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Wednesday Rewind

4792 days ago
TopixThe Zoltars' Broken Rimbaud easily ranks among the more enticing and exciting new albums from Austin this year, ripe with catchy garage-psych curiosities and the nursery rhyme appeal of Syd Barrett. more info

Old music: The Purple Gang – Granny Takes a Trip

4793 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Purple Gang were singing about an old lady's holiday. But using the word 'trip' got them banned When Pink Floyd recorded Arnold Layne in a converted Chelsea abattoir in 1967, their producer Joe Boyd was also working in an adjoining studio with an... more info

Connan Mockasin – review

4800 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Deaf Institute, ManchesterSomeone hands Connan Mockasin a bottle of red wine. "A very good year," he mumbles, draining much of the contents and telling the crowd that they "really need to study the next song". Then Mockasin – all mop of blond h... more info

Pink Floyd's Nick Mason: 'We will only ever reform for an event like Live 8'

4801 days ago
NMESticksman also admits regrets over late member Syd Barrett more info

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon Immersion Edition – review

4805 days ago
Guardian MusicA vast box set shows Pink Floyd's great middle-class soul classic had a rocky beginningYou could wish for no greater demonstration of Pink Floyd's legendary reserve than their attitude to their back catalogue. Their peers churned out deluxe editions ... more info

REM-split-videos

4806 days ago
Guardian MusicHow best to remember REM? A true fan checks out YouTubeOn Wednesday night, the band who made me love music broke up. R.E.M. were a band that transported me – and many other squishy souls – to a world where murky Americana, post-punk guitars and B... more info

My favourite album: Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd

4832 days ago
Guardian MusicGuardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Simon Hattenstone ventures over to the dark side with Pink FloydI was 11 years old, had spent two years in bed with encephalitis, and h... more info

Syd Barrett - 'lost' Syd Barrett Songs To Be Released

4833 days ago
ContactMusicPink Floyd are planning to release several unheard songs by legendary late rocker Syd Barrett as part of a trawl through the band's back catalogue. The rockers have opened their vaults and will release a haul of rare material next month (Sep11), incl... more info

Shara Nelson: a rare talent who needs help not condemnation

4835 days ago
Guardian MusicMental illness is so often mistaken for genius in pop – unless the sufferer is female, when the world queues to condemnA friend of mine recently posted a Facebook link to a 90s documentary on former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read's stalker, the intimidating ... more info

An exclusive listen of Jack Robert Hardman's new single

4836 days ago
Altsounds*Jack Robert Hardman* composes and records his own unique brand of pop music, once described by a BBC panellist as “Something Syd Barrett might do in a dark room”. Since starting at the age of 17, Jack has attracted attention, and ... more info

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