Girls: Album
There's something charmingly honest about Californian duo Girls that disarms most possible criticisms. It all adds up to one of the year's most immersive debut albums.
Mumford & Sons: Sigh No More
In terms of songwriting Mumford & Sons manage to neatly sidestep the genre’s traps of high-romanticising and overly wordy verses.
Muse: The Resistance
Muse have never been ones to shy away from the extravagant, so it should come as no surprise to learn that The Resistance looks at the most overblown concepts ever committed to record by a contemporary rock group.
Charlotte Hatherley: New Worlds
New Worlds is an exciting step for one of Britain's brightest talents. Up next for Hatherley: cracking the mainstream.
Wayne Rooney's scoring spree down to Stereophonics' new album?
Rooney (a massive ‘Phonics fan) was so inspired by new album Keep Calm and Carry On that it has made him an even better footballer – or so claims Kelly Jones.
David Cronenberg's Wife: Hypnagogues
Hypnagogues is twisted, direct, melancholy, uplifting, dark and light.
Dizzee Rascal: 'Shakespeare is violent'
The always entertaining Dizzee Rascal has given an interview to BBC Radio 5 Live in which he lambasts people who criticise rap music over its apparently violent undertones.
Keisha thrown out as Sugababes 'disband'
Keisha Buchanan will be replaced with the Eurovision entrant Jade Ewen.
Who should write the England 2010 World Cup song?
Now the uninteresting bit (qualifying for the thing) is out of the way, we can look forward to the World Cup Finals, the best part of which, of course, are the football songs.
Doves, Florence and Dizzee head first Electric Proms announcements
This year's BBC Electric Proms will feature headline performances from Dizzee Rascal and Doves.
Vampire Weekend give second album details
New York art-rock band Vampire Weekend have announced details of their upcoming second album, but don't get your diaries out just yet, it's not out until next year.
Beatlemania usurped by Vera Lynn
And so it turned out to be one of the biggest anticlimaxes of the year. The Beatles' back catalogue, released, re-mastered and with new stickets on the front, was expected to ddominate this week's album charts. But it wasn't to be, as another blast from the past outshone them.
