Guardian Music — (Columbia)Music is pretty crude stuff. We know instinctively that minor keys and major keys are shorthand for reflection and uplift. Listeners fall, again and again, quite happily, for the same old tricks. After a lifetime of listening, however, you ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Bands explain why the city's latest sounds are so different from its 'great past' The Manchester music is buzzing - but don't expect a repeat of the stylistic driven scenes of the past, the city's new bands have told NME.With the likes of Hurts, Ever... more info

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Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Lady Gaga has overtaken Oasis to become the artist to enjoy the most weeks in the UK chart. The singer's debut album 'The Fame' has now spent 154 weeks in the top-75.She has also been named the most searched for female on the internet in the new edit... more info

Guardian Music — Their 10th album might sound like ELO, but the Manic Street Preachers are as full as ever of intellectual fire. Alexis Petridis welcomes them backLet us for a moment return to 1992, the year the Manic Street Preachers released their debut album, Gene... more info

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Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Liam Gallagher was once the wildman of Britpop.Now he's turning into a modern-day Jimmy Savile.The former Oasis frontman is dipping into his pocket to help an ex-soldier who served in Afghanistan rebuild his life.The move fits in to Liam's cuddly new... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — If anyone was going to try to teach a professor a thing or two, you might guess it would be a mouthy Manc with an ego the size of the Ship Canal.Yes, Liam Gallagher has told Professor Green to stick with singing instead of rapping.Prof Green met the ... more info

Gigwise — Former Oasis star offers voice tips... more info