Guardian Music — This Leeds band, who want to be known by their initials, throw some Loop, Spacemen 3 and early Verve into their untamed mixHometown: Leeds.The lineup: MB, EG, MJ, SS and JW.The background: Hookworms are a Leeds band but the new Pigeon Detectives/Kais... more info

Guardian Music — Singer of the eloquent soul ballad Get It While You CanThe sublime tenor voice of the American soul singer Howard Tate, who has died aged 72, lit up a string of immaculate recordings in the late 1960s. He is best known as the singer of Get It While Y... more info

411 Mania — One of the greatest '90s one-hit wonders... more info

ContactMusic — Damon Albarns supergroup The Good The Bad The Queen made its live comeback in London on Thursday evening 10Nov11 with a gig in aid of Greenpeace The Blur rocker teamed up with The Clash bassist Paul Simonon The Verve guitarist Simon Tong and drumme..... more info

Guardian Music — Gorillaz, Tinie Tempah, Professor Green and others could benefit from innovative ideas around their musicOne of the worst conference cliches currently floating around the tech industry is this: app developers are the new rock stars. The idea being th... more info

Guardian Music — Len Blavatnik poised to pay $1.5bn for the last major British record label, home to the Beatles and ColdplayEMI, the record label that signed the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Coldplay, is likely to be broken up this week and sold to a Russian-born billion... more info

Guardian Music — The musician has named his new band with Flea and Tony Allen, which is making its debut in Cork tonight with songs from the new album due out next yearWith a debut album on the way next year, Damon Albarn has officially named his new band with Flea a... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Michael from Folks took the time to answer some questions ahead of the bands support date for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at The Roundhouse in London on October 31st.Were are you guys from?Mostly from Manchester (Scott, Michael, Elliot, Thom) ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Multi-instrumentalists Kitty, Daisy & Lewis released three albums (including one re-release) in three years since they began 2007. After taking 2010 off from releasing an album, the Durham siblings are back with Smoking in Heaven. Smoking in Heaven... more info

Guardian Music — Five stern-faced young men, who brilliantly sound like they belong on a mist-shrouded hillsideWho are they?Five stern-faced, anguished young men who stand atop mountains, making music with the elements at their fingertips.Must be cold up there at th... more info