Prefix — Formed last year, The D.O.T. is a collaboration between Mike Skinner of the now-shelved The Streets ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-the-dots-mike-skinner-and-rob-harvey-you-ne/69428/ more info

Consequence of Sound — The Streets rapper teams up with The Music's Rob Harvey for new project. more info

Guardian Music — The Lousiana, BristolThe Louisiana is a very small Bristol venue that has played host, over the years, to some very big names. Since the mid-90s, eager crowds have packed into the tiny first-floor room of this 200-year-old pub to get a close-up of fu... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's' has been named as the third biggest selling debut album of 2011, according to the Official Charts Company.Beady Eye's 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' has been named as the six... more info

Guardian Music — Does the world really need another big-voiced belter of witchy gothisms? Foxes don't make a wholly convincing case it doesHometown: London.The lineup: Louisa Rose Allen and Sam Dixon.The background: Foxes are a duo in which the man is the silent part... more info

Guardian Music — This Canadian blues wailer should appeal to retro maniacs and period fetishists, but can she actually write a decent song?Hometown: Etobicoke, Canada.The lineup: Al Spx (vocals), Rob Ellis (percussion), Pete Roberts (guitar), Thomas Greene (piano) an... more info

The Music Fix — Lorne Thomson delivers a gallery from The Big Mix, featuring Newton Faulkner, Clare Maguire, Cocknbullkid and The Pipettes. more info

Guardian Music — Information and lineups for the UK's best day festivalsThe Big MixWhen: 18 JuneWhere: Shoreditch, LondonWhat: Formerly known as The Brick Lane Takeover. Music, comedy, fashion, art and cabaret in various venues around east London in aid of Macmil... more info

Unreality Music — When Clare Maguire finally finished recording her début album - which spent three years in the pipeline, undergoing plentiful promises of perfection such as being signed to Polydor via a very... more info

Guardian Music — First she turned down Jay-Z's label, then she said no to a Jarvis Cocker track – not bad for someone who had just quit Topshop. Alexis Petridis meets singer-songwriter Clare MaguireThe day she met Rick Rubin, says Clare Maguire, was "probably the m... more info