Guardian Music — (Anti-)John Peel's description of the Fall - "always different, always the same" - might equally apply to the Austin, Texas band Spoon, who have made it to seven albums without any significant variation in high quality. Leader Britt Daniel is a maste... more info

Stereogum — Karen has a Golden Globe nom, but her WTWTA work has been snubbed from Best Original Score Oscar contention, likely for its "predominant use of songs." As for Eno's The Lovely Bones? He just couldn't be bothered with the publicity campaign. (via 24bi... more info

Rolling Stone — A trio of acclaimed film scores on Rolling Stone’s radar — Karen O and Carter Burwell’s Where the Wild Things Are, Brian Eno’s The Lovely Bones and T Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton’s Crazy Heart — have all been ruled ineligible for Best ... more info

My Old Kentucky — Via Audio caused a nice little stir when they released their debut album, Say Something, a couple years ago. They had indie heavyweights like Spoon's Jim Eno and DCFC's Chris Walla in there corner. Eno producing both the debut and this new release ... more info

All About Jazz — Piles of CDs surround me. I have been feeding them into my computer to suck the music out of them. And then I pack them away. My Mac does not discriminate. Dufay or du Pre, Eno or Ellington, the computer digests them each with the same chipper whir,... more info

Guardian Music — A new compilation highlights the ability of soundtracks to evoke memories of films you've seen, or to pique interest in those you should haveSoundtrack albums are the hidden pleasures of pop. Composed and performed to accompany moving images, they're... more info

Guardian Music — John Paul Jones's career since Led Zeppelin has featured some impressive collaborations, none more so than his work with Dave Grohl and Josh Homme in Them Crooked VulturesWhen he was the bassist with globe-bestriding hedonists Led Zeppelin, John Paul... more info

Stereogum — Grab your Revolutionary War garb, Coldplay's "holed up in a dilapidated north London church" working on a new album for release next year. Brian Eno's back, but to avoid being a "huge stadium act" (?), they're going in "a stripped-down, more acoustic... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Sun, has posted an article (creatively titled Coldpray) that gives us some news on Coldplay’s eventual 5th album. The article reports that they are in a chruch recording the studio with Brian Eno, who also produced Viva La Vida. Chris Martin do... more info

Guardian Music — Ten years ago, there was chaos and inertia. Now Britain's opera houses are world class – and its conductors have revolutionised their orchestras.Classical music didn't die in the early years of the 21st century, despite all the dire prediction... more info