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Calvin Harris rants on Twitter: part 2

Rah rah rah, I got a bad review, boo hoo, feel sorry for me. PS Buy my album.

The Verve split up – again

Just for a change, Wigan's the Verve have called it a day

Twilight Sad announce tour

Etheral Scots the Twilight Sad have announced an Autumn tour in support of their to-be-released second album.

The Maccabees to hit the road

The London indie-poppers will tour from the end of September, starting in Bristol and ending in Leeds, with the band's first Brixton Academy show in the middle somewhere.

Nine Black Alps come up with new music business model

We've had various new ways of trying to sell music recently. Now it's the turn of Manchester rockers Nine Black Alps to try to revolutionise the industry.

Bombay Bicycle Club: I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose

The debut album from London youngsters Bombay Bicycle Club has been a long time coming.

Red Hot Chili Peppers to return

In by far this year's least exciting comeback news, guitar-twiddlers and faux-funk idols Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced their reformation.

Arctic Monkeys give up on CDs

Arctic Monkeys will only release physical copies of their comeback single Crying Lightning on 7" and 10" discs, ditching CDs completely.

La Roux: La Roux

I really wanted to dislike this album. I had dismissed Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid as try-hard bandwagon-jumpers, riding the wave of 80s inspired pop indiscriminately to the top of the charts, making mugs of the general public.

Calvin Harris has a tantrum, tells Twitter

It seems that pop's most Scottish man has thrown his toys out of the pram this morning.

Mercury Music Prize: Reaction

Yep, it’s that time of year again - the time of year that music critics fall over themselves to slag off the choices made by the judges for the now Barclaycard-sponsored Mercury Music Prize.

The Cribs to release exclusive Roses box set

We don’t always get on, my Lancashire friends and my Yorkshire brethren.

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