Guardian Music — He's mournful, he's melancholy. If we had to invent a genre name for him we'd call it sadwave. What else to call a man who sings 'I died a week ago'?Reading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: Vienna/London.The lineup: Sohn (vocals, music).The background... more info

Time — Maroon 5 may have promised to stay for just “One More Night” in the big hit off their 2012 album Overexposed, but the pop-rock band ended up hanging around a whole lot longer. Billboard announced yesterday that the song had officially tied Carl... more info

Guardian Music — Universal Music UK and Ireland's David Joseph says number of breakthrough British acts remains in single figures in 2012Universal Music boss David Joseph has warned that the number of breakthrough British acts remains in single figures in 2012 and ca... more info

Guardian Music — Singles' resurgence put down to advent of digital downloads, which have brought down cost from equivalent of £5.84 to 99pData blog: the full list of UK million-sellersIt is a music chart in which Don't You Want Me? by the Human League sits outside t... more info

KEXP Seattle — Kimbra stopped by our studios recently before her stellar show during this year’s Decibel Festival with The Stepkids (which you can read about here). Between songs of this rare stripped down performance, Kimbra talked with Stevie Zoom about headlin... more info

Guardian Music — ABC, GlasgowThe Haunted Man, Natasha Khan's third album as Bat for Lashes, has just been released. At this stage, more people might be familiar with its artwork than the contents. On the Mapplethorpe-esque cover, a naked Khan hefts a bloke, also nake... more info

Chorus.fm — Listen to *Mayday Parade (http://www.absolutepunk.net/maydayparade)*'s cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" (feat. Vic Fuentes of *Pierce The Veil (http://www.absolutepunk.net/piercetheveil)*) in the replies. more info

Topix — Gotye has picked up five nods : Best Male Artist and Best Australian Live Act, and Best Pop Release and Album of the Year for his disc Making Mirrors. more info

Topix — Gotye has picked up five nods : Best Male Artist and Best Australian Live Act, and Best Pop Release and Album of the Year for his disc Making Mirrors. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — An experienced presence in her native New Zealand, Kimbra bent American ears -- and quite a few of them -- earlier this year as the female voice on Gotye's Hot 100-topping "Somebody That I Used to Know." But that acoustic quirk-pop hit only hints at ... more info