Guardian Music — Grounded in garage rock and psych, Palma Violets struggle to achieve the epic and intense – but they'll still be hailed as heroesHometown: London.The lineup: Sam Fryer (vocals, guitar), Chilli Jesson (bass, guitar), Pete Mayhew (keyboards), Will Do... more info

Guardian Music — New Young Pony Club You Used To Be A Man (The Numbers) The Katy Perry-approved NYPC have weathered the storm far better than most of the Day-Glo groups they were unfortunately lumped in with a few years back. Now, they follow up 2010's excellent The ... more info

Guardian Music — This croony and doomy singer walks the line between country and dubstep. Think Johnny Cash meets James BlakeHometown: Carlisle, Pennsylvania.The lineup: Daughn Gibson (vocals, music).The background: Daughn Gibson is quite unlike anyone you will have ... more info

Guardian Music — When the White Stripes split, Jack White was in three bands. Now he's gone solo, but plans to tour his new album Blunderbuss with two backing groups. Even his divorce involved a 'humdinger' joint party. Why doesn't he ever take the simple option... more info

Guardian Music — Electric Circus, EdinburghWhen UK indie bands decamp to Texas, they usually return with secondhand Nudie suits and thirdhand songs about communing with the ghost of Gram Parsons. Mystery Jets recorded their upcoming fourth album in a tumbledown Au... more info

DrownedInSound — Chris Hitchens, I gather, spoke in perfect sentences. Well then, Warren Ellis (of Nick Cave & the Badseeds and Dirty Three) talks in paragraphs. With three-second indents. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — These mavens of motorik like to draw on rock history – and they certainly look the part, like members of a 1972 krautrock bandHometown: London.The lineup: Tom Dougall (vocals, guitar), Dominic O'Dair (guitars), Maxim Barron (bass, vocals), Alejandr... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Nick Cave recently announced that Grinderman – the band he formed with three of his old Bad Seed colleagues – were knocking it on the head for at least a decade. "It's over …" he told the crowd at the end of a festival appearance in Austra... more info

Guardian Music — Warner BrothersAfter a decade on the block, prog rockers the Mars Volta haven't abandoned widdly-widdly guitar solos, Roger Dean-type sleeves or preposterous titles (Molochwalker, anybody?). However, they have suddenly produced a most accessible albu... more info

Guardian Music — Your painful song choices include domestic violence and unrequited love. Turns out sorry isn't the hardest word after allOuch. Last week's request for songs about regret drew out some raw, painful moments and memories."I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry... more info