Starpulse — Samuel L. Jackson is disappointed producers left him out of the upcoming Thor movie - because he was convinced his character Nick Fury would make an appearance in the blockbuster.   The Pulp Fict... more info

Altsounds — Hailing from Cambridge, The Shills don’t hang about when it comes to knocking together thorny three-minute wonders with a classic British charm reminiscent of The Smiths, Pulp, The Clash and Elvis Costello. This certainly holds true for the... more info

Guardian Music — One of the joys of the Sony shortlists is the presence in the "rising star" category of 6 Music's ageing Britpopper Jarvis Cocker, alongside as yet obscure young radio thrusters such as Lucy Jones of Banbury Sound and James Lister and Dave Chapman of... more info

Guardian Music — Joe was the person who taught me the importance of having a musical partner in crime – someone who is lit by the same fire as youMark Radcliffe's Radio 1 show saw me through the sludgy years of secondary school. Weeknights from 10 o'clock, acc... more info

ContactMusic — QUENTIN TARANTINO won't be joining KATY PERRY and ALAN CUMMING in the new SMURFS movie - talks between the filmmaker and producers have broken down.The Pulp Fiction... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonAlthough hindsight has tightened it, Britpop was by no means a unified movement. Almost immediately, a deep fissure appeared within its corpus, like that which divides the human gluteal muscles. There were, in short, the band... more info

Pop Crunch — Uma Thurman’s new film is a record flop in the UK…and that’s putting it mildly. Motherhood — which sees the former Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction action as a stressed-out New York mother — took in an embarrassing $131 in its opening weekend, ma... more info

Altsounds — “Ali in the Jungle” by The Hours has become one of the most recognizable songs of the young year, featuring a message of resilience and triumph against adversity. The debut American single from this U.K. band (which features forme... more info

Guardian Music — (Drag City)The inlay to Pulp's Different Class memorably told listeners not to read the lyrics while listening to the album. For Joanna Newsom's third record, each song's lyric is so long, beautifully phrased – "Even the ghosts huddled up for ... more info

Guardian Music — Kasabian win best album and Muse are named best British band but Jarvis Cocker steals the show hosting the NME awardsRock'n'roll awards shows are known for many things: drinking, swearing and stray bass players vomiting over their own shoes to name j... more info