Guardian Music — Bands such as the Pogues and Dropkick Murphys are known around the world for creating an authentic Irish sound. Shame that none of them are Irish, then ...Twirling his comedy moustache and summoning every last drop of rockabilly-Borat charm, Gogol Bo... more info

Battery In your Leg — This glorious slice of dreamy, ambient shoegaze has been in my stereo for the last three weeks. At times it reminds me of both Mercury Rev and My Bloody Valentine in equal measure. Following on from the 2008 mini-album release Ahead Of The ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — When I wasn’t busy blasting my eardrums out with the Creation and 4AD catalogs Slumberland Records was the essential go-to label for all things noise-pop. Almost every artist paid tribute to My Bloody Valentine, Ride and Pale Saints in some form, b... more info

Guardian Music — Music's hype cycles keep getting faster, and shorter. Toro Y Moi's Chaz Bundick tells how it feels to be caught up in the latest, silly names and allAnyone who fears that all the best genre names have already been taken might have had their suspicion... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Weller closes ceremony with a career-spanning setPaul Weller has collected the final award of the night at the Shockwaves NME Awards tonight (February 24), picking up the Godlike Genius gong at the at the O2 Academy Brixton in London.Primal Scream's ... more info

Metalsucks — Maybe your betrothed decided to leave you behind this Valentine’s Day and run off to Europe or Egypt or wherever on their own adventure sans YOU ……..maybe you’re lying next to yr esweetie right now locked in loving embrace/fellatio……..may... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Former Creation boss Alan McGee talks about the release of Upside Down, a film based on his label - And how he is bored with the music industry.Forming a record label in his early twenties in London with little money was impressive by anyone’s... more info

Guardian Music — The former band mates, who weren't on speaking terms for more than 20 years, have collaborated on two new songs. Don't hold your breath for that Jam reunion though ...Paul Weller has reunited with the Jam's bassist, Bruce Foxton. The former band mate... more info

NME - The Video Blog — It's shaping up to be a good year for music movies. Ian Dury biopic Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll is picking up slavering reviews, and tonight (January 14) sees the premier of Blur flick No Distance Left To Run. Potentially most exciting of all, t... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Creation Records boss Alan McGee is no stranger to a spot of self-mythology. Now it looks like his ten-years-defunct indie label -- which launched Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and Oasis (pictured) onto an unsuspecting world -- is to have its b... more info