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Guardian Music — If you've not noticed the craze for spiced-up Balkan brass bands, where have you been? Now the two leading outfits are in battleIt has the air of a boxing match with a rowdy and expectant crowd. On the left, one trumpeter appears, on the right, anoth... more info

USA Today Music — The Beatles camp gathers in Vegas for the fifth anniversary of Cirque's Love homage to the band's musical legacy. more info

Guardian Music — From the Beach Boys to the Violators, here are your favourite songs about the silly seasonWhat makes music sound summery? A wide-open, expansive production with lots of space and jazzy chords, perhaps. Squelchy noises; an easy mid-tempo; congas; and ... more info

Powerpopulist — Rust never sleeps, nor apparently do our favebloggers. Thanks, favebloggers. (Click anything in color to go to the posts.)The Raveonettes - Ignite - Covert CuriosityDinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene - Gimme TinnitusThe High Wire - Odds and Evens - IM/URFlee... more info

Guardian Music — Suits of Beatles and Jaggers feature in exhibition on tailor who spliced bespoke outfitting with Swinging LondonMick and Bianca chose to wear his designs on their wedding day; he was on Elton John's speed-dial, and was the go-to man for women who wan... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Nick at Ghost Capital must have read my mind as he just shared Wendell Stuart & The Downbeaters, a Bahamian soul LP I’ve been searching for the past two months having caught a track on the recent Trans Air Records West Indies Funk compilation. Belo... more info

Guardian Music — When a band member made a solo album, it used to signal the death of the group. But is it actually a mark of rude health?Time was, if a band's vocalist put out a solo album it meant only one thing: irreconcilable differences, singer and guitarist che... more info

Popdose — The Beatles, just as their creativity went supernova, quit the road in 1966 — frustrated over the inability of that period’s sound systems to amplify the increasingly complex work spinning around on your turntables and in their heads. Even after ... more info

NME — Lyric sheet for 1967 single was sold today in Los Angeles more info