Guardian Music — If St Etienne evoke memories of an idyllic London, this boy-girl duo do the same for beach resorts from Ayia Napa to IbizaHometown: Athens, Greece.The lineup: Sarah P (vocals), RPR (music).The background: It's only week three of January and already w... more info

Lost In Your Inbox — The strangest thing happened, a confluence of memories and events that doesn't happen very often. It's kind of hard to explain, but I'm going to try. I recently re-read Watership Down , which if you haven't read, you oug... more info

Guardian Music — A Christmas treat from Tracey Thorn, whose album Love and Its Opposite blew us away this yearHere's Tracey Thorn covering Sufjan Stevens's Sister Winter (you can hear the original here). Enjoy it on our stream or download it with additional Christmas... more info

Guardian Music — You've seen our top 40 albums of the year. But what did Guardian critics' individual lists look like?Alex Macpherson Albums1. Ciara - Basic Instinct2. The-Dream - Love King3. K. Michelle - What's the 911?4. Sade - Soldier Of Love5. Erykah Badu - New ... more info

Guardian Music — Last time was about the cut and thrust of heated discourse. Now we're after songs that hold their hands up to getting it wrongHello each and every one of you. What a week it's been. If you're thinking, "Hang on, didn't we already do songs about argum... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Sorry about the terrible pun which came to me as I was putting together last Saturday's piece about The Smiths.There's loads can be said about Ben Watt - the laziest and easiest thing I can do is refer you to this wiki page.But returning somewhat to... more info

Nialler9 — A new Alex Metric mixtape with great tunes from Phoenix, Mystery Jets, Holy Ghost!, Tracey Thorn, Boys Noize, Orbital, Kele, Jamaica and more. This will make you want to call in sick to work tomorrow :) . Tracklisting after the jump. Alex Metric: DJ ... more info

Stereogum — Tracey Thorn released her solo LP Love And Its Opposite in May, and now she’s recruited a diverse list of remixers for a digital-only companion EP. Included on the EP is a remix by WALLS — bloggers Sam Willis and Alessio Natalizia (they have an a... more info

DrownedInSound — We have an exclusive (or so...) clip of Thorn performing a track from the record at home. Well, in her home studio, which still qualifies, doesn't it? The track in question is 'Why Does The Wind?', which itself is released as a single on June 14. ... more info

Guardian Music — From Mungo Jerry to Florence + the Machine, we all have our sunshine tracks. Below, we asked some leading lights from the music business for their top tunes of the summer. By Hermione Hoby, Caspar Llewellyn Smith and Gareth GrundyEllie Goulding"Jump ... more info