Rollo & Grady — Allo, Darlin’ – Will You Please Spend New Year’s With Me? Allo, Darlin’ – I Wanna Be Sedated (The Ramones Cover) more info

Guardian Music — All our 'best of 2011' lists, and some festive listening treats to tide you over until 2012All our best-of-2011 list shenanigansPJ Harvey - Let England Shake. Our number one album of the year.Albums of the year: How our critics votedThe best songs of... more info

Guardian Music — It failed to even chart in 1987, but this festive anthem seems to be earning the punk pioneers some posthumous plauditsThey were, of course, the greatest band in the history of rock music. I hold that truth to be self-evident, and if you disagree I w... more info

Guardian Music — Boasting a budget version of the wall of sound, James Bennett's music is haunted by the Spector of past pop erasHometown: Kirkby Lonsdale.The lineup: James Bennett (vocals, music).The background: A reader of this column recently bemoaned the lack of ... more info

Guardian Music — Brixton Academy, LondonIt's hard to believe now, but this time last year all the signs were that the Vaccines would become the privately educated answer to the Arctic Monkeys, lucratively bringing guitars back into fashion. The prosaic reality is tha... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Some white dude with a guitar went to Seoul and taught a bunch of elementary school kids the words to The Ramones' "Judy Is a Punk." And the result is as chaotic as it is adorable. More » Post from: Crushable more info

Guardian Music — Here are your favourite songs with titles boasting a bumped-up word count (often through the unnecessary use of parentheses)As the designated compiler of playlists of Guardian readers' recommendations, I am often asked (truth: I am never asked): how ... more info

Guardian Music — A cover of a 60s staple helped set in motion a musical revolution in mid-70s New York"Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine …" The first line of Gloria, the first song on what was Patti Smith's first album.Smith was a virtual unknown in the ... more info

Guardian Music — Once heavy on the hillbilly, these southern girls have ditched yee-haws and ukuleles to be a power-pop propositionHometown: Murfreesboro, Tennessee.The lineup: Jesse Darlin (guitar, bass), Kelley Darlin (bass, guitar), Nikki Darlin (guitar, bass), Li... more info

411 Mania — From Road to Ruins and their self-titled debut to Rocket To Russia, End Of The Century and more, 411's Wyatt E. counts down the top 8 Ramones albums of all-time! Check out the full article to see which albums made the list! more info