Guardian Music — The city that defined the original 1960s psychedelic explosion is throwing up a new wave of bands who like to mess with reality. Sylvie Simmons meets the latterday Frisco FreaksThe open-top tourist buses still cruise down Haight Street, their drivers... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — While the Strabane faithful who made the trip to Slane Castle in June to see Oasis were still taking in the news of Noel Gallagher's acrimonious split from the group on Friday, one of Noel's former employers was in Strabane on Sunday for a very speci... more info

NME — Plus Jimi Hendrix, Kinks and Who photos to be shown in London more info

Totally Fuzzy — Rosa Dartle said...The Kinks - Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) (1969)You don't have this already? What's the matter, don't you even LIKE music?http://rosadartle.blogspot.comterrakeo said...Stefano Di Battista Quartet - Vitoria ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Oasis follow a fine tradition of sibling rivalry in rock.The Everly Brothers had massive success in the 1960s. But Don came on stage drunk for what was billed as their last performance in 1973.Philsmashed up his own guitar in a rage and stormed off s... more info

Totally Fuzzy — THE BIG MUSIC MUSEUM said...VOILA' / The Françoise Hardy Virtual Museum presents:Françoise Hardy - 1962 EPhttp://sweetfrancoise.blogspot.comNO STONE UNTURNED / The Rolling Stones Virtual Museum presents:Keith Richards or Richard Keith Richards ... more info

Guardian Music — If Miles Davis's Kind of Blue is a jazz album for people who hate jazz, what about reggae albums for people who hate reggae? Or metal records for those who detest metal?Fifty years ago this week, Columbia released Kind of Blue. It's widely regarded a... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The Over/Under: BritpopThe Britpop phenomenon might have ended nearly 15 years ago, but it cast such a shadow over the U.K. music scene that its presence is still felt today.Where would groups such as Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys or the Killers be... more info

Time Out, London — Gaz and Danny of Supergrass team up with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich to play psych-pop reworkings of classics by The Beatles, The Kinks, Gang of Four & others more info

My Old Kentucky — These United States, from Washington D.C., writes novelistic songs packed with dense narratives and loose, ragged-edged folk, rock and Americana. With three albums recorded and 250+ shows in 1.5 years, the DC-Kentucky-psych-folk-lit-pop rockers are r... more info