Guardian Music — So, awards season is upon us – how will women fare?I want the Nobel peace prize. I know world peace is a bit of a stretch when I can barely feed and clothe myself but it would give me a "king of the world" feeling, like Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic... more info

Guardian Music — The Rapture, On tourAs amazing as their synthesis of punk and funk was, the two elements were always at war within the music of the Rapture. Emerging under the aegis of James Murphy's DFA records, their House Of Jealous Lovers single honoured their o... more info

NME - Festivals — Bjork, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Village People... we're getting very excited about the big names playing this year's Bestival, but there are also a whole load of brilliant new acts on the bill too. Don't miss this lot when you head to the Isle Of Wight. ... more info

NME — All 12 nominated artists will perform at the ceremony for the first time ever more info

Altsounds — After nearly two decades of making the most respected and influential music in Australia as part of Magic Dirt, Adalita has made her first solo record and comparisons could be made to PJ Harvey at her starkest or Cat Power at her most brilliant. Gone... more info

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Guardian Music — Eastnor Castle, HerefordshireRead our reviews of the first and second days of the Big ChillSunday morning at the Big Chill came like a hangover following a big night out. When festivalgoers crawled out of their tents they were greeted by a drizzly da... more info

The Quietus — Dame Polly to grace London venue for this first time this October. Photo by Seamus Murphy more info

Altsounds — *PJ Harvey* is set to play at London's Royal Albert Hall on October 30th. Tickets for the show go on-sale on Friday August 12th and are available from www.gigsandtours.com (http://www.gigsandtours.com/). This will be *PJ Harvey's* first appeara... more info

NME — Musician also tells NME that most modern music is 'original' more info