Guardian Music — No more albums and no more big venues for Ash – their latest tour takes in rock's less well-known hotspotsA look of mild concern crosses Tim Wheeler's face. Up until now, he and his fellow members of Ash have been a positive fountain of ebulli... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, London"This magnificent performer – there's no one quite like her," said the evening's host, Paul O'Grady, rather understating the matter. Dame Shirley Bassey is almost certainly the only singer who could get away with silently sta... more info

Altsounds — Canada's reggae-enthused **illScarlett** feels like a mix of Sublime meets No Doubt with a dash of Goldfinger thrown in for good measure. A cast of chill characters raised on their parents’ Beatles and Queen records, and influenced by the li... more info

Monsters and Critics — Canada's illScarlett combined elements of Sublime and No Doubt with a dash of Goldfinger thrown in for good measure. more info

The Mirror — PROOF THAT 007 RE GOLDFINGER EALLY IS ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The latest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, is released tomorow, along with Blu-ray editions of Goldfinger, Moonraker, and The World Is Not Enough. Other feature films in stores tomorrow include the Criterion Collection edition of Francois Truffau... more info

All About Jazz — The City Rhythm Big Band concert series continues at the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville on Sunday, March 29th at 7:00 PM with "Music to Spy By", an evening of fabulous songs from classic spy movies and television shows. This will be one of the m... more info

The Telegraph Blog — Here is an assertion that, at first, I wanted to stick in the fat folder marked "critic gets it wrong": "While controversy rages round the figure of James Bond, he is paradoxically turning into a stock figure that no one will want to argue about." ... more info

One of James Bond's signature characteristics is his eternal readiness with a quip in the face of danger ” often a casual aside as he's walking away from the body of someone who's just tried to kill him. more info