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To The Song To The Siren

4834 days ago
WFMU's Beware of the BlogCaught this Tim Buckley performance from the non-stop-excellent media feed of master drummer Hamish Robert Kilgour, whose brother once asked the immortal question, "Is it wrong or is right to be a beatnik?" Pulled from the final episode of The... more info

New band of the day – No 1,163: Three Trapped Tigers

4841 days ago
Guardian MusicManically percussive and poundingly frenetic, this London trio sound like a garage band bashing their way through Aphex TwinHometown: London.The lineup: Tom Rogerson (piano, keyboards, vocals), Adam Betts (drums, electronics), Matt Calvert (guitar, s... more info

Readers' Reviews

4851 days ago
Guardian MusicThe best of your comments on the latest films and musicIt is, said walworthroad, a "massive and beautiful song". "Stunning, simply stunning," reckoned dickyknee. "Still gives me goosebumps," agreed Zakelius. And what were they all agreed on? Why, So... more info

Sleeve Notes: Stones, Sting, Skrillex, Simonon

4858 days ago
Guardian MusicWhat's been happening on guardian.co.uk/music this week, in one easily digestable info-burstIn the newsRolling Stones open 50th anniversary sessions to former bandmatesThe Clash's Paul Simonon arrested while working as undercover Greenpeace activistS... more info

The F&M playlist

4858 days ago
Guardian MusicOur music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offPeggy Lee Sans Souci Having heard this sung by Michelle Dockery at the Barbican's Jazz Voice gig last week, I was charmed enough to seek out the original. And what a thing i... more info

Song to the Siren's irresistible tang

4858 days ago
Guardian MusicIts writer refused to record it. Pat Boone almost killed it. Then it was resurrected as a B-side to an indie prestige project. Martin Aston on how Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren became a modern classicIt's a Jim'll Fix It fantasy for any musical o... more info

Tim Buckley :: S/T Rhino Handmade (Giveaway)

4872 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardTim Buckley’s, self-titled, 1966 debut marks the latest entry in the Rhino Handmade series. I have an extra copy to send to an AD reader.  The two-disc set includes both the stereo and mono versions of the debut, plus a second disc of nearly two d... more info

Buzzin' Fly becomes a phoenix from the flames

4900 days ago
Guardian MusicEverything But the Girl's Ben Watt needed a breakthrough act; Flowers and Sea Creatures needed a label. A skipping CD brought them togetherOn the night of Monday 8 August, Ben Watt went to bed worrying that rioters might break into the Camden office ... more info

New band of the day – Daley (No 1,108)

4918 days ago
Guardian MusicGareth Daley is the first Brit-soul boy contender with serious commercial potential since Mick HucknallHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Gareth Daley (vocals, music).The background: We might as well get the comparisons out the way: he's a blue-eyed so... more info

My favourite album: Fire Escape in the Sky: The Godlike Genius of Scott Walker

4935 days ago
Guardian MusicGuardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Bob Stanley celebrates the godlike genius of Scott WalkerWhen this album was released in 1981, Scott Walker's solo career had almost be... more info

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