Guardian Music — By reining in their excesses and lightening up a bit, Arcade Fire regain a lot of charm, says Alexis PetridisIn 1998, Q magazine invited readers to vote for the 100 Best Albums of All Time. Twelve years on, the results offer an unwittingly hilarious ... more info

Guardian Music — Just ahead of their Saturday Other Stage headline set at Glastonbury festival, we meet Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe as they give the rest of this year's lineup a once-overIn 2000 Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe visited Glastonbury for the first time, prov... more info

Guardian Music — Seaclose Park, Isle of WightFirst stop on the festival connoisseur's summer calendar, Isle of Wight is a nostalgia-heavy affair. A 60s dinosaur that has made its own spectacular comeback, history is in its blood: the fields are named after Who and He... more info

NME — Band to join Ocean Colour Scene at Scottish festival more info

EXCLUSIVE: WARM up for the World Cup with a vintage set from football-mad band more info

Guardian Music — The most widespread reaction to Ricky Martin coming out last week was a great big shrug. Have we stopped caring about our pop stars' sexuality?Twelve years ago, when his activities in a Californian public toilet forced George Michael to declare his s... more info

Guardian Music — At first, it seems Erykah Badu's revolution has been put on hold – but, says Alexis Petridis, digging deeper pays dividendsIt sold millions of albums, but there was always something underwhelming about the mid-90s genre nu-soul. It was indebte... more info

Gigwise — Including Ocean Colour Scene and The Futureheads... more info

BRUMMIE favourites still capable of causing havoc - going on post-gig Paris mash-up more info

ContactMusic — OCEAN COLOUR SCENE star STEVE CRADDOCK is selling off a pair of Lambrettas from his scooter collection - because he no longer has time to ride them.The bikes have been... more info