Consequence of Sound — English twee-poppers serenading you from Orange City. more info

Guardian Music — (Atlantic)So powerfully do Nottingham's Dog Is Dead evoke early adulthood, they even appeared in an episode of Skins, singing Glockenspiel Song, which features on this debut album and goes: "We are a mess, we are failures and we love it!" They've bee... more info

Guardian Music — One reader picks the songs that mean the most to her as part of our Six Songs of Me projectZoe Williams blogs about fashion and music at Romeo and the Lonely Girl.What was the first song you ever bought?4 Non Blondes – What's Up?I'd like to say I c... more info

Guardian Music — On this week's show, Alexis is joined by DJ and producer Erol Alkan to discuss his evolution from promoter of the famed club night Trash to in-demand producer and half of Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve.Erol also joins us for Singles Club featuring Dixlex... more info

Guardian Music — My week of making music with a whole world of musiciansDay 1Walking into the first rehearsal I didn't realise this was really the start of my "favourite week ever'' (which, if my wife asks, was our honeymoon). I managed to miss the train's departure ... more info

Guardian Music — Graham Coxon cranked it up, and Kasabian set their phasers to fun, as Reading syndrome set in en masse. Perhaps the Cure's punishing set had something to do with that"They're either celebrating their good results, or they've abandoned life because of... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Blur/The Specials/New Order, Hyde Park 8/12/2012 Blur's frontman and driving force, Damon Albarn, had said this might be the band's final performance. But then Albarn has always been a competitive soul, and you wonde... more info

Chorus.fm — Hit the replies to watch *Bombay Bicycle Club* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/bombaybicycleclub) playing two new songs live on some recent North American tour dates. The tracks are tentatively titled "You Carry Me" and "It's Alright Now" and the band a... more info

Guardian Music — Baaba Maal, Damon Albarn and Bombay Bicycle are among the lineup of musicians who will tour the UK by train in SeptemberReading this on mobile? Click her to view videoThe collective of African and western musicians known as Africa Express has reveale... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Black Keys / good question, Firefly Music Fest 7/22/2012 The Firefly Music Festival wrapped its successful first year on Sunday (7/22) with performances by The Black Keys, Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, The Head & the... more info