Guardian Music — NYC rattle and strum meets LA summer sun in this Vaccines-Drums-Strokes hybrid set to make a sizeable splashHometown: Minneapolis.The lineup: Jordan Gatesmith (vocals, guitar), Max Petrek (keyboards), Brent Mayes (drums), Ian Nygaard (guitar).The bac... more info

Guardian Music — Former Oasis guitarist ties the knot with partner Sara MacDonald while estranged brother tours the States with Beady EyeNoel Gallagher got married this weekend, and let's put it this way: Oasis didn't play the wedding party. The band's former lead gu... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — A few years back, giving Russell Brand access to bridesmaids, a free bar and a microphone would almost certainly have ended in tears. His stand-up comedy talents and track record for controversy make him both the perfect and worst candidate to be a b... more info

Guardian Music — High heels, whips, even a chocolate Jesus. You got down and dirty with kinky songsSome of your suggestions were brilliantly clever and witty: Duke Ellington's Rubber Bottom; Olivia Newton John's Hopelessly Devoted to You; the Ronettes' I Saw Mommy Ki... more info

Guardian Music — November 1983: Number 28 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicI wrote This Charming Man for a John Peel session. I just leapt out of bed and wrote it. It was the culmination of trying to find a way of playing that was non-r... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonOn a Friday night in the mid-1960s, the most exciting place a teenager could be was in front of the TV watching seminal, swinging and lovably shambolic Ready Steady Go! Featuring new faces and big names beloved by the mod s... more info

Guardian Music — Collaboration with operatic diva Rachel Zeffira is two-minute pop inspired by Dirty Dancing and none of your 'avant garde bollocks'"Please don't ask me how we met," begs Faris Badwan. The reason, he says, is that they just sort of came together, and ... more info

Guardian Music — Baby Love, LondonWhile your typical indie, funk and pop nights have never been ones to shy away from digging out the 1960s girl group platters, Baby Love must be the capital's only club dedicated wholeheartedly to the sweet, soulful sound of lady-led... more info

Guardian Music — The New York Dolls' pioneering punk guitarist on his favourite ever record, his guitar heroes, and the song he first fell in love toTHE TRACK THAT REMINDS ME OF GROWING UP IN FRANCE Don't You Just Know It, Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns (1958)I w... more info

Guardian Music — This Hairsprayed garage band of 'brother and sisters' are either a butch Ronettes or a gay RamonesHometown: Oakland, California.The lineup: Seth Bogart (vocals, keyboards), Shannon Shaw (bass), Michelle Santamaria (guitar), Erin Emslie (drums), Amy B... more info