Guardian Music — London singer's 4.2m-selling album enters top five bestsellers of all timeAdele's album 21 has outsold Michael Jackson's Thriller, becoming the fifth biggest-selling album of all time in the UK.Figures from the Official Charts Company show the singer... more info

ContactMusic — Pink Floyd star David Gilmour marked his wifes 50th birthday by serenading her with a love song at a party with family and friends The romantic rocker marked author Polly Samsons big day by throwing the celebration at the 20th Century Theatre in Nott... more info

Guardian Music — The Alabama Shakes singer-guitarist mixes some classic pop and soul albums with newer releases that root her in time and placeBrittany Howard, lead singer of blues-rock stompers Alabama Shakes, has been making music since she was 13. Aged 15, she tru... more info

Totally Fuzzy — With powerful vocals and intricate arrangements, Tatiana Kochkareva's intelligent indie-rock is both dynamic and haunting; a result of her early classical and jazz training mixed with her love of rock music greats like Pink Floyd and Queen. A ... more info

Guardian Music — The music to be played while the royal barge makes its way along the Thames for the Jubilee is a little dull. Perhaps the Queen would appreciate this alternative playlist?According to Adrian Evans, the "pageant master" tasked with arranging a London ... more info

Guardian Music — Stanley Reynolds tries to give modern music a fair hearingFor a whole decade now we have been putting up with the loud and aggressive artistic pretensions of pop music and mainly - and especially if we did not want to seem too outre - we have sat qui... more info

411 Mania — From Jay-Z's American Gangster, The Who's Tommy and Pink Floyd's The Wall to Radiohead's Kid A, Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar and more, the 411 staff ranks the top 5 concept albums of all-time! more info

Here Comes The Flood — Chicago neo-psychedelic trio The Luck of Eden Hall have pulled it off. They have finished their ambitious 2CD project Butterfly Revolutions. On the first disc early Pink Floyd and The zombies reigned supreme. They have added The Beatles, The Move a... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon has come top in a new poll of the 100 best albums of all time.Oasis’ (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? was second and Definitely Maybe is at number twenty.'(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' has sold over 14 m... more info

Guardian Music — (Neurot)You don't get to be called space-doom without being pretty out-there as it is, but even by Ufomammut's standards, the opening track of the Italian trio's sixth album is a surprise. Charting the point equidistant between Pink Floyd, Vangelis a... more info