Sweeping The Nation — Number twelve of forty - see the previous post for those so far - covers an interesting year. Nostalgia kicked in, one week in June featuring six coevrs or reissues in the top ten. After the previous year's Live Aid increased press coverage meant... more info

ContactMusic — British rocker Jo Dunne has died aged 43 after a battle with cancer.The guitarist passed away at St Mary's Hospice in Birmingham, England on Friday... more info

KEXP Seattle — We’ve Got a Fuzzbox and We’re Gonna Use It (just Fuzzbox in the US, and for the rest of this post) could have been yet another Birmingham band (along with Fine Young Cannibals, Duran Duran, and many more) to conquer the US pop charts in the ’80... more info

Guardian Music — Here are your favourite songs with titles boasting a bumped-up word count (often through the unnecessary use of parentheses)As the designated compiler of playlists of Guardian readers' recommendations, I am often asked (truth: I am never asked): how ... more info