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New band of the day: Scrufizzer (No 1,397)

5109 days ago
Guardian Music — West London MC Romani Lorenzo specialises in grime that's nicely heavy on the noise and distinctly lacking in poppy unctuousnessHometown: West London.The lineup: Romani Lorenzo (vocals).The background: That staccato voice, caught between a sob and a ... more info

The Mobos' real problem is not being too white: it's being too commercial

5121 days ago
Guardian Music — There's never been a better time for successful black music. But the shortlist for last night's awards celebrated safety over new talent. It's time the Mobos changedThe UK music press was looking northward to Liverpool on Saturday night for the annua... more info

Mercury prize finalists: who is the most popular on last.fm?

5123 days ago
Guardian Music — Tonight the Mercury prize 2012 will be awarded to one of the 12 finalists. But who is the most popular on last.fm and who gets the most plays per day? • Get the data• More dataThe annual Mercury prize is set to take place this evening with a winn... more info

Calvin Harris: 18 Months – review

5128 days ago
Guardian Music — (Columbia)Given the number of hit singles that have already leaked out of it – six, including the current UK No 1 – the release of Calvin Harris's third album feels almost like a formality. Nothing else on 18 Months matches up to the blockbusting... more info

DJ Fresh: Nextlevelism – review

5144 days ago
Guardian Music — (Ministry of Sound)Dan Stein's approach to guest vocalists is to pile them in, turn them up, watch them go. Megastars rub shoulders with unknowns, though all are here to whip up the dancefloor rather than stamp their personality on the track: easy fo... more info

Dizzee Rascal Says He Was Asked To Voice Coco Pops Monkey

5145 days ago
411 Mania — He seemed offended... more info

Celebrity Birthdays - October 1, 2012

5155 days ago
Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Actor Zach Galifianakis (1969) Actress Jurnee Smollett (1986) British DJ and rapper Dizzee Rascal (1985) Singer-songwriter Porcelain Black (1985) Actor Rupert Friend (1981) ... more info

Rinse FM: 'Radio, not the internet, gave me my break,' says Katy B

5156 days ago
Guardian Music — Urban music's chart power is thanks in no small part to ex-pirate station Rinse FM. On its 18th birthday, we learn how it climbed from tower blocks to the very topDJ Geeneus is remembering the first ever Rinse FM radio broadcast, as a pirate station,... more info

Live music booking now

5164 days ago
Guardian Music — Pitchfork are putting on their annual European festival (1-3 Nov, Paris), and those who make the trip over the channel will be rewarded with a suitably cool lineup featuring Death Grips, Animal Collective, M83 and the Walkmen …Staying on the festiv... more info

Samantha Cameron: she understands Azealia's street language

5165 days ago
Guardian Music — The prime minister's wife is a fan of Azealia Banks, so will the rapper now have a lasting influence on Smythson's stationery range?Lost in Showbiz has long despaired of the public airing of politicians' music tastes. It boggles, mortified, at the di... more info

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