Consequence of Sound — Brown's first solo effort in 10 years arrives in March. more info

Guardian Music — (B Somebody Records)This is only his debut full-length, but Bugzy Malone’s life is already worthy of a three-act biopic. A charmed early childhood was ripped apart by an abusive stepfather and subsequent divorce and poverty, leading to prison ... more info

Core News — “Gilles is joined in the Live Room by Connie Constance, who grew up in Watford listening to The Smiths, the Stone Roses and Arctic Monkeys, and makes indie rock-influenced, off-kilter soul with poetic narratives.” Check out other Gilles Peterson ... more info

Guardian Music — The Plaza, StockportThere’s much to celebrate as the band return to their home town as local heroes for a euphoric opener to their UK tourWhen Blossoms spoke to the Guardian in 2016, they revealed that their wildest fantasy would be to have a ... more info

NME — "It's just the whitest, penisiest collection of music in existence" The Stone Roses, Oasis and Queen all featured in the top 10 Music fans have criticised Radio X for a lack of diversity, after a new poll named Oasis’ ‘Live Forever’ as �... more info

Guardian Music — From Stuart Maconie romping up the Eiger with Stone Roses to Vivien Goldman having her mind blown by reggae sound systems, writers and editors from four decades of NME delve behind the front pagesIn November 1973 – shortly after I’d mov... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Welcome to one of the busiest and most quietly epochal years there ever was if only for the emergence of the Spice Girls. First appeared on TV three months before Wannabe's release, lest we forget. At one end of the pop spectrum Oasis were coloni... more info

Stereogum — After initially breaking up in 1996, the great Manchester psych-rock band the Stone Roses reunited to tour in 2011. Last year, they released two new singles and played their first NYC show in decades, and it seemed that a new album might actually be ... more info

Stereogum — For decades, Fred Talbot served as a TV weatherman in the UK. But before he was on TV, Talbot was a teacher in Manchester. And a few years ago, police in Manchester arrested Talbot after learning that he had sexually abused kids at the school where h... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Idle YouthFrom: Camden Town, London, EnglandJay Loughley, aka Idle Youth (first featured on the blog last month, New Sights To Delight Your Eyes 12th February 2017) , has that rare and magical ability to craft tunes that live inside your head like r... more info