Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectMatt Temple runs Electric Jive, a blog about "lost" South African music of the 60s, 70s and 80s. Here are his six choices.What was the first song you ev... more info

Guardian Music — (Fire)Once frontman of combustible New Zealand noise-pop outfit the Mint Chicks, Kody Nielson has embarked on a solo career as Opossom. The result is upbeat psychedelia that references the Beach Boys and Flaming Lips without ever sounding derivative.... more info

Guardian Music — It was the week that saw Duran Duran going for gold for Great Britain in London, the Womad festival, Wayne Coyne in that bubble of his again and much more ...Karin Andreasson more info

Nialler9 — The best of new album streams this week in A-Z form. See recent album streams in the category page. Blonds – The Bad Ones Bonde Do Role – Tropicalbacanal Disclosure – The Face Remixes Eugene McGuinness – The Invitation to The Voyage … Rea... more info

411 Mania — One of several acts... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Last night Stephen Colbert, in an effort not to be outdone by Coachella and their impending expansion into cruise lines, announced the second edition of his own music series will also be on a boat...though not one of those sissy... more info

Prefix — Stephen Colbert is a man of many hats, the latest of which seems to be "festival curator." He ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/the-flaming-lips-grizzly-bear-to-play-wwii-aircraf/67635/ more info

Consequence of Sound — And it takes place aboard an aircraft carrier! more info

Here Comes The Flood — Few hard rock records have made such a lasting impact as the Machine Head, the 1972 album by Deep Purple. Odd to think that band choose Never Before as the first single back then. Apparently they didn't realise the power of Highway Star and Smoke ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The Most Powerful Telescope in the Universe have released a free digital only single through Datawaslost.net. Recorded in a secluded woodland cabin Lectures on Quanta and Death in the Trees are both synth heavy drone-like songs with a slightly unse... more info