Starpulse — Ashley Tisdale attended "The Lucky One" premiere in Los Angeles yesterday wearing a cute pink and blue ensemble. And check out the little pink flare on the tips of her hair. more info

Guardian Music — Listen now to the lovely debut album from Lightships – AKA Gerard Love from Teenage Fanclub and friendsGerard Love, singer, songwriter and bassist with Teenage Fanclub – which is another way of saying "indie rock god" – has gone and made a reco... more info

Guardian Music — Bears, balloons, and dolls that look like Nick Cave. You were game for songs about toysHey, kids! Enjoy it while you can. Last week I asked you to nominate the best songs about toys. And it seems that the temporary nature of play – and of childhood... more info

Guardian Music — Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen, LondonThe Drums went from rock messiahs to pariahs with quite indecent haste. Having been hyped on to music magazine front pages before the release of their eponymous debut album last year, the New York band were then ... more info

Guardian Music — Platform, GlasgowDressed in khaki shorts and loose white shirt, streaks of silver in his beard, Aidan Moffat's feeling his age tonight. "I've got a sair back from touring, years of bending down picking up bottles," grumbles Falkirk's vulgar versifier... more info

The Vinyl Villain — TO A SIGH, AND GOODBYE'Amelia Fletcher never meant anything to me...' Los Campesinos! - 'The International Tweexcore Underground' (2007)Well, fuck those Cardiff Uni kids, really. Even though, I am sure, tongues were firmly in cheeks and all that... b... more info

Guardian Music — Snubbed by Scotland's jazz scene, guitar virtuoso Bill Wells has teamed up with ex-Arab Strap man Aidan Moffat for a panoramic meditation on life and death'I like to think I can do things over a very wide musical range," Bill Wells says. "Even if you... more info

Guardian Music — Not the cheeriest start to the week, but an undeniably lovely track from the former Arab Strap man and his latest collaboratorWhat better way to start the week than with a video set in a funeral home? Oh, and it's accompanied by a mournful, spoken-wo... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Alan McGee presented the Welsh premiere of 'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' in Cardiff last night and followed it with a Q&A session. I was invited down and I'm glad to report that the film was informative and slick with a number of genuine... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Despite the absence of several notable characters, this documentary gives an interesting glimpse into the history of Creation RecordsThere's one great stroke of genius to Upside Down, Danny O'Connor's chronicle of the birth, glory years and demise of... more info