Guardian Music — Django Django, On tourA great trick pulled off by the Beta Band – the adventurous but doomed nearly-men of the post-Britpop landscape – was to throw a great many deeply psychedelic shadows, all the while making an essentially well-polished kind o... more info

Guardian Music — The last time I saw the band, at the Reading festival in 1996, they were pitiful. But that's exactly why the Stone Roses should be back togetherWhen rumours filtered through that the Stone Roses were reforming, I thought back to the last time I – o... more info

Guardian Music — Mike Smith sketched almost every band he ever watched, and now his pictures are collected in a bookYou can spot the industry executives at gigs – they're the ones lost in concentration, brains computing an artist's potential commercial value, while... more info

Altsounds — RAYOGRAPHS have just been confirmed to support Steve Mason of Beta Band this Wednesday 13th at The Scala. Their Debut album released 25th April. APR 23 Cavern Exeter, Devon 28 Camp Basement, London (album launch) MAY 19 Macbeth- Stag & Dagger ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — From one of the funniest scenes in the film High Fidelity:-The really frightening thing....and no-one ever believes me when I tell them this, but that's exactly what happened a few years in a small record store in Glasgow the day I bought The Three E... more info

Guardian Music — The Strokes are not alone in trashing their own work, there's a tradition of artists disowning their creationsPoor old the Strokes. It appears that they've spent the last five years making an album, Angles, that they don't even like. "I won't do the ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Pinhead said... Red Red Wine On A Sunday #81 Here's the Playlist: Havana Affair, Ramones, Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, Coma Girl Carbona Not Glue, Ramonetures, Ramonetures Die Die Die, The Spits, The Spits 53rd & 3rd, Ultrac... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Brian Cannon will be giving an exclusive 'masterclass' session at the British Music Experience exhibit at London's 02 Arena complex on March 3.Not only is Brian Cannon as designer and Photographer, and art director, but he also has band management an... more info

Guardian Music — This week we mourned the end of the White Stripes and the sad passing of film composer John Barry. On the bright side, we got to see Gruff Rhys play a velcro hornFive things we learned from this week's music news•It is sad that the White Stripes ha... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Miles Kane is giving fans a free download available via his Facebook Page, fans who ‘like’ Miles’ profile can get a live version of brand new track ‘Kingcrawler’ from today onwards.He will be supporting Beady Eye on their UK tour that will ... more info