Guardian Music — The Arctic Monkeys' much-awaited homecoming gigs might have sold out, but there's loads of other great stuff going on in Sheffield this summer, says Lucy Harper of The Culture Vulture Sheffield's top 10 budget places to eat10 top music venues in Shef... more info

Guardian Music — From Terry Wogan revealing the wrong winner to Lordi's day of rock-ening, we look at the best from the song contestIf you had any sense you'd have left your bunting up from the royal wedding because tonight sees the first of two semi-finals of the Eu... more info

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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

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Altsounds — The bands' *Asphalt EP* is *OUT NOW* (http://t.ymlp163.net/jjwuarabyjagaujhapajbeq/click.php) on *Because Music* - French boutique label home to artists like J*ustice, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Daft Punk's Electroma, Jarvis Cocker, Manu Chao, The Klaxons... more info

Totally Fuzzy — As lead singer of indie-disco trio Gossip, non-conformist Beth Ditto became just as famous for challenging the perceptions of female beauty and sexuality as she did for her spell bindingly raw gospel-soul voice. Born Mary Beth Patterson in 1981, she... more info

Guardian Music — It's the final part of our pop adventures in North Korea ... and what better way to end than playing the locals some 'communist pop' (ie Pulp's Common People)Despite there being no internet access in North Korea outside the offices of the few western... more info

Guardian Music — (Pschent)This collaboration between two French producers and DJs best known for their disco re-edits and remixes of other artists' work lives up to its portmanteau moniker. It contains the expected nonchalant swing that characterises the disco reviv... more info