Guardian Music — An emotional retelling of the Pink Floyd legend's story – with one goose-bumps momentThe Twilight World of Syd Barrett (Radio 4), like any retelling of his story, featured a couple of moments to make you gulp with the sadness of it all. I remember... more info

Guardian Music — When I think of bookishness in music, it's not of Katy Perry or will.i.am, but something more awkward, more earnest, the type of music that stays inside on a sunny dayI recently found myself at two events – each extraordinary in its own way – tha... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — This week’s issue of the magazine celebrates music’s Ultimate Cult Heroes, from Syd Barrett to Jay Reatard, Mark E. Smith and The Sonics. Here, in an extended extract from the mag, The Drums’ guitarist Jacob Graham talks us through his own cult... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The latest additions, in short reviews... below... click Read more » All available for streaming in our SoundStream Player Love Inks E.S.P. ... Less than 30 minutes long, E.S.P., like The xx’s debut, insinuates itself a little further into yo... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Sometimes in order for rock music to be able to develop further, one needs to revisit the past occasionally, as bands like The Black Crowes and others have demonstrated, and with success. Highway Child sound as if they could have come straight from... more info

ContactMusic — A painting by late Pink Floyd star Syd Barrett has been returned to a gallery in London after a thief stole it from an exhibition. The canvas self-portrait, completed in the early 1960s before the rocker found fame, was on display at the Idea... more info

NME — Self-portrait is posted back after former girlfriend makes heartfelt appeal more info

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ContactMusic — A painting by late Pink Floyd legend Syd Barrett has been stolen from an exhibition in London. The self-portrait had never been seen in public before it went on display at the city's Idea Generation gallery last month (Mar11). But just three... more info

Guardian Music — Who was that tall, thin Irishman intently watching Syd Barrett and Jimi Hendrix onstage? What happened to his own single? And did rock play a part in Wolves' 3-1 defeat at Coventry?It was my dissertation supervisor who identified him: a tall, stern-... more info