Guardian Music — Featuring a cosmic cast of rocket men and girls from Mars, here are your favourite songs set in zero gravityThree … two … one … blast-off! Strap yourself in, rid yourself of earthly concerns and enjoy some zero-gravity listening pleasure.Richar... more info

Topix — Recorded in an old ice cream factory with Greg Ashely in 2007, Christian Bland knocks the dust off his solo debut with lo-fi juvenilia of the Syd Barrett variety and an unplugged, murderous lament . more info

Guardian Music — Musicians choose which sounds they've been listening to this summer Listen to a selection of these tracks on our Summer Music Spotify playlist, guardian.co.uk/spotify-playlistsFaris Badwan, the HorrorsOld Man Willow Elephant's MemoryI first heard Ele... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Komputer is the project of two London-based synth-meisters: Simon Leonard and David Baker. The band have been writing, mixing and producing for 11 years now, and show no signs of slowing down, as the release of their latest album "Synthetik" attests... more info

Altsounds — Raised on a diet of *Terrence Mckenna,The Beatles, Syd Barrett, Nirvana,* and Turkish psychedelic music, *Gardens *is part of the new sound of Detroit. Formed by Matthew Mueller, Jeffrey Thomas, Julian Spradlin and Vincent Mazzola, they have already ... more info

Stereogum — When first writing about BTW Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the glammed-up, psychedelic, punked-out project of Oregon (via New Zealand) resident Ruban Nielson, I mentioned the Kinks, Sly Stone, and Syd Barrett, noting the self-titled debut sounds like “... more info

Guardian Music — An emotional retelling of the Pink Floyd legend's story – with one goose-bumps momentThe Twilight World of Syd Barrett (Radio 4), like any retelling of his story, featured a couple of moments to make you gulp with the sadness of it all. I remember... more info

Guardian Music — When I think of bookishness in music, it's not of Katy Perry or will.i.am, but something more awkward, more earnest, the type of music that stays inside on a sunny dayI recently found myself at two events – each extraordinary in its own way – tha... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — This week’s issue of the magazine celebrates music’s Ultimate Cult Heroes, from Syd Barrett to Jay Reatard, Mark E. Smith and The Sonics. Here, in an extended extract from the mag, The Drums’ guitarist Jacob Graham talks us through his own cult... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The latest additions, in short reviews... below... click Read more » All available for streaming in our SoundStream Player Love Inks E.S.P. ... Less than 30 minutes long, E.S.P., like The xx’s debut, insinuates itself a little further into yo... more info