robert Burns' song 'A Red, Red Rose' is his most inspirational track, on a celebrity calendar to raise cash for CLIC Sargent.The singer is one of 18 celebrities who have revealed whch song h... more info

Stereogum — Quail Lungs, aka Portland Oregonian Travis Bonilla, howls into his 4-track in a way that reminds me of a 20-something Daniel Higgs raised on a later (and more British) generation of punk, but the same deep countrified Americana. He has a two-song 7" ... more info

BBC News - UK — Rare footage of Syd Barrett singing with Pink Floyd on Top Of The Pops is discovered after more than 40 years. more info

Rare footage of Syd Barrett singing with Pink Floyd on Top Of The Pops is discovered after more than 40 years. more info