Guardian Music — Our countdown of the year's best albums continues with Hot Chip's In Our Heads. On their stellar fifth album, the great British pop group combined fun, warmth and sincerityWhat a lovely group Hot Chip have become. Quietly, unassertively – this is t... more info

DrownedInSound — Nothing could have vindicated their decision to be Blur, not Seymour, more than the Hyde Park show Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — (Drop Anchor)Martin Rossiter fronted Gene, a foppish, Smiths-y quartet who sold 1m records in the Britpop era without troubling Oasis or Blur. Since then, fatherhood, depression and music teaching have led to this surprise reemergence. Opener Three ... more info

411 Mania — Even after this summer... more info

Guardian Music — The anarchic LA duo on learning from the White Stripes, fitting a career around school, and not taking their career too seriously'We've been doing this for 20 years," says Mikaiah Leh, one half of the Los Angeles duo the Bots. "So it kinda got seriou... more info

Guardian Music — Menswear were to Blur what the Monkees were to the Beatles, a band that became popular when times were goodJust a week after a track by Damon Albarn, formerly of Blur, was chosen to mark the 90th anniversary of the BBC, it appears that congratulation... more info

Guardian Music — They made some of the cleverest and most inventive music of the 70s, but split up at the height of their success. 10cc come together for the first time in 36 years to explain where it went wrongForget the Stone Roses' comeback and the mooted (and den... more info

Guardian Music — Meet the Mancunians who are establishing a new order of New Order – all fizzy, Balearic, dance-pop thrillsReading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Sam Hammond (vocals), Tim Estherby (keyboards), Luke Daniel (guitar), Nic Kozub... more info

NME - Radar — Meet The Child Of Lov. That’s him above – well, that’s his chin and torso, to be absolutely precise. He’s choosing to keep the rest a secret for now. While the anonymous shtick of WU LYF, iamamiwhoami, Evian Christ et al may be somewhat tires... more info

Guardian Music — Alexandra Palace, London"I'm nobody's hero," hollers Justin Young during Teenage Icon, the self-deprecating centrepiece of the Vaccines' second album, Come of Age. Some 10,000 lager-flinging addicts, bawling along, beg to differ. For all of the new a... more info