Guardian Music — Does Radio 1 still have the power to make – and break – new bands? As its night-time 'specialist' DJs take over its prime-time shows, Alexis Petridis talks to people behind the playlistsZane Lowe sounds excited. There are those who might wryly su... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Some of the postings in 2011 might be vaguely familiar to readers of old. Its not that I'm going back and regurgitating entire past sections of TVV (not yet anyway, but simply that songs previously featured and commented on might well be rearing thei... more info

Chorus.fm — Head here (http://www.soonermusic.com/) to see the first part of Zane Lowe (http://www.zanelowe.com)'s "Best of 10", including video interviews with the likes of Josh Homme (*Queens of the Stone Age* (http://www.myspace.com/queensofthestoneage)), *Mo... more info

Chorus.fm — Watch *The Wombats (http://www.myspace.com/thewombatsuk) *perform their forthcoming single, "(Never Knew I Was) A Techno Fan" live in session for Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1). more info

The Music Fix — Aussie folk-rockers celebrate the release of their debut EP in the esteemed company of Mumford and Sons, Zane Lowe and us. more info

Guardian Music — The Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project, LondonThe clubbing equivalent of having a 15-year-old boy from the Parisian suburbs sleeping on your sofa before hitting on your girlfriend, the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project sees 14 cities across the wo... more info

Guardian Music — Touted as the future of rock, the Vaccines are playing pub backrooms and ignoring the hype. Will they survive when reality bites?Six weeks or so ago the Vaccines played their first London gig. The 300-strong audience included Alex Kapranos of Franz ... more info

Guardian Music — Forget everything you've ever learned about rock'n'roll: the NME has established chunky winter socks as the apex of coolHas enough scar tissue formed over the livid psychic weals inflicted on us by this year's NME Cool List for us to contemplate it w... more info

Chorus.fm — Today is the start of the fifth season of Zane's Masterpieces (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/masterpieces/2010/) on BBC Radio 1 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1), kicking off with *The White Stripes (http://www.myspace.com/thewhitestripes)* - Elep... more info

Chorus.fm — Head here (http://www.soonermusic.com/video/87878085001/Deftones-on-stoop-and-on-point/) to watch Zane Lowe (http://www.zanelowe.com) interview *Deftones (http://www.myspace.com/deftones)* in the middle of their current UK tour. more info