Guardian Music — American singer-songwriter acclaimed for his raw, uncompromising lyricsThe singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, who has died aged 45 after an overdose of muscle relaxants, was a veteran presence in the independent, rather than the mainstream, music charts... more info

Guardian Music — Lean, ravaged and always with a cigarette dangling from his lips, the Birthday Party's Rowland S Howard pummelled his guitar until it could howl no moreI first saw Rowland S Howard, who died from liver cancer on 30 December, play live when he tore my... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about new beginnings. As you stagger home from welcoming in 2010, we want your pick of songs about the morning afterHa-ppy Noo Year! My best wishes to you in 2010 written in my best New York gangster accent.This week's topic is, I a... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: UKFlorence Welch, Lady Gaga, La Roux and Little Boots were the "new" headline figures in music in 2009. These feisty females certainly kicked up a storm in terms of sales figures, gossip column inches and controversy, but the story behin... more info

Rock Sellout — Got a 7" from  The Living Kills on my doorstep yesterday.  A  four-piece band from Brooklyn playing spaced out 60's/70's psych rock that reminds me of some Yo La Tengo playing Velvet Underground. Good stuff.   more info

Guardian Music — These punky popsters aspire to be Roxy Music, but end up sounding like Menswear ... only not as goodHometown: Woodbridge, Suffolk.The lineup: Christian (guitar), Charlie (vocals, guitar), Rory (vocals), Ali (drums) and Thom (bass).The background: The... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offFrankie Goes to Hollywood The Power of Love A perfect winter No 1, dizzy with electric pianos and overblown strings, drunk with gothic lyrics about death-defying love, and ... more info

Guardian Music — (Nettwerk)With only four albums in two decades – two of them with the much-acclaimed Mazzy Star – and a handful of appearances with Massive Attack and the Chemical Brothers, Hope Sandoval isn't one to rush things or bow to conventional ... more info

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Live Daily — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will swell its ranks in 2010 with a lineup of new inductees that features Genesis, ABBA, The Stooges, Jimmy Cliff and The Hollies. A host of non-performers will also be ushered into the Hall, with individual recipien... more info