Guardian Music — Newcastle ArenaRoxy Music's 1972 debut album is one of a handful to lay genuine claim to having been the sound of the future. Amid genre-busting, dazzling explosions of the possibilities of what was still, at heart, rock'n'roll, Bryan Ferry sang a fu... more info

Guardian Music — This lot specialise in surging, shimmering synth-pop refracted through waves of My Bloody Valentine guitar hazeHometown: Nottingham.The lineup: John Sampson (vocals, instruments), Peter Sampson (drums), Jonathon Spittlehouse (guitar), Andrew Wright (... more info

KEXP Seattle — On first hearing Interpol, they seemed to be just another group mimicking the sound of alt-rock legends Bauhaus.  And as a dedicated Bauhaus fan, every song of Interpol’s sounded to me like a light version of only one of Bauhaus’s variety of sty... more info

ContactMusic — Coldplay are working with a "brutal" producer on their new album. The 'Viva La Vida' hitmakers started writing their forthcoming fifth album with Brian Eno, but he suggested they also draft in someone else to help them edit their work, which led to t... more info

Guardian Music — A concert movie featuring the ever-inventive David Byrne, showcasing an album he made with Eno. By Andrew PulverDespite the presence of cutting-edge new media designer Hillman Curtis behind the camera, this is a pretty straightforward concert movie f... more info

XLR8R — It was only this past Monday that we alerted you to the massive collection of tunes curated as the Top 100 Tracks of 2010 by electronic music retailer Bleep. That whole list of excellent forward-thinking music, more than nine hours of jams that inclu... more info

Popdose — There was an odd cultural moment about twenty years ago when veterans of the 1970s rock avant-garde started showing up in an unexpected place — the pop charts. That old fuso-muso whorehorse Jan Hammer scored a big hit with his Miami Vice theme. Adr... more info

Totally Fuzzy — W said... * HOTLEGS (10cc) Thinks: School Stinks (1970) The original 1970 first LP release from Hotlegs (10cc, minus Graham Gouldman). Featuring the same album cover Alice Cooper would co-opt 2 years later for School's Out. Includes the minor hit, "N... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Tongue said... SWELL MAPS - Jane From Occupied Europe fuzzlove http://youngmosstongue.blogspot.com Nazz Nomad said... Bleedin Out has a new compilation up- It's called Slow Death 2011. Some covers, some classics, some other stuff. On it, you'll fin... more info

Totally Fuzzy — jeffen said... It's your Holiday Hangover Mix with: FEAR, LARRY NORMANS, THE BOYS, JOHN PRINE, SLOPPY SECONDS, TOM LEHRER, BLINK 182, THE POGUES, THE MR. T EXPERIENCE, THE FUTUREHEADS, CRUDBUMP, NO FUN, THE RAMONES and MERLE HAGGARD http://musicruine... more info