Guardian Music — Five No 1 singles, record label feeding frenzies, influencing the US charts – no one imagined grime would get this big. Dan Hancox explains how Dizzee Rascal and Tynchy Stryder set the world alightThe music industry loves a goldrush – t... more info

Rock Sellout —   In my honest opinion Jordon Zadorozy is one of the best songwriters out there. If it were up to me there would be a million FM radios out there playing his music from coast to coast. I was introduced to his music through his bands release "August... more info

Powerpopulist — Picture CreditI really hadn't planned on doing another spherepost so soon, but if you were to miss these, I would be very sad, and we can't have that. Be sure to thank the hosts, as I do most fervently. Icecream Hands - Yellow And Blue - Peter's Powe... more info

Altsounds — Latest signings to Acid Jazz, The Moons come with an authentic rock pedigree. Fronted by Paul Weller’s keyboard player Andy Crofts and also featuring Chris Ketley from The Rakes, the band craft soulful slices of a classic English take on roc... more info

The Vinyl Villain — C'mon.....you don't think yesterday's little bit of poptastic stuff was a mere coincidence?For Part 33 of this series, I'm moving away from singles to the record that was voted #1 LP by the writers on the NME in 1979. The full list, for your info wa... more info

Live Daily — The prolific, sunny Norwegian Sondre Lerche [ tickets ] proffers the most challenging album of his decade-long, six-album career. It's an impressive mixture of the elements heard on his previous records--the '60s-rooted chamber pop of his first two a... more info

The Red Radio — We found a mint condition vinyl copy of the Urgh! A Music War soundtrack today and we are feelin' mighty fine about it. An amazing compilation concert film originally released in 1981, Urgh! features early performances from XTC, The Police,... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about songs struggling to stay awake. Now we want you to suggest music to soundtrack a returning voyagerLast week was a quieter one in which we could all gather our thoughts, get some shut-eye and, if you're Tincanman, do a bit of g... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Jeff Francisco said...The Band was a huge influence on me during my youth.Hear an acoustic cover of The Weight recorded in my home studio at:http://theanimalsrunthefarm.blogspot.comHope you enjoy.Thanks Fuzzy Crew!Ted Barron said...Elvis MuseumJoe Ma... more info

Powerpopulist — As promised in Tuesday's Music of the Sphere post, here are a few more choice sounds found during recent peregrinations amongst my favorite music blogs. Many thanks to the faveblogger(esse)s.Urge Overkill - Sister Havana - Mars Needs GuitarsNew Order... more info