Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — BMG has acquired the worldwide rights to several music catalogues, a deal that will give it songs from artists including Kurt Cobain, Tears for Fears, The Human League, Iggy Pop, and Take That. more info

Guardian Music — Conventional wisdom held that boys weren't supposed to like early Depeche Mode. Conventional wisdom was wrong Reading on mobile? Watch hereWhen I was in my mid-teens in the early 80s I had a small fan club. The consensus among them seemed to be that ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yazoo etc) and Martyn Ware (The Human League, Heaven 17) released two albums on Mute, Pretentious (1999) and Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle (2001), both capturing the nether world of ambient sculpturing and atmospheric soundsca... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Green Day came out at a time when rock ruled the planet.  Decades ago.  The fact that they've hung around despite the pop and schlock is comforting...but it's not the same.  If music is cyclical, then we're right around the time of the early 80s. ... more info

Guardian Music — Let bygones be bygones as sonofwebcore picks a playlist from last week's topicForgiveness connects from many angles for differing reasons: for profit, or sometimes simply to ease the pain of daily life. Billy Corgan confronts his difficult childhood ... more info

Guardian Music — Singles' resurgence put down to advent of digital downloads, which have brought down cost from equivalent of £5.84 to 99pData blog: the full list of UK million-sellersIt is a music chart in which Don't You Want Me? by the Human League sits outside t... more info

Guardian Music — To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the official singles chart, the Official Charts Company has ranked the top UK million-selling singles. See which songs make the list and which have sold the most• Get the data• More dataThe most authoritative ... more info

Guardian Music — Depeche Mode | Evanescence | Of Monsters And MenIn case you missed it Depeche Mode took a leaf out of Girls Aloud's book and announced a tour via a much-hyped press conference that was beamed around the world like a kind of musical version of the Bat... more info

Guardian Music — Hang on, this sounds an awful lot like the Human League. Oh, that's because it's the Human LeagueReading this on mobile? Click here to listenYou have to admire Phil Oakey's guts. In the late 1970s in Sheffield I got beaten up for wearing a green blaz... more info

Guardian Music — Indie revivalists who namecheck Cantona and Sega but seem to be trying too hard to spoof too many thingsReading this on a mobile? Click here to listenHometown: London.The lineup: Martin Bowman (guitars), Andrew Wagstaff (vocals), Simon Oldham (drums)... more info