Guardian Music — Other acts to be honoured include U2, Adele, Coldplay, and Take That's Gary Barlow for two decades of classic songwritingPioneering punk Siouxsie Sioux, pictured above left with fashion designer Pam Hogg, has been rewarded for her outstanding contrib... more info

KEXP Seattle — Mercury Prize-nominated Anna Calvi utilizes a vast array of instrumentation as the background to her powerful voice. Her self-titled debut earned international critical accolades, charting in the United States, France, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, a... more info

Guardian Music — (Souterrain Transmissions)Operatic wailing and sinister synths: for the love of Siouxsie Sioux, there's a lot of it going around. Zola Jesus's follow-up to 2010's Stridulum II doesn't scrub off the heavy eyeliner – it features a song called Lick th... more info

Guardian Music — XOYO, LondonAustralian rock hasn't produced many emo frontwomen, but the Jezabels' Hayley Mary certainly ticks all the right boxes. She has the requisite agonised intensity, and a self-absorption so complete that she appears to be barely aware of the... more info

Stereogum — We’ve already heard “Vessel,” one of the new tracks from the highly anticipated Zola Jesus album Conatus. Now here’s another, “Seekir.” The track is something of a new look for Nika Roza Danilova, melding her swirling goth-pop sonics with... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offMichael Kiwanuka I Need Your Company Although he's a 23-year-old from north London, Kiwanuka has the classic, heartfelt soul voice of a Bill Withers or Donny Hathaway. This... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Think Nico and Velvet Underground, think early days Patti Smith, think Siouxsie Sioux, think the Jesus and Mary Chain, think Raveonettes, think The Kills, then forget everything you've ever thought and heard before. BBC Tyne Introducing: Retrie... more info

Guardian Music — This Minneapolis mob mix Americana with European influences, like Mazzy Star if they were formed in 19th-century PragueHometown: Minneapolis.The lineup: Nona Marie Invie (vocals, piano, accordion), Marshall LaCount (banjo, clarinet, vocals), Todd Cha... more info

Guardian Music — Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh"Can we have the red lights out please?" requests Esben and the Witch's guitarist Daniel Copeman, pointing up at three harsh bright spots on the ceiling rig. Dave the soundman shrugs. Had they the budget, this band would proba... more info

Guardian Music — (Matador)The South Downs are made to sound very bleak on this Brighton trio's debut, a wilderness of darkening lakes, swirling mud and other ill portents. But if the usual goth tropes are present and correct, Esben and the Witch twist them into unusu... more info