Guardian Music — Deaf Institute, ManchesterIf you cross Phil Spector's 60s girl groups with west-coast pop, then throw in British C86 indie and the Jesus and Mary Chain's bittersweet walls of noise, you probably end up with California's Dum Dum Girls. The all-girl si... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ben said... Daily Downloads, Apr 03.11 Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Cannonball & Coltrane Chet Baker: Chet Chet Baker: In New York Blondie: Blondie Cabaret Voltaire: Plasticity Cocteau Twins: Aikea Guinea EP Elvis Costello: My Flame Burns Blue Miles ... more info

Addict Music — Also in the top three were, 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' by The Smiths and 'I am the Resurrection' by The Stone Roses. more info

The Vinyl Villain — Possibly the least lauded track on The Queen Is Dead:- mp3 : The Smiths - Never Had No One Ever It is a bit of a strange one. It's been described as the defining, as opposed to definitive, song by The Smiths and "a stark expression of the inner sadn... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Chris said... Clawhammer - "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo" Yes, it's their recording of the whole Devo album. http//smalltakeover.blogspot.com Edfray said... Star Wars the Musical http://notveryprettymusic.blogspot.com GD said... Melvins - King... more info

Guardian Music — Once a vehicle for like-minded stars, these days supergroups allow unlikely friends to indulge their experimental sideI have a tone on my phone that announces the arrival of a new indie supergroup, and it's bleeping a lot at the moment. Appearing to ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — It is deliberate that today's photo only include two members of The Smiths.The track I'm featuring today was officially released as yet another stunning b-side:-mp3 : The Smiths - Back To The Old House But, to those of us who knew so many of the song... more info

Guardian Music — Art Department Feat Seth Troxler Living The Life (Crosstown Rebels)Here, Canadian duo Art Department attempt to confront us with awkward questions about life, death and working 9-5 in a job you hate. It's like the Smiths' Frankly Mr Shankly, only ren... more info

Unreality Music — Katy Perry is obsessed with cats. The ‘California Gurls’ singer and her husband Russell Brand own three moggies, Kitty Purry, Morrissey - who gets his moniker from the former Smiths frontm... more info

The Vinyl Villain — A strange but endearing number from the final studio LP:-mp3 : The Smiths - Unhappy Birthday The story behind this track is that Johnny Marr brought the music to the studio in advance of the sessions - one of the few that worked out that way on Stran... more info