Guardian Music — Guardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Dave Simpson explains why Joy Division's Closer is one for all eternityWhen I was still at school, I finished my Saturday job a co... more info

Guardian Music — It's not Disco Inferno's talk of cities on the brink of meltdown that makes their songs seem prescient, but more how fragile they soundIt has been one of those weeks where the constant shriek of news has drowned out music. The only record I've really... more info

Guardian Music — Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same – Jude Rogers celebrates New Order's moving masterpieceBe honest. When you're asked what your favourite alb... more info

Guardian Music — Cher Lloyd Swagger Jagger (Syco) Music exec: Ciao. We've got to come up with a chart-topping tune for that girl who didn't win X Factor once.Minion: Sorry boss – you're going to have to be more specific. That's most of the country.Music exec: The o... more info

Guardian Music — It takes years of training for opera singers to master their art. But would those skills help or hinder in singing pop songs? And what about the other way round?I remember hearing the great Malian singer Salif Keita for the first time in 1980. Joy Di... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Holy Mountain / 2007Wooden Shjips, a four-piece pysch combo from San Francisco, feature a bassist named Dusty, a guitarist named Ripley, and an organist named Nash. On their debut release for Holy Mountain, the Shjips, like the Jefferson Airplane and... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Kranky / 2007No doubt you've already been made aware of the hype... Deerhunter (who are not in any way associated to Deerhoof) are at the moment the talk of the town. They are the band critics are literally falling over themselves to praise, and as s... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Michael Pitt’s Joy Division t-shirt is soo much more in Arabic than your Joy Division t-shirt, so don’t even come at me like your Joy Division t-shirt is more in Arabic than Michael Pitt’s Joy Division t-shirt, okay? I bet Michael Pitt listens ... more info

Altsounds — Melbourne, Australia's Indie-Alternative quartet The Dead Leaves (http://www.thedeadleavesmusic.com/) are currently offering the track "Harm", from their upcoming album "Cities On The Sea", as a free download. Harm lives creatively somewhere betwee... more info

Guardian Music — Brought together to promote a new best-of compilation, Peter Hook and his bandmates can barely bring themselves to speak to each other. They reveal where it all went wrong … separately'The truth is," says Peter Hook, the bassist first in Joy Divisi... more info