Guardian Music — Combining R&B with garage rock, this south London lot aspire to be the Motown Mary Chain or the Stax StoogesReading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: Somerset.The lineup: Carter Sharp (vocals, guitar), Jamie Bird (piano, vocals), Fil Ward (guitars, voc... more info

Guardian Music — Why huddle in a muddy field as the rain buckets down when there's live music all over your television?There comes a point in life when the "full festival experience" loses its attractiveness. For me, that happened upon arriving at a wet and muddy gat... more info

Guardian Music — Twice a week we invite independent music writers and bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today: a site 'bringing you music from the past, present and quite possibly the future'Who are you and what's your blog called?I'm Andy von Pip and I run the... more info

Guardian Music — Hotly tipped singer to top bill at gig in London on 14 JuneKyla La Grange is to headline the next Guardian New Band of the Day gig in London on Thursday 14 June. The show precedes the hotly tipped young singer's debut album Ashes, scheduled for relea... more info

Guardian Music — Village Underground, LondonBranches and fairy lights flank the stage like Titania's grotto. The mic stands are festooned with winter foliage and rams' skulls. We're about to witness either a midsummer night's dream of a gig or the ritual sacrifice of... more info

Guardian Music — Scratch any literate songwriter – Win Butler, David Bowie, PJ Harvey – and beneath the surface you will find a debt to TS EliotThe New Yorker critic Louis Menand, reflecting on TS Eliot's transition from radical modernist to arch-conservative, wr... more info

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicDonna SummerDonna Summer dies of cancer aged 63Donna Summer obituaryFive classic Donna Summer songsStars pay tribute to disco diva – video Donna Summer's disco was as radical as punkA classic i... more info

ContactMusic — The winners of the prestigious Ivor Novello Songwriting Awards have been announced and though as expected Adele was top of the pile on a couple of occasions she far from had it her own way as she forced to settle for second best in a couple of catego... more info

Guardian Music — Adele wins two prizes at songwriting awards, while Harvey's Let England Shake and Sheeran's The A Team are also honouredPJ Harvey and Ed Sheeran threw spikes under the Adele steamroller on Thursday when Let England Shake was named album of the year a... more info

Guardian Music — Singer's first new material since Let England Shake will appear on soundtrack for What Is This Film Called Love?PJ Harvey will premiere two new songs on the soundtrack for a forthcoming documentary. What Is This Film Called Love? will incorporate Har... more info