NME — Metal legends confirm they have just finished full LP with the former Velvet Underground man more info

Guardian Music — In a new seven-part series, Guardian and Observer writers are trying to tell the history of modern music. Today they pick 50 key moments in indie – but what did they miss?• See the interactive timeline• Listen to our ultimate indie Spotify play... more info

Guardian Music — March 1972: Number 5 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicThe young Bostonian Jonathan Richman fell under the spell of the Velvet Underground as a teenager, and when he formed his own band, the Modern Lovers, he sought to c... more info

Guardian Music — July 1965: Number 2 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicThe most influential group in indie history – crucial to punks, goths, postpunks and indiepoppers – first set music to tape in a loft apartment on Ludlow Street, ... more info

Guardian Music — When I think of bookishness in music, it's not of Katy Perry or will.i.am, but something more awkward, more earnest, the type of music that stays inside on a sunny dayI recently found myself at two events – each extraordinary in its own way – tha... more info

Guardian Music — From lilac wine to champagne supernovas, we drink deep from your vintage selection of songs about the sauce. HicAlcohol is intrinsically associated with rock'n'roll, so it was unsurprising that there were crate loads of recommendations for songs abou... more info

Guardian Music — Union Chapel, LondonIn his 30 years fronting New York art-rock perennials Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore has always looked to confound expectations. The cult star's latest solo project may just be his most surprising yet. Produced by Beck, Moore's recen... more info

Popdose — Certain musical acts come along that are so original, so different, so forward leaning that their arrival brings irrevocable change to the fabric of pop music…even if chart placements and sales figures don’t back it up. The Ramones or Velvet Unde... more info

Guardian Music — Does it matter that pop music is stuck in the same old groove?Like many people of a certain age, the first thing I did upon going to university was to blow my entire student grant on records. Sixties French chansonnières, 30s Greek rembetika, seven-... more info

Guardian Music — Whether knocking on heaven's door or taking the highway to hell, here are your favourite songs about the great beyondPhew. Harold Camping's prediction of a rapture last weekend didn't materialise – though like all good self-publicists, he's doing h... more info