Guardian Music — Twenty years on from Charly, the Essex ravers are still massive, a testimony to staying faithful to 'mind-cancelling abandon'It seems incredible now, with the Prodigy's 20-year history as the figureheads of out-of-control, hedonistic, devotedly hardc... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonAny excuse for a reunion. The Monkees have already reconvened for their 20th, 30th and 35th anniversaries, so it would have seemed churlish to let the 45th pass without a tour. As before, Mike Nesmith has refused to participa... more info

Guardian Music — Moral qualms aside, the first official album from the Odd Future star is too long and oppressiveLast week was an interesting one for controversy in hip-hop. Fox News's feeble attempt to present Common's invitation to the White House as a threat to th... more info

Guardian Music — This 19-year-old rapper wants to appeal to hip-hop heads and Sex Pistols fans. And no, he's not a member of Odd FutureHometown: Pittsburgh.The lineup: Malcolm McCormick (vocals, beats).The background: It's not all about Tyler, the Creator when it com... more info

Guardian Music — Radio presenter and composer known for his TV theme music'Big George" Webley, who has died suddenly aged 53, was a larger-than-life figure who combined the careers of talk-radio broadcaster and prolific composer and arranger of television themes, for... more info

Guardian Music — Tyler the Creator touches down to talk goblins, chillwave and the trouble with saying stupid stuffTyler Okonma, better known as Tyler the Creator, 20-year-old frontman of Odd Future, the world's most notorious rap group, is having a fit. He was sitti... more info

Topix — A group in Britain is campaigning to get the Sex Pistols' 'God Save the Queen' to the top of the charts when Prince William and Kate Middleton wed on April 29. more info

Guardian Music — One of the punk era's original talents who fronted the band X-Ray SpexIt did not take long for the punk rock movement of the 1970s to lose its creative impetus and lapse into tedious repetition, but Poly Styrene, who has died of cancer aged 53, remai... more info

Guardian Music — Even while battling cancer in a hospice, the former X-Ray Spex singer was talking about writing new songs and fighting cynicism. Here was a pop star who truly made a differenceThe internet is already melting with the warmth and love extended towards ... more info

Gigwise — Bassist pays tribute to late singer... more info